"Got tight last night on absinthe and did knife tricks. Great success shooting the knife into the piano. The woodworms are so bad and eat hell out of all furniture that you can always claim the woodworms did it."
--Ernest Hemingway
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chris.mueller - Aug 2, 2020 2:16 am Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2020
Grainau - ZugspitzeVery crowded
Kef2782 - May 15, 2017 12:14 am Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2016
CompletedBeautiful Route. Started at 0430 and made it to the summit by 1130. Great views along the via ferreta route
ferdinandverboom - Oct 26, 2013 2:36 pm Date Climbed: Oct 24, 2013
long and though but niceI climbed this route with a friend on a beautiful autumn day. Great treecolors in de valley, nice snow on the summit and klettersteig. The glacier was a bit icy so we fortunately didn't bring our crampons and ice axe for nothing. It was a long day from hammersbach to the summit. The klettersteig was sometimes covered under the snow which created some tricky parts. We summited just before sunset and slept on the platt. We had the route and the summit for our selves! We stood up quite early to watch sunrise from the summit. Magnificient views. The route down to Ehrwald/Eibsee was also beautiful, but early in the morning with some icy parts.
reinhard2 - Sep 8, 2011 5:30 pm Date Climbed: Aug 4, 2011
Finally doneafter many years of thinking about. Truly great, even with very modest weather conditions - but long!!!
Reinhard
yamesu - Apr 6, 2011 6:54 am Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2009
Nice route :)Started at Hammersbach in the morning and did it as a one-day tour.
rgg - Mar 16, 2011 9:53 am Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2007
A beautiful routeThe day before, I had arrived in Munich on the night train and subsequently made my way to the Höllentalanger Hütte. Early next morning, the hut emptied quickly, as many groups left for the summit. I started on the late side, but passed a lot of them on the glacier, because I wanted to be ahead of the crowds on the klettersteig.
PeterCorneliusSpaeth - Jan 31, 2011 9:33 am
Access to Jubilaeums RidgeClimbed somewhere in the 1990s to access the Juilaeums Ridge. Bivied on the Jubilaeums Ridge, of course.
David_Holland - Jun 30, 2008 8:41 am Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2008
niceNice trip, heavy after a night driving from holland ;)
joe_akeem - Aug 31, 2007 6:35 pm Date Climbed: Aug 25, 2007
Nice......but a looong line of people all the way to the summit.
big_g - Jul 27, 2007 7:36 am Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2007
Hell ValleyI really enjoyed this route. The weather cooperated for once on this trip and it was a beautiful, fun climb. Seeing all the tourists on the summit was a shock but then after some liter beers I didn't care.
tommi - Oct 21, 2006 10:36 am
Imposing wayClimbed in summer 2003, very god weather but on top it was cloudy. The way through the Höllental is very impressing
pingzingr - Aug 17, 2006 4:25 pm
AscentWonderful way up the Zugspitze. Been up twice this way and loved it each time, even in the fog on the glacier :)
Joerg Marretsch - May 28, 2006 8:00 am Date Climbed: Aug 24, 2002
Ascent to the Highest Summit in GermanyIt´s just the best way to reach the highest summit in Germany