3rd April 2024, 15:10
Coming off the Knorren chair I'm surprised we didn't go for the Harakiri as we'd only done it once this week, and even that was in poor weather. Instead here we start along the track that takes us to the top of the main Penken area. Here it is initially signed for Red 32, Red 33 and Black 33, then further along, at 00:20, Red 25 and further along still at 00:30 is the sign for Red 26 too, followed by Blue 28 & 29 at 00:35. So a wide variety of options although they all effectively start along the same track.
At 00:40 Red 32/33 and Black 33 head off to the left and at 00:55 the Blues head to the left as well. Meanwhile we keep going on the Red 25/26 before heading left at 1:10 following the Red 26 sign. At 2:00 the restaurant to the left is the Larchwaldhutte and here we head left to pick up the Red 27. Effectively at this point the Red 25/26/27 are just one big wide slope, however the Red 25 keeps right and the Red 26 goes more down the middle with the 27 to the left when they separate.
As we go down, parallel to the Kombibahn, we see the Blue 28/29 track to the left at 3:30. This provides a fairly easy route down from the top for early beginners and is kept reasonably separate from faster skiers by the fencing you see here. Just after that you can see the piste markers to the right hand side indicating the separation of Red 26/27. Also at this point is where the Blues carry on round to the left.
The Red 27 seemed to be quieter than the other routes and being less well used the snow seemed a bit better too. The run becomes reasonably steep after this section and is a good ski as we carry on down under the lift. Reach 4:55 the Red 26 joins from the right, and also to the left is the bottom section of the Blue 28 where you can see some skiers coming out from under the lift and that run carry's on round to the left (5:15) while we stay on the 27 to pass through the Penken area. Pilzbar for Apres Ski to the right, Kombibahn bottom station to the left and the Bergrest and Elchbar straight ahead.

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