Hikes near Zugspitze

Zugspitze (2000 m) sits in Bavaria, Germany. MR. ALPS lists 15 waymarked hiking trails starting from or crossing the area, 259 km of marked route in total. They run from 3.1 km to 63.8 km, the longest being Adlerweg Etappe 16. 15 of them record their elevation gain, between 223 m and 5576 m.

• AV Weg 801A (Ehrwald - Gaistal - Leutasch)

  13.4 km · +3225 m · ≈ 8 h 03

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• Via Alpina Red R46

  15.5 km · +1853 m · ≈ 6 h 11

  Reintalangerhütte - Coburger Hütte

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• Via Alpina Red R45

  11.4 km · +813 m · ≈ 3 h 38

  Meilerhütte - Reintalangerhütte

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• Bayernsteig

  5.9 km · +328 m · ≈ 1 h 44

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• AV Weg 801

  62.7 km · +5576 m · ≈ 4 days at 6 h/day

  Ehrwald - WN-Hütte - Zugspitze - Reintal - Scharnitz

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• Adlerweg Etappe 16

  63.8 km · +1619 m · ≈ 3 days at 6 h/day

  Leutasch - Ehrwald

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• Höllentalsteig

  4.8 km · +1565 m · ≈ 3 h 34

  The Höllentalsteig is a via ferrata route beginning at the Höllentalangerhütte and climbing to the Zugspitze, the highest peak in Germany. It is rated hard and offers panoramic views along its point-to-point ascent.

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• Ehrwalder Höhenweg

  7.7 km · +494 m · ≈ 2 h 22

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• Matheisenkar

  3.1 km · +1028 m · ≈ 2 h 20

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• AV Weg 815 (Gaistal - Gatterl - Knorrhütte)

  14.5 km · +1032 m · ≈ 4 h 37

  The route climbs through alpine meadows and dwarf pine stands, crosses the secured rocky passage at the Gatterl, and delivers hikers to the Knorrhütte before the final push to the Zugspitze summit and its famous cross.

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• Höhenweg Höllental Eibsee

  7.8 km · +223 m · ≈ 1 h 56

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• Eibsee Rundwanderweg

  7 km · +346 m · ≈ 1 h 59

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• AV Weg 831A (Höllental)

  5 km · +731 m · ≈ 2 h 13

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• AV Weg 816 (Gaistalalm - Feldernjöchel)

  7.1 km · +940 m · ≈ 2 h 59

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• Via Alpina Purple A60

  29 km · +1369 m · ≈ 8 h 05

  Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Linderhof

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