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Hiking trails
on Mount Wank and in the Garmisch-Classic area
Hiking
for families and active hikers
All information on the varied hiking routes on Mount Wank and in the Garmisch-Classic area summarised – including details on duration, difficulty and places to stop for refreshments. The Wankbahn, Alpspitzbahn and Kreuzeckbahn of the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG take hikers quickly up the mountain and back down.
Hiking map
Garmisch-Classic
The hiking trails currently open in the Garmisch-Classic area can be found in the live area.
Natursteig Osterfelder
Alpine theme trail between the mountain station of the Alpspitzbahn and the Kreuzeckbahn cable car
- Parking: Kreuzeckbahn / Alpspitzbahn valley station
- How to get there: Alpspitzbahn or Kreuzeckbahn cable car
- Starting point: For the hike uphill at the mountain station of the Kreuzeckbahn cable car, downhill at the mountain station of the Alpspitzbahn cable car
- Level of difficulty: easy, suitable for families
- Highlights:
- child-friendly, interactive stations
- Movement elements from Felix Neureuther‘s „Beweg dich schlau!“ initiative
- AlpspiX viewing platform
- Refreshment stops: Osterfelder 2000 and Kandahar 2
Kandahar Hike
Kreuzeckbahn valley station - Tröglhütte - Kreuzjoch - mountain station
- Parking: Kreuzeckbahn / Alpspitzbahn valley station
- Starting point: Kreuzeckbahn / Alpspitzbahn valley station
- Destination: Kreuzeckbahn mountain station
- Duration: 4:20 hrs.
- Level of difficulty: challenging trails for experienced hikers with a good level of fitness and surefootedness
- Refreshment stops: Kreuzalm, Kreuzeckhaus und Kandahar 2 (Talstation Kreuzeckbahn)
Längenfeldersattel
Osterfelderkopf – Hochalm
- Parking: Kreuzeckbahn / Alpspitzbahn valley station
- Start: Alpspitzbahn mountain station
- Destination: Hochalmbahn cable car station
- Duration: Downhill 1 hr. / Uphill 1 ¼ hrs.
- Level of difficulty: easy, suitable for families
- Refreshment stops: Osterfelder 2000, Hochalm and Kandahar 2 (Kreuzeckbahn valley station)
Höllental
Höllentalklamm (gorge) – Hupfleitenjoch – Osterfelderkopf
- Parking: Kreuzeckbahn / Alpspitzbahn valley station
- Start: Hammersbach cogwheel train stop
- Destination: Alpspitzbahn mountain station
- Duration: 9 hrs.
- Level of difficulty: demanding; surefootedness and a head for heights required
- Refreshment stops: Höllentaleingangshütte, Höllentalangerhütte, Osterfelder 2000 and Kandahar 2 (Kreuzeckbahn valley station)
Hupfleitenjoch
Osterfelderkopf – Hupfleitenjoch – Kreuzeck
- Parking: Kreuzeckbahn / Alpspitzbahn valley station
- Start: Alpspitzbahn mountain station
- Destination: Kreuzeckbahn mountain station
- Duration: Uphill 2 hrs. / Downhill 2 ½ hrs
- Level of difficulty: easy
- Refreshment stops: Osterfelder 2000, Kreuzeckhaus and Kandahar 2 (Kreuzeckbahn valley station)
Rinderscharte
Höllentalklamm (gorge) – Hammersbach
- Parking: Kreuzeckbahn / Alpspitzbahn valley station
- Start: Alpspitzbahn mountain station
- Destination: Hammersbach cogwheel train stop; From there, take the cogwheel train back to the Kreuzeckbahn and Alpspitzbahn valley station.
- Duration: Uphill 5 ¼ hrs. / Downhill 6 ¾ hrs
- Level of difficulty: demanding
- Refreshment stops: Osterfelder 2000, Höllentaleingangshütte, Höllentalangerhütte and Kandahar 2 (Kreuzeckbahn valley station)
Hausberg
Kreuzeck – Bayernhaus – Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Parking: Kreuzeckbahn / Alpspitzbahn valley station
- Start: Kreuzeckbahn mountain station
- Destination: Garmisch-Partenkirchen; From the Hausberg stop, take the cogwheel train back to the Kreuzeckbahn / Alpspitzbahn valley station.
- Duration: Uphill 3 hrs. / Downhill 4 hrs
- Level of difficulty: easy, suitable for families
- Refreshment stops: Kreuzeckhaus, Kreuzeckalm, Bayernhaus, Kochelbergalm and Kandahar 2 (Kreuzeckbahn valley station)
Jägersteig
Hammersbach – Kreuzeck
- Parking: Kreuzeckbahn / Alpspitzbahn valley station
- Start: Hammersbach cogwheel train stop
- Destination: Kreuzeckbahn mountain station; Take the cogwheel train to the Hammersbach stop.
- Duration: Uphill 3 ½ hrs. / Downhill 2 ½ hrs
- Level of difficulty: easy, suitable for families
- Refreshment stops: Kreuzeckhaus and Kandahar 2 (Kreuzeckbahn valley station)
Panorama trail
Circular trail around the Wank summit
- Parking: Wankbahn valley station
- Start: Wankbahn mountain station
- Destination: Wankbahn mountain station
- How to get there: Take the Wankbahn cable car to the mountain station.
- Level of difficulty: easy, suitable for families
- Refreshment stops: Sonnenalm, Wankhaus and Wankstüberl
Trail to the Wank summit
Via the Südseite (south side) to the top of the “panoramic mountain”
- Parking: Wankbahn valley station
- Start: Wankbahn valley station
- Destination: Wankbahn mountain station
- Duration: Uphill 4 hrs. / Downhill 2 ¾ hrs.
- Level of difficulty: easy, suitable for families
- Refreshment stops: Sonnenalm, Wankhaus and Wankstüberl
Trail to the Wank summit
via Frauenmahd
- Parking: Wankbahn valley station
- Start: Wankbahn valley station
- Destination: Wankbahn mountain station
- Duration: Uphill 4 ¾ hrs. / Downhill 3 ½ hrs.
- Level of difficulty: easy, suitable for families
- Refreshment stops: Sonnenalm, Wankhaus and Wankstüberl
Trail to the Wank summit
via Schalmeischlucht and Gschwandnerbauer
- Parking: Wankbahn valley station
- Start: Wankbahn valley station
- Destination: Wankbahn mountain station
- Duration: Uphill 5 ½ hrs. / Downhill 4 hrs.
- Level of difficulty: easy, suitable for families
- Refreshment stops: Gschwandtnerbauer, Sonnenalm, Wankhaus and Wankstüberl
