
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.
- 2005
- 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