We were not far from the British zone, and cooperated with them in our activities. While the U.S. Forces had the facilities of the Garmisch Recreation Area in the Bavarian alps, the British Army of the Rhine had a Leave Centre not far from us, and it included what appears to be a ski jump.

In February 1960, Gene Shaffer and his wife, Darby, and a half dozen others
from Rothwesten were photographed taking a break while visiting there.