missypie

My husband and I honeymooned in Interlaken, Switzerland and did a lot of hiking. There seemed to be an unending supply of chair lifts, cable cars, funiculars and other ways to get one up and down the mountains.

We'll be visiting southern Bavaria with our three kids (17, 15 and 12) in a few weeks, and I'm pretty sure there are similar things there, but I don't know where they are. Your help in finding cable cars and chair lifts would be greatly appreciated, esp. in the Mittenwald/Garmisch area. Thanks!!!

TuckH

Number One: The Zugspitze.

www.zugspitze.de/zugspitze/index_en.php

swisshiker

Hello misisypie

The accessibility of the mountaintops in Switzerland is absolutely amazing, isn't it.

We'll also be exploring the southern Bavaria region in a few weeks and will be staying a couple nights in Garmisch. We've not been up the Zugspitze, but from what I've read, it sounds terrific.

Happy travels!

swandav2000

Hi missypie,

From Mittenwald, you have two.

The Kranzberg chairlift takes you up to a nice little peak with a fabulous restaurant at the top. Best wursts around right there (and the view ain't bad either)!! Then you can join all the others taking the trail downhill.

http://www.mittenwald.de/index.shtml?en_m_kranzbergbahn

The Karwendelbahn is a cable car up the Karwendel, on the other side of town.

http://www.mittenwald.de/index.shtml?en_m_karwendelbahn

Have fun!

s

swandav2000

Sorry, those links did not copy completely. Suggest you copy & paste the entire link to get right to the right page.

s

missypie

Wow, TuckH, it sounds perfect! Does it get supercrowded in the summer, such that we would want to try to be some of the first ones up?

TuckH

Yes - that's what we did. Had lunch at the top. (Bring a jacket.)

After the descent, we enjoyed a lovely hike (more like a 'walk') around the Eibsee with glorious views of the summit.

missypie

This all sounds so fun, we may not even make it into Munich!