The situation last weekend in the Rhön was relatively relaxed. The parking lots and toboggan slopes were well attended, but there was no question of overcrowding, at least not compared to the days around the turn of the year. The situation largely corresponded to the picture that had already presented itself on Epiphany.
The appeal “Spread yourselves” seemed to have reached many visitors to the Rhön. In addition, there was also the fact that snow had remained in the lower elevations so that families did not necessarily have to go to the hotspots in the Hochrhön. The fact that the parking spaces in the Hessian Rhön, especially on the Wasserkuppe and the Roten Moor as well as the Schwedenwall, were closed, also led visitors from the Frankfurt area to the Bavarian part of the Rhön. Apparently, this did not have any serious effects on overcrowding in the Bavarian snow areas.
The police were present at the parking lot on the Red Moor. The law enforcement officers explained the blocking of the parking spaces. “Cross-country skiing as such is not forbidden. You can have someone drive you to the parking lot and go to the cross-country ski run,” said a police officer. He was amazed that quite a number of visitors were not aware of the closure.
In general, the officials rely on education and information. At the locked Schwedenwall parking lot there were some vehicles, of which it was unclear whether their drivers had simply “overlooked” the lock. A visitor from Hesse was clearly annoyed about the closure and deliberately parked her vehicle in the parking lot. “I always go for a walk here and also park here today,” she emphasized. As on the previous weekend, vehicles were also parked at entrances to rural roads. This was particularly noticeable along the road to the Red Moor.
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The tobogganing slopes on Kreuzberg and Arnsberg were well attended, but the parking lots offered enough space for everyone looking for a hike or fun on the toboggan slope. “We came back to Kreuzberg because the children have so much fun on the toboggan slope and we can park the vehicle right here,” explained a family man from Würzburg. “We are here with our children for two hours, then they freeze and we go again.”
That the appeal not only to go to the hotspots was bearing fruit was evident at the weekend in the forest villages. Vehicles were parked at the entrance to Kilianshof (district of Rhön-Grabfeld). The small meadow slope became a toboggan run again. “Our children are happy about all the snow. We don’t have that with us,” said a mother who had come from Schweinfurt with her family. She came to Kilianshof by chance. “We drove past and have seen others tobogganing here.” Many winter sports enthusiasts were also there with snowboards and skis. However, you were on the other side of the Kiliansküppel. “We come from Waldberg and know our way around here.”
The hiking parking lots above Sandberg and Langenleiten were also well filled. A couple from Würzburg had specifically researched the Sandberg hiking car park on the Internet. “We looked where there are parking spaces from which we can hike in the snow,” explained a Würzburger. Another family from Würzburg targeted this place.
You were already at Kreuzberg last weekend. “This time we wanted to drive to a smaller parking lot. Once again we didn’t want to go to such a crowded parking lot. Here the children also have opportunities to go sledding.” Guests from Bad Kissingen particularly liked the view from the Sandberger parking lot. “We like to park here when we hike to Kreuzberg in summer.”
Some visitors did not understand the parking lot on Feuerberg, which was blocked by the owner. “We just want to go into the snow with our children,” one mother wondered. They had come to the Rhön from the Main-Spessart area, they found out about the Feuerberg via the Internet and were amazed that there were no longer any lifts. “We don’t understand that everything is now blocked here.”
Alternatively, the parking lot at the Guckaspass, located exactly between Kreuzberg and Feuerberg, was available. “We also have snow here, but not that much and, above all, not that much on the trees,” beamed two women who set off with snowshoes to the Kreuzberg. And shining eyes were not only to be seen in the Rhön last weekend among snowshoeers and ski tourers, but also among the increasingly deployed security staff. The police inspections responsible for the region in Bad Brückenau, Bad Neustadt and Mellrichstadt did not determine a significantly increased number of visitors compared to other winter weekends. The parking lots were well frequented, but not overcrowded. It is pleasing that almost all day tourists have adhered to the traffic regulations and the regulations on infection protection.
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