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Zugspitze 7-day Self-guided Walking Tour Level 2
Mount Zugspitze, with 2.962 m height the highest mountain of Germany belongs to the most popular mountains of the Alps and can easily be reached by cable car. During this week you walk around the basis of the mountain, see it from different angles and pass by beautiful natural highlights. Quite adventurous and sensational crossings of gorges, impressing the walker with their water gushing through narrow high rock walls. Enjoy idyllic alpine pastures and take your time to enjoy a typical Bavarian “Brotzeit”. On both sides of Wetterstein massif you find tranquil villages, ideally suited for a good night's rest.
Varied walking tour only requiring a good basic fitness level. You walk on well maintained walking trails and partly on forest paths. Higher gradients are managed mostly by transfers or cable car. Daily walking times max. 5 hours.
Slow Tours offers a number of other Walking Tours in Europe
Individual journey to Garmisch Partenkirchen
Garmisch – Mittenwald/Klais, „Partnach Gorge“
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. Walking time: approx. 5 hrs. Details: approx. 16 km, +640 m / -430 m
Mittenwald/Klais – Leutasch „Leutasch valley“
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. Walking time: approx. 4 hrs. Details: approx. 14 km, +220m / -30 m Hotel (example): Tirolerhof
Rest day or lake walking tour
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. Walking time: approx. 3 hrs. Details: approx. 9 km, +300 m / -220 m
Leutasch – Ehrwald „Nature paradise Gaistal“
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. Walking time: approx. 5 hrs. Details: approx. 17 km, +440 m / -290 m
Ehrwald – Garmisch, „Eibsee“
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. Walking time: approx. 4.5 hrs. Details: approx. 12 km, +540 m / -510 m
Individual departure or extra days
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