The weather was crystal clear the next morning (Sat 6/24), and was perfect for an expedition up the
Zugspitze! The view from below was impressive, a stark craggy range of rock, with snow and ice still clinging to the north faces. In the little town of Grainau, we bought our tickets for the Eibsee-Seilbahn (cable car), for an ascent straight to the top. The cable car itself is a 2000m ascent, up to the peak at 2995m (about 10000 feet)! the first pylon is visible in the picture at left (the second one is hidden) then the cable shoots up in to the peak way the heck up at the top there. Ja, quite a ride!
Up at the top, the boys could walk to Austria on the other side of the ridge, and we could admire one heck of an Alpine view! There were skilifts on the glacier bleow, where skiing was pretty good until April, apparently. This has got to be one heck of a place to be in the winter!
# posted by Rob : Sunday, June 25, 2006
The weather was crystal clear the next morning (Sat 6/24), and was perfect for an expedition up the Zugspitze! The view from below was impressive, a stark craggy range of rock, with snow and ice still clinging to the north faces. In the little town of Grainau, we bought our tickets for the Eibsee-Seilbahn (cable car), for an ascent straight to the top. The cable car itself is a 2000m ascent, up to the peak at 2995m (about 10000 feet)! the first pylon is visible in the picture at left (the second one is hidden) then the cable shoots up in to the peak way the heck up at the top there. Ja, quite a ride!
Up at the top, the boys could walk to Austria on the other side of the ridge, and we could admire one heck of an Alpine view! There were skilifts on the glacier bleow, where skiing was pretty good until April, apparently. This has got to be one heck of a place to be in the winter!
