Visiting the Zugspitze

Today we took our visitor, Chris, to the Zugspitze. The Zugspitze is the highest point in Germany at 3000 meters. It has a glacier on the top and we saw loads of snow. You will notice we had on winter coats at the base.



Daphne arranged the trip - we would drive to the base at 1000 meters, take the cablecar to the summit and then take the train down from the top.

The cable car goes up 2000 meters with only two towers. Speaking for those of us who don't love heights, this was the most uncomfortable 20 minutes of my time in Germany. Please click on some of the pictures to get a feeling.

The picture from the base shows the cables disappearing into the mountain/clouds. What you don't see is that the car goes straight up to the summit. Straight up.

I also have a picture of another cable car going up to the Austrian side.

Once we were at the top, we walked around and took pictures. Chris took a picture of himself looking out at the mountains.
The picture of Daph and Brian is in the cable car.



The ride down was the train. It is more than a mile tunnel (to avoid avalances and rock slides) that decends over 1000 meters. It was much better for me.

Later we drove to across to see where Daphne's Mom spent time in Mittenwald. On the way we stopped and saw an alpine amusement ride where you ride carts down the mountain on toboggen tracks. Imagine a cement and metal bobsled track and each of us on a little car that only has a break. It was fun.

The kids loved it. Here is a picture of Julia on the cart.

Daphne adds: no safety equipment like seatbelts or helmets.