09^Sep Sat
06:30

Hiking to the highest German peak: BrentAlm – Gatterl – Zugspitze – Stopselzieher Klettersteig – BrentAlm. Route: http://out.ac/IMEwCg . Scrambling or climbing of categories up to A/B. Only for experienced hikers: sure-footedness, a head for heights, good physical condition, and good equipment are necessary. As standing in a queue to the cross on Zugspitze takes lots of time, we are highly likely to skip the cross. If Stopselzieher Klettersteig is covered with snow, we may replace hiking down with taking a cable car to Ehrwald.

Necessary:

• hiking boots,
• ⩾ 4 L of water (I recommend more),
• a climbing harness, a via-ferrata kit, a helmet, and climbing gloves (dependent on trail conditions: in case of snow lying on the (otherwise easy) via ferrata of the ascent path on the southern slope of Zugspitze or snow-free Stopselzieher Klettersteig; some hikers might not need certain parts of the gear, but if you are such a hiker, you must know what you're doing),
• money in case we take a cable car down, and
• a head lamp.
  

Optional:

• hiking poles,
  
• crampons and gaiters if there's snow, and
  
• warm clothes (depending on the weather).
  

If many participants show up, we split into groups according to the vertical speed, e.g., a group with ⩽ 300 m/h, a group with ≈ 375 m/h, and a group with ⩾ 450 m/h.

In case of rain, snowfall, or thunderstorm, or in case of too few participants, the hike might be canceled, modified, or moved. I'm going to check the path and weather conditions a day or two before the hike so that we know whether the via-ferrata gear is needed.

Tidiness rules for the folks who get a ride with my car: (1) keep your dirty hiking gear (e.g., dirty boots and dirty hiking-pole tips) in bags of yours, (2) don't eat inside (drinking pure water is always fine; a driver may also sip a caffeine drink to keep awake), and if you are really hungry, ask the driver to stop and then eat outside, and (3) someday – and that day may never come – I will call upon you to help me cleaning the car with time or money.  Other drivers may (or may not) have their own regulations concerning their cars.

The tour is unguided; I'm not a guide. Every hiker is fully responsible for himself/herself and hikes at his/her own risk.