Catalog
Alps · Bavaria

Zugspitze

Summit
2,962 m
Base
1,000 m
Prominence
1,746 m
DifficultyModerate
Lat 47.4214Lng 10.9853· Germany

About this peak

Germany's highest mountain, on the Austrian border, with cable cars, glaciers, and a famous summit observatory.

Peak facts

First ascent

1820 — Josef Naus party

Best season

Jun–Sep

Nearest town

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Getting there

Cable cars or the Höllental via ferrata; Germany's highest point

Geology

Limestone of the northern calc-Alps

Plan your climb

No cataloged trails yet for this peak.

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