Hammersbach (758 m above

sea level Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an mean, average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal Body of water, bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical ...

) is a village in the municipality of

Grainau Grainau (Southern Bavarian: ''Groana'') is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in southern Bavaria, Germany. It is located at the foot of the Zugspitze mountain, the tallest mountain in Germ ...

at the foot of the

Wetterstein Mountains The Wetterstein mountains (), colloquially called Wetterstein, is a mountain group in the Northern Limestone Alps within the Eastern Alps, crossing the Austria–Germany border. It is a comparatively compact range located between Garmi ...

in South Germany. It is located at the southwestern end of the market town of

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; ) is an Northern Limestone Alps, Alpine mountain resort, ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ...

and is an important base for tours by

mountaineers Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas that have become sports ...

and hikers. There is a halt on the

Bavarian Zugspitze Railway The Bavarian Zugspitze Railway () is one of four rack railways still working in Germany, along with the Wendelstein Railway, the Drachenfels Railway and the Stuttgart Rack Railway. The metre gauge line runs from Garmisch in the centre of Garmi ...

and Eibsee bus within the parish, which runs from

to the Eibsee.

Summits

From Hammersbach the following summits may be ascended by experienced Alpinists: *

Waxenstein Waxenstein is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States ...

(2,277 m) *

Alpspitze The Alpspitze is a mountain, 2628 m, in Bavaria, Germany. Its pyramidal peak is the symbol of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and is one of the best known and most attractive mountains of the Northern Limestone Alps. It is made predominantly of Wett ...

(2,628 m) via the ''Höllentorkopf'' and

Osterfelderkopf Osterfelderkopf (elevation ) is a summit of the Wetterstein range in the German state of Bavaria. Alpinism

The Osterfelderkopf lies below the northern ridge of the Alpspitze and the ''Höllentorkopf''. It is only a few meters away from th ...

or ''Matheisenkar'' cirque and ''Grieskarscharte'' col *

Zugspitze The Zugspitze ( , ; ), at above Normalhöhennull, sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains and the highest mountain in Germany. It lies south of the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, and the Austria–Germany border ...

(2,962 m) through the Höllental valley and over the

Höllentalferner The Höllentalferner is a glacier in the western Wetterstein Mountains. It is a cirque glacier that covers the upper part of the Höllental valley and its location in a rocky bowl between the Riffelwandspitzen and Germany's highest mountain, t ...

Trails

*Eibsee Circular Trail (''Eibsee-Rundweg''): From Hammersbach along the ridgeway (''Höhenweg'') to the Eibsee Hotel, then around the

Eibsee Eibsee (" yew lake") is a lake in Bavaria, Germany, 9 km southwest of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and roughly 100 km southwest of Munich. It is above sea-level and its surface area is . It is at the northerly base of the Zugspitze ( above s ...

lake and back (ca. 15 km/height difference 500 m) * Höllental valley via the Höllental entrance hut through the Höllental Gorge to the

Höllentalanger Hut The Höllentalanger Hut (1,381 m) is a managed hut owned by the German Alpine Club in the Wetterstein Mountains of Bavaria, in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The hut lies in a narrow defile between the Höllental-Blassen and Waxenstein-R ...

. *From the Höllentalanger Hut (1,387 m) to the ''Höllentor'' (2,050 m) and on to the cable car station of

Osterfelderkopf Osterfelderkopf (elevation ) is a summit of the Wetterstein range in the German state of Bavaria. Alpinism

The Osterfelderkopf lies below the northern ridge of the Alpspitze and the ''Höllentorkopf''. It is only a few meters away from th ...

. *From the Höllentalanger Hut over the ''Hupfleitenjoch'' to the cable car station of Kreuzeckhaus (1,680 m) *From Hammersbach via Waldeck (1,238 m) to the ''Kreuzjoch'' (1,719 m)

References

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