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.
- Feb 26, 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