Gear up for your next adventure:

🪶Compact Camp Shovel - Folding shovel for campsite tasks

🚑Emergency Bivvies - Heat-reflective sleeping bags for survival situations

💧Water Filtration Bottles - Safely drink from streams and lakes while exploring

🎒Trail Energy Bars - High‑calorie bars for hiking energy

📡Handheld GPS Device - Reliable handheld GPS for outdoor navigation

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Benken topographic maps

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Ruine Falkenstein

Germany > Bavaria > Landkreis Ostallgäu > Pfronten > Benken

Originally known as Castrum Pfronten, the stone castle was built approximately 1270–1280 by Count Meinhard II of Tyrol on the borders of his land. Because of the unusual situation of the castle it has been interpreted in historical context as a symbol of opposition to the Duchy of Bavaria. (During the winter…

Average elevation: 3,084 ft