Dammkarwurm

Dammkarwurm is the name of a year by the German Alpine Club ( DAV) discharged competition ski mountaineering. The name of the race goes back before the times and after the Second World War, came as skiers in droves, often by special train from Munich to Mittenwald and with their wooden slats on the shoulder in an endless row in Dammkar the Karwendel as " Dammkarwurm " ski history written.

The race was held in the late 1990s for the first time. Under its former name " DIAMIR Race" the unofficial German Championship Ski Mountaineering was brought before the membership of the DAV in ISMC on Dammkar.

The short distance (DM- rating ) goes through about 900 meters of altitude, long ( Cup standings ) over 1300 meters in altitude. There are several carrying sections, one of which has at times an inclination of 40 degrees.

The special stage flows as the second race in the overall ranking of the German ski touring cups with a.

Also in Dammkar took place in 2008 the German Championship vertical race as a one-day event instead.