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Summer Weekend at the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort

Enjoy a long summer weekend in Garmisch-Partenkirchen!

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After a long lockdown, the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort is ready to welcome you back to Garmisch-Partenkirchen!

Summer is the perfect time to spend a long weekend at the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort.  Perfectly placed in the heart of the Bavarian Alps, you will have  plenty to do in this mountain paradise.  Both Innsbruck and Munich are about an hour away by train, as is the summit of Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze.  Surrounded by mountains, Garmisch has countless cable cars, hiking and biking trails, allowing you to enjoy the summer sunshine in the peaks and valleys.  This self-drive package gets you a hard to find room at a great price, while self driving keeps you safe.

You will not be bored in Garmisch this summer.  Reserve your room at the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort with Kaiserslautern Outdoor Recreation today.

Price: 

  • Double Occupancy:  $369 per person
  • Single Occupancy: $549 per person
  • Additional adults in one room: $60 per person
  • Up to 3 children under 19 in room with 2 paid adults:  $179 per child
     
  • Maximum room occupancy is 5 total people of any age.

Deadline:  Reserve your space before Friday, July 30

Trip Includes:  

  • Round trip transportation
  • 3 nights stay at Edelweiss Lodge and Resort

What to Bring:

  • Comfortable, weather appropriate shoes and clothing
  • Credit/Debit card and Euro
  • Military ID and Passport

Departure: 8 a.m.

Return: Monday evening

Registration Information

All reservations must be made through Army Outdoor Recreation. Sign up today by contacting:

Army Outdoor Recreation, Kaiserslautern Community
Pulaski Barracks, Bldg. 2905

COVID Precautions (Current on 29 June, 2021.  May be superseded by Local/State/Federal level laws): 

  • In addition to all ODR and Host Nation COVID precautions, all participants must be in compliance with any precautions required by the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort.
  • All participants are required to be in compliance with the rules for their destination and all countries of transit as listed in the Travel Planner on https://reopen.europa.eu at the time of departure. For travel remaining in Germany only, all passengers are required to be in compliance with all local laws in both Rheinland-Pfalz and the destination of travel (Bundesland).
  • All Travel/COVID Documentation is the responsibility of the passenger.
  • PCR and RAT (Rapid Antigen Tests) are the only approved testing methods. Self tests are not authorized for ODR travel.
  • No refunds will be offered to passengers who are denied boarding or are removed from a trip for failure to follow COVID procedures.  
  • Trip timelines and schedule and COVID precautions are subject to change at any time.
  • All trips are departing from the Pulaski Sports Pavilion in Pulaski Park until further notice.
  • Masks covering your nose and mouth are required when boarding, disembarking or inside ODR vehicles.
  • Hands must be sanitized before boarding ODR vehicles.
  • Enter and exit through the rear door only.
  • Seats may be assigned by ODR in advance to promote physical distancing and contact tracing. Requests for specific seats are not being accepted. 
  • Eating is not authorized in ODR vehicles.

Cancellation Policy:

  • Cancellations requested on or prior to Monday, July 12 will receive a 90% refund.
  • Cancellations made on or after Friday, July 30 will receive a 50% refund.
  • Cancellations made on or after Monday, August 9 will receive no refund.
      
  • In addition to the Outdoor Recreation cancellation fee, all cancellations made on or after Tuesday, July 13 will be subject to the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort cancellation policy.
     
  • No refunds will be offered to passengers who are denied boarding or are removed from a trip for failure to follow COVID procedures.
      
  • In the event that a customer cancellation results in a fee charged to Outdoor Recreation, regardless of the date of or reason for that cancellation, the total sum of those fees will be passed along to the customer.
Program
Kaiserslautern Outdoor Recreation