Zugspitze is the highest mountain in Germany (2,962 meters). At the top of the mountain is the border between Germany and Austria. You can get up from the two countries, but from the German side it is much more interesting.
From Garmisch-Partenkirchen rides a rack train that goes inside the mountain and takes passengers to the height of 2,600 meters, to the intermediate station. Then you go to the top by cable car.
On your way you will definitely see an interesting building on a hillside. This is Schneefernerhaus, a former hotel in the Alps, which is currently used as environmental research station. From 1945 to 1952 it was a place of rest and recovery of the U.S. military.
On May 15, 1965 there was an avalanche near the upper train station. 10 people died and 21 were injured. Public service of preventing avalanches appeared as a result of this tragedy.
You can go down either by train or by cable car to the Eibsee lake and then continue by train (see the scheme).
Mount Zugspitze ©Yuriy Buriak
Map of Zugspitze ©Yuriy Buriak
Zugspitze rack railway ©Yuriy Buriak
Initially, the train rides through the valley. ©Yuriy Buriak
Zugspitze rack railway ©Yuriy Buriak
Zugspitze rack railway ©Yuriy Buriak
Zugspitze rack railway ©Yuriy Buriak
Former hotel in the Alps, which is now used as an environmental research station. ©Yuriy Buriak
Border between Germany and Austria ©Yuriy Buriak
View from Zugspitze ©Yuriy Buriak
Midsummer, plus five degrees on the top ©Yuriy Buriak
Cable car to Zugspitze from the German side ©Yuriy Buriak
Mount Zugspitze ©Yuriy Buriak
View from Zugspitze ©Yuriy Buriak
View from Zugspitze ©Yuriy Buriak
View from Zugspitze ©Yuriy Buriak
Mount Zugspitze ©Yuriy Buriak
Cable car to Zugspitze from the German side ©Yuriy Buriak
Eibsee lake ©Yuriy Buriak
View from Zugspitze ©Yuriy Buriak
Mount Zugspitze ©Yuriy Buriak
Eibsee lake ©Yuriy Buriak
View from Zugspitze ©Yuriy Buriak
You can eat hot Tyrolean soup on the top. ©Yuriy Buriak
Souvenir cup on Mount Zugspitze ©Yuriy Buriak
Bird ©Yuriy Buriak
You can feed the bird. ©Yuriy Buriak
The bird accepts the food. ©Yuriy Buriak
Happy bird ©Yuriy Buriak
Getting there: By train to the Garmisch-Partenkirchen station, then by rack railway.
