Zugspitze

The Zugspitze massif, part of the Wetterstein range, straddles the frontier between Germany and Austria, surrounded on three sides by deeply slashed valleys. The eastern summit (2,962m/9,718ft), crowned by a gilded cross, lies in Germany. The summit of the Zugspitze can be reached, on the Austrian side, by cableway (the Tiroler Zugspitzbahn) from Ehrwald-Obermoos, and on the German side by cog railroad (the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn) from Garmisch-Partenkirchen or by cabin cableway from the Eibsee.