Around Zugspitze

Walk around Germany's highest mountain

At 2,962 metres, the Zugspitze is the highest mountain in Germany, is one the most famous mountain destinations in the Alps and can be easily climbed by cable car. On your hiking tour you circle the Zugspitze, get to know the most beautiful views and head for wonderful hiking destinations.

The crossings of the gorges are adventurous and sensational and impress with their water masses and height. Enjoy the romance of the alpine landscape and take your time to enjoy a typical Bavarian ‘Brotzeit’. On both sides of the Wetterstein Mountains, there are beautiful villages that are particularly suitable for quiet overnight stays. So, let’s go on the Eurohike hiking tour with charm.

Details about the hiking holiday on the Zugspitze

Experience the highest mountain in Germany on varied hiking trails with a good basic level of fitness. The greater differences in altitude are usually overcome comfortably with a transfer or by cable car. The starting point of your hiking tour is Garmisch-Partenkirchen. After a tour of the city, on the second day of your tour heads through the Partnach Gorge to Mittenwald/Klais. After a restful night, the route continues through the gorge along the Leutascher Ache to the Leutasch Valley.

On the fourth day, you decide individually whether you want to enjoy a well-deserved day of rest or go on a circular hike around one of the wonderful lakes in the Seefeld region. The next two hiking stages lead first to Ehrwald and finally back to the Eibsee, where you end your hiking holiday with a wonderful panorama of the Zugspitze. During the entire hiking tour, you can enjoy our carefully selected hotels with special ‘extras’. There is always enough time to enjoy some comfort.

The highlights of the Zugspitze walking holiday at a glance:

  • Local alpine indulgence: rustic alpine huts with delicious specialities of the region await you along the hiking routes. You will be accompanied by wonderful landscape panoramas.

  • Hiking break at the Eibsee: on the sixth day of hiking, the path leads you to the idyllic Eibsee. Use this beautiful spot on the mountain lake to take a leisurely break with a view of the Zugspitze massif.

  • City tour through Garmisch: whether right at the beginning of your hiking trip or at the end, a city tour through Garmisch-Partenkirchen is sure to have something for everyone.

Worth knowing about the hiking tour around the Zugspitze

What awaits you on this hiking tour around the Zugspitze? Lots of active time-outs in beautiful nature, impressive paths through the Partnach Gorge, great mountain panoramas of the Zugspitze massif and idyllic alpine landscapes, all accompanied by typical Bavarian and Tyrolean charm. As soon as you arrive in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, you can enjoy a wonderful view of the beautiful landscape – a faithful companion during the tour. The routes always lead you over good hiking trails and the daily stages are scheduled to last three to five hours.

Tour information
Medium
  • 7 Days / 6 Nights
  • Self-Guided
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Itinerary

 

Wild and idyllic the day starts with a walk through Partnach gorge, where the waters of Wetterstein massif meet. Continue via soft hills and alpine pastures to Klais or Mittenwald. You start your hiking day in a wild and romantic way through the Partnach Gorge, where the water masses of the Wetterstein Mountains meet. Then your path leads over gentle hills and alpine meadows to Klais or Mittenwald.

approx. 5 hours
16 km
640 m
430 m

Precise stone masonry cut the route through the gorge into steep rock walls. Bold wooden footbridges cross up to 40 m above the water. Enjoy the contrasting walk along Leutascher Ache into the valley. Past hamlets and flower meadows with the backdrop of Wetterstein massif you walk into the widening Leutasch valley.

approx. 4 hours
14 km
220 m
30 m

You have the choice: either to relax or to take a walk to the lakes in and around Seefeld. Or you opt for an excursion on one of the Seefelder summits, either walking or taking the cable car. Return to Leutasch by coach.

approx. 3 hours
9 km
300 m
220 m

Short bus ride into Gaistal valley. The summer in Gaistal is enjoyed by Haflinger horses, brown and grey cattle as well as the Scottish Galloways. Walk on Ganghofer path right into picturesque scenery and up to Ehrwalder alpine pasture. Here Bavarian author Ludwig Ganghofer sought retreat. Take the cable car down into the valley and continue to Ehrwald.

approx. 5 hours
17 km
440 m
290 m

Step by Step you walk up to the foothills of Zugspitze and famous Eibsee scenic view. The tour ends on the banks of lovely lake Eibsee with full view of the magnificent Zugspitz-Garmisch panorama. Take the Zugspitz train back to Garmisch.

approx. 4.5 hours
12 km
540 m
510 m

Route information

Varied walking tours only require good basic fitness. You walk on well-maintained walking trails and partly on forest paths. Higher gradients are managed by transfers or cable cars. Daily walking times with max. 5 hours.

Prices and dates

All data for 2023 at a glance
Place of arrival: Garmisch-Partenkirchen
  Season 1
20.05.2023 - 11.06.2023
18.09.2023 - 07.10.2023

Daily
Season 2
12.06.2023 - 02.07.2023
28.08.2023 - 17.09.2023

Daily
Season 3
03.07.2023 - 27.08.2023

Daily
Around Zugspitze, DE-ZUWGA-07A
Base price
699.00
779.00
829.00
Single room surcharge 139.00 139.00 139.00

Category: pretty 3*** hotels and country hotels

Season 1
May 20, 2023 - Jun 11, 2023
Sep 18, 2023 - Oct 7, 2023
Daily
Season 2
Jun 12, 2023 - Jul 2, 2023
Aug 28, 2023 - Sep 17, 2023
Daily
Season 3
Jul 3, 2023 - Aug 27, 2023
Daily
Around Zugspitze, DE-ZUWGA-07A
Base price
Single room surcharge
699.00
139.00
779.00
139.00
829.00
139.00

Category: pretty 3*** hotels and country hotels

Season 1
May 20, 2023 - Jun 11, 2023
Sep 18, 2023 - Oct 7, 2023
Season 2
Jun 12, 2023 - Jul 2, 2023
Aug 28, 2023 - Sep 17, 2023
Season 3
Jul 3, 2023 - Aug 27, 2023
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Double room p.p
Single room surcharge
79.00
35.00
89.00
35.00
89.00
35.00
Additional nights
Place of arrival: Garmisch-Partenkirchen
  Season 1
May 20, 2023 - Jun 11, 2023
Sep 18, 2023 - Oct 7, 2023

Daily
Season 2
Jun 12, 2023 - Jul 2, 2023
Aug 28, 2023 - Sep 17, 2023

Daily
Season 3
Jul 3, 2023 - Aug 27, 2023

Daily
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Double room p.p 79.00 89.00 89.00
Single room surcharge 35.00 35.00 35.00
Prices per person in GBP

Services and information

Services

Included:

  • Accomomodation as already mentioned
  • Breakfast
  • Luggage transfer
  • Welcome briefing (German, English)
  • 1 Downhill fare cable car Ehrwald

 

  • 1 Fare Zugspitzbahn lake Eibsee – Garmisch
  • Carefully elaborated route description
  • Detailed travel and tour documents 1x per room (German, English)
  • App for Navigation and GPS-data available
  • Service hotline
Arrival information

Arrival / Parking / Departure:

  • By train to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and a short walk or a short bus ride to the starting hotel.
  • Munich airport.
  • Parking: limited number of hotel parking spaces free of charge, no reservation possible. Plenty of parking options free of charge near the hotel.

Important information:

  • Tourist tax, if due, is not included in the price
  • Train fare from Klais to Mittenwald, approx. EUR 3 per person
  • Bus fare from Seefeld to Leutasch, approx. EUR 3 per person
  • Bus fare from Leutasch to Gaistal, approx. EUR 3 per person

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