Rodelbahn - age limits?

If you know the area you'll be in Google rodelbahn and look at the website for area rodelbahn centers. Age limits may vary from facility to facility. For instance I found a website for one in Gutlach and I ran the fahrpreise (price) information through google translate and it had various rules for different ages. There was an age under which children couldn't ride, an age when they could ride with a responsible adult and an age when they could ride by themselves.

Btw, sometimes when I see outdoor playgrounds and activities in Europe that kids are allowed to do my jaw just drops. They are a little less litigious and uptight about risk. Once at a medieval fair in our German city my then 13 year old son walked up to an outdoor booth and was handed a bow and real arrow to shoot toward a straw target--lots of people standing around. He also had a really long and high zip line at his public school in the town.

Hi Chris,

This one near Salzburg and Berchtesgaden says 6 years old.

http://www.duerrnberg.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Itemid=84

This one in Garmisch says 3 years old with an adult.

http://www.sommerrodelbahn-gap.de

This one above Berchtesgaden says under 6 free with parent.

http://www.hochlenzer.de/rodelbahn.html

Check the areas you'll be staying and visiting, as it seems each has their own rules on age.

There are two different kinds, one is a steel or concrete track and it's more like a bobsled run and then there's the type on rails, as is the case with the first one I mentioned.

Paul

I have been on the one in Garmisch by the ski stadium. I think I set a new track record for the slowest anyone has ever gone down! You need to be able to pull the brake (or in my case release the brake). I don't think you would want anyone under 11-12 going by themselves, but you could go down lower (6 and up) for children who could hold onto you securely.

As always, the track itself will have the last word on what its policy is.