Via the Ehrwalder Alm, Hochfeldernalm, the Gatterl and the Knorrhütte to the Zugspitze.
Characteristics in brief: Charming tour and the possibility to shorten it by cable car (Ehrwalder Almbahn & Gletscherbahn to the Zugspitze summit).
Difference in altitude: approx. 1,960 vertical meters
Marking: 801A, 815, 816, 801, 4 alpine
Back to the valley: with the Tiroler Zugspitzbahn (last ride 4:40 p.m.)
Refreshment stops:
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Ehrwalder Alm, Tel. +43(0)567321255, open May - October, mid-December - mid-April
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Hochfeldernalm, Tel. +43(0)69912360458, open end of May - beginning of October
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Knorrhütte, Tel. +49(0)151/14443496, open end of May - middle of October
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Sonn-Alpin am Gletscher, Tel. +49(0)8821/921290, open all year round
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Gipfelalm, Tel. +49(0)8821/921251, open all year round
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Münchner Haus at the Zugspitz summit, Tel. +49(0)8821/2901, open mid-May to end of September
Starting from Ehrwald in Tyrol, this hike runs across lovely alpine pastures between the imposing peaks of the Zugspitze massif and the Mieminger chain with the striking Sonnenspitze via the so-called "Gatterl" up into high alpine terrain on the Zugspitzplatt.
Route description:
The tour starts at the valley station of the Ehrwalder Almbahn (alternatively use the mountain railroad). From there, turn right along the meadow path, past the BrentAlm. Continue past the Ganghofer Hütte (open on weekends), Ehrwalder Alm and the Tirolerhaus. Follow the forest road in the direction of Pestkapelle. Through a strip of forest on the Max-Klotz-Steig, past the Hochfeldern Alm to the first Joch, the trail slightly descending to the Feldernjöchl, past the turnoff to the Steinernen Hüttl, in a northeasterly direction first descending, then steeply ascending on secured trail to the Gatterl. On the Plattsteig to the Knorrhütte, over scree and snowfields in a northeasterly direction to the Zugspitzplatt and further on marked and secured trail to the Zugspitz summit (2,962m) (alternative: from Sonnalpin with the glacier cable car to the summit). Descent with the Tiroler Zugspitzbahn. This tour is only recommended for experienced, sure-footed and giddy hikers.
