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Saturday, January 02, 2021
Police write announcements
Ski areas are still packed with tourists by day
Calls go undetected: Despite requests from winter sports centers and the police, many people are still drawn to the ski and sledding areas. In Sauerland, the police control the rules of the crown. The Harz parking spaces are crowded.
Once again, many hikers in the Sauerland and Harz Mountains have made their way to the ski and sledding areas, despite repeated requests not to do so during the confinement. Police and regulatory authorities wrote announcements of numerous violations of the crown’s protective measures, as a spokeswoman for the city of Winterberg in Sauerland said. Long lines of cars and traffic jams formed in the snowy villages of the region, and parking lots filled up.
Tobogganing fun in Winterberg on New Years, but not everyone sticks to the Corona measures.
(Photo: dpa)
Police had announced on Twitter in the morning that they would provide the city with increased support over the weekend to enforce the blanket decree on the mask requirement and the Crown Protection Ordinance. For this, riot police forces would also be summoned. The lifts and slopes, restaurants and cabins are closed until at least January 10.
The operators of the winter sports field and the ski lift carousel point out on their website that there are no restrooms or opportunities to warm up, and there are no rescuers on site. He says: “We love our mountains. They certainly do too: but in these times we have to let this love rest, because the onslaught leads to traffic jams and crowds. Clogged streets, missing parking spaces and many potential contacts. Who wants that? “
Snow is expected in many regions
Due to overcrowding, the police continue to advise against travel to the winter mountains in the Harz region. But the rush continued there – hikers and sleds headed to the parking spaces in the partially snow-covered spots in the morning. Goslar police tweeted in the morning that the parking lots were almost full. He called on hikers to move widely to other areas of the Harz Mountains and to keep escape routes clear. The large Torfhaus car park was also crowded, with many drivers parked on the side of the road.
There are no restrictions for day tourists in Lower Saxony. The drag lifts are closed due to the corona pandemic. Many families and groups left on foot. In recent days, cars have been stuck for miles at excursion destinations.
The onslaught of snow seekers in Großer Feldberg also continues. Around the highest peak of the Taunus it is “as chaotic as the last few days,” said a police spokesman in Koenigstein. Many hikers are away from home despite blocked summit access roads, the streets of the surrounding villages around Feldberg are parked, in some cases also Federal Highway 8. According to the spokesman, the police were on the march to carry out controls in place and directing traffic. Officials again appealed to avoid the region for a winter excursion.
Also in the Rhön, many people were drawn to the outdoors and to Wasserkuppe, the highest mountain in Hesse. “It is full,” said a police spokesman in Fulda. The parking spaces are full. However, no special incidents were initially reported.
The weather in Germany is still wintry and gloomy at the moment. On Sunday it should snow in many regions, in a swath from Baden-Württemberg through Hesse and Thuringia to Saxony and Brandenburg. There should be 2 to 5 centimeters of fresh snow.
