LittleZ

any chance you could give me the details about climbing zugspitze through the Höllental route??? I plan to rent the gear (crampons, harness, etc) and ill plan a day with good weather in early September. so ive been having a tough time finding the route info. time, distance, etc. I see people on youtube videos carrying backpacks... are they spending the night? could i realistically do it in one day? I plan to take the tram down and i know the last ride is at 430pm.
also more importantly is there other recommended climbs like this where you need the gear but dont take as long? I really can only afford to make it a day trip as my wife is gonna spend the day shopping.
i am also spending a week in the salzburg area, so any great climbs that way would be much appreciated

Donny

J62

Check out the Garmisch Partenkirchen website, www.gapa.de,or http://www.gapa.de/Garmisch-Partenki...ering_Climbing.

Lots of relevant links.

VolCrew

That is quite an adventure. I took the easy way out and rode the tram up AND down. Even in July, it was snowing crazy at the top!

latedaytraveler

LittleZ, my experience was the same as Vol's - took the tram up and down. Fantastic views at the top. Staff was shoveling snow on the top deck when we arrived. This was in July 2008 - unfortunately two climbers had died the day before in a snowstorm as they made their ascent.
Good luck in your adventure.

Nelson

Information can be found here:
http://www.summitpost.org/zugspitze/150322
http://www.summitpost.org/alps-eastern-part/152667

That site also has a forum where you can post or search for questions:
http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB3/europe.html

Good luck!