Ascent of Zugspitze

Zugspitze in the morning; the summit is the far left peak

As with Pilatus, and for the same reasons, I took the cable-car up

Climbers on the huge Austrian face of Zugspitze

The mountain is shared by Germany and Austria, the

sloping side Germany's, the sheer side, Austria's

It is Germany's highest peak, and therefore its highest

bier-garten

9:30 in the AM; breakfast of champions



I had coffee, melange, on the more sedate

Austrian side



After climbing to the summit; interestingly,

to get to the summit of Zugspitze, you have

to abandon the comforts of restaurant,

visitor center, and bier-garten, and

And actually climb a bit, the last 100 feet or

so, unprotected, like these folks are doing

I gave serious thought to blowing this one off...the

exposure was terrific, but there was iron-mongery to hold

on to, and, hey, it cost 30 euros to ride that cable-car up..;

summit self-portrait

The summit mast

Other views from the top

Lermoos, Austria, below

And looking east into the Tyrol

The rest of the summit area