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Feb 26, 2005

Mittenwalder Klettersteig attempt und Zugspitze

with Claus-Dieter

We wanted to do the Mittenwalder Klettersteig (Via ferrata) but couldn't do it because of too much snow. I had never been on the Zugspitze, so we drove over to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and took the Eibseebahn up to Germany's highest mountain to join the tourists up there. The short scramble to the summit cross was pretty snowy and exposed which kept the tourists away and we had the summit for ourselves. Of course, taking the gondola up is cheating...

Update: A few weeks later we had more success on the Mittenwalder Klettersteig.

Karwendelbahn und Zugspitzbahn
Mittenwalder Klettersteig: Westliche Karwendelspitze (2384 m) Mittenwalder Klettersteig: at the start of the Mittenwalder Höhenweg (Via ferrata) Mittenwalder Klettersteig: Karwendelgrube, upper station of the Karwendelbahn Mittenwalder Klettersteig: at the start of the Mittenwalder Höhenweg (Via ferrata) Mittenwalder Klettersteig: Karwendelgrube, upper station of the Karwendelbahn Mittenwalder Klettersteig: looking to the Zugspitze Zugspitze: at the top of the Zugspitze Zugspitze: summit cross Zugspitze: summit cross Zugspitze: on the summit Zugspitze: on the summit Zugspitze: looking down at the Zugspitzplatt ski area Zugspitze Zugspitze: at the Zugspitzplatt ski area, looking back at the summit with Schneefernerhaus Zugspitze: at the Zugspitzplatt ski area