LUGE!!

I did Bob's Sound of Music Tour and got in at least two rides as they stop at the Luge. It's terrific fun and you should do it. You might search this site as I believe the question has come up before and someone posted something.

Pam

based on reading through Rick's books, it looks like most luge places will close at the end of September. Which is a bummer b/c I'm taking my parents down to luge-territory in early October as well and it looks like a luge ride is not going to happen.

All of Germany has rotating weeks of school holidays in October, so I find it strange that luge places would close up before that, but I suppose it must be a weather thing...? annoying.

From my understanding the luges that use a steel tracks can remain open all year (while the concrete tracks close. I guess they hold ice better?). The web page for the luge in Prague says it is open in the winter, so I would probably check the ones in the region you are going to and see if they are actually open when you get there. I seem to remember the luge that Rick rode in the video was a steel one so I bet it has the same rules.

We were near Neuschwanstein in mid-October. The luges had just closed the week before so there may be a chance if you are very early October. Regardless of the time of year, they are weather dependant (some more than others).

Jon.

The luge tracks that are dependent on good weather are steel (which are most of them). The concrete luge tracks can handle a little moisture; the one in Reutte, Tirol is well-known.

Luge info in the Salzburg area can be found on www.salzkammergut.at and at local websites with luge tracks. Also Google using "Sommerrodelbahn" for additional locations, such as the one in Wallersee, Switzerland that we enjoyed riding down.