The best thing to dampen the noise of civilisation is snow. In the mountaineering village of Schmirn, there is still plenty of it in winter, but (almost) no noise that could be muffled. My wife and I spent a week exploring this dreamy valley in the Tux Alps on snowshoes - and tried out for the first time whether we could manage without a car on a mountain holiday. Report of a backpacking trip.
Accompanied by a health hiking guide through the wintry Tyrolean mountains.