From the Kreuzeckbahn via Bockhütte to the summit of the Zugspitze
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Author’s recommendation
The cross on the Zugspitze summit can be reached via a narrow fixed rope route – here you need to be surefooted and must not be afraid of heights (caution: slippery when wet!). Otherwise, the view from the terrace to the cross on the summit is also very nice.
In the building of the upper station of the Eibsee-Seilbahn cable car you can see an exhibition on the history of the Zugspitze and its touristic development, with lots of interesting and entertaining pictures, films and inventive contemporary exhibits.
Rest Stop
BockhütteReintalangerhütte
Knorrhütte
Kreuzeck-Haus
Sonn-Alpin auf der Zugspitze
Münchner Haus
Safety information
This is high Alpine terrain, making it absolutely necessary to be surefooted, not afraid of heights and already have Alpine experience. Please keep in mind the Zugspitzbahn cable car schedules. If you want to stay overnight, you should book in advance (call the huts directly), especially during holidays and at weekends. Due to the length of the tour, we recommend for you spend a night in one of the Alpine huts.Tips, hints and links
www.gapa.de, www.zugspitze.de (for information on the cable car schedules),www.alpenverein-ga-pa.de (for phone numbers to book overnight stays)
www.charly-wehrle.de (Reintalangerhütte), www.bergfuehrer-zugspitzland.de
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Turn-by-turn directions
Now, hike across the wide boulder fields of the Zugspitzplatt up to the SonnAlpin and the Zugspitzbahn cable car, which are located in the centre of the Zugspitzgebiet skiing resort in the winter (1 hr, 2,600 m). Passing the glacier, the trail leads you steeply uphill, passing the Schneefernerhaus on a well-secured track, up to the Zugspitze summit. Alternatively, you can take the Gletscherseilbahn cable car to the summit from the Zugspitzblatt (SonnAlpin) and negotiate the last 300 m difference in altitude in a more comfortable fashion.
Downhill you can either take the Eibsee-Seilbahn cable car directly from the summit or the Zugspitzbahn Mountain rack railway from the Zugspitzplatt. You can return to your starting point with the Zugspitzbahn rack railway to the Kreuzeck parking site.
Note
Public transport
Take the train to Garmisch-Partenkirchen (connections from München (Munich) every hour, and regular connections from Innsbruck and Reutte). Right behind the train station you will find the station of the Zugspitzbahn railway station. Matching the schedule of the Deutsche Bahn, the Zugspitzbahn goes to Grainau every hour. Exit at the station Kreuzeckbahn/Alpspitzbahn.
Getting there
Take the motorway A95 from Munich to its end at Eschenlohe, and then follow the state road B2 to Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Just after the Farchanter tunnel, drive in the direction of the Garmisch part of town and Grainau/Zugspitze. Go through Garmisch and towards Grainau/Zugspitze. Just before leaving town, follow the signs to the Kreuzeckbahn/Alpspitzbahn and turn left at the barracks. The street leads you directly to the base terminal of the Kreuzeck and Alpspitzbahn cable cars.Coming from Innsbruck/Mittenwald, take the state road B2 to Partenkirchen. Turn left, in the direction of Grainau/Zugspitze/Fernpass, at the intersection at the town hall and then follow the course of the main road (Bahnhofstraße, St.-Martin-Straße). Just before leaving town, follow the signs to the Kreuzeckbahn/Alpspitzbahn and turn left at the barracks. The street leads you directly to the base terminal of the Kreuzeck and Alpspitzbahn cable cars.
Coming from Ehrwald/Tirol or Grainau/Zugspitze, take the state road B23 and turn right just after the place name sign and in front of the barracks/Marshall-Centre at the traffic lights. Follow the signs to Kreuzeckbahn/Alpspitzbahn. The road leads you directly to the large parking area between the two base terminals.
Parking
Large parking area at the cable car stations (P9)
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