Right on the doorstep
Germany's highest mountain – and its neighbours.
There are several ways up the Zugspitze, and none of them is a stroll. Which one suits you depends on your fitness, your experience on secured terrain and on the conditions up there. We sort that out beforehand on the phone, not at the start of the route.
If you already know the Zugspitze, or would simply like a quieter day: there are summits around Garmisch-Partenkirchen with considerably less traffic that still fill a whole day.
Objectives
The classics and the quiet ones
Zugspitze via the Höllental
Alpine routeThe best known ascent from Garmisch: through the gorge, across the glacier and up the secured route to the summit. Sure-footedness, a head for heights and stamina are required.
Zugspitze via the Stopselzieher
Via ferrataThe ascent past the Wiener-Neustädter-Hütte and up the secured chimney. A good choice when the Höllental is out of the question.
Jubiläumsgrat
DemandingThe long ridge traverse between the Zugspitze and the Alpspitze. One of the great undertakings of the Wetterstein – only for experienced and enduring mountaineers.
Alpspitz-Ferrata
Via ferrataThe classic on Garmisch's 2,628 metre local mountain: secured throughout and a good introduction to the world of via ferratas.
Sonnenspitze
Rock routeShorter than the Zugspitze and still an absolutely worthwhile mountain. For anyone who wants a proper summit day without the long haul to the highest point.
Bergführerweg
Climbing experience neededTogether with fellow guides I reopened an old, almost forgotten line. It calls for climbing experience and is therefore nothing for a first day on rock – but if you bring it, you get a mountain almost to yourself. German television (Bayerischer Rundfunk) made a short film about it: watch it in the BR media library (in German).
Film
Guided tours on the Zugspitze
A short impression of what a day in the mountains looks like.
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Guiding and courses
Included and on request
Every further person costs a surcharge, and there are packages for families and groups. Which ascent is realistic on your preferred date is best settled with a phone call – snow cover on the glacier, weather and the state of the route change from week to week. As a volunteer at the tourist information office in Garmisch I keep up to date on that anyway.
I do not charge a cancellation fee. Just let me know as early as you can if something comes up, so the date can still go to someone else. If the conditions force a change of plan, we will look for another objective or another day together.
Enquiries
A phone call or an email is all it takes.
Tell me briefly what you have in mind and what you have done so far. Then we will find the right tour and the right day. The surest time to reach me is after 4 pm; during the day I am usually in the mountains. Otherwise send me an email with a number to call back on and I will get in touch. I guide and teach in German and English.
82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany