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Zugspitze
- Prominence
- 1,740 m5,707 ft
- Isolation
- 26 km
- Tonight
- -11°CPartly cloudy · Wind 10 km/h W
Zugspitze is a 2,962 m (9,718 ft) mountain in the Wetterstein, Bavaria, Austria.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,962 m · 9,718 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Zwölferkogel (2,988 m)
- Range
- Wetterstein
- Region
- Bavaria, Austria
- Coordinates
- 47.4210° N, 10.9849° E
Zugspitze 3D map
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Zugspitze topographic map
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Zugspitze downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How to get to the top of Zugspitze
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 3.9 km S of Zugspitze
- Distance
- 8.8 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,338 m−214 m (4,390 ft up)
- Time up
- about 4.5 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Zugspitze weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · -11°C (12°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 10 km/h W
Zugspitze forecast for the summit, about 2,962 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,372 m.
- Tonight-11°0.4 mm10 km/h WBase -1°
- Today-12°-6°2.8 mm15 km/h WBase -2 / 3°
- Sun-9°-1°11.4 mm17 km/h WBase 0 / 10°
- Mon-10°0°0.1 mm6 km/h NWBase -1 / 9°
- Tue-5°7°–3 km/h SBase 4 / 17°
- Wed-7°0°4.1 mm5 km/h NBase 3 / 9°
- Thu-10°0°–4 km/h NEBase -1 / 10°
- Fri-13°1°–4 km/h NBase -3 / 10°
- Sat-12°-1°0.2 mm6 km/h NWBase -2 / 8°
- Sun-9°-6°2.0 mm3 km/h WBase 0 / 3°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Zugspitze
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Zugspitze, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Münchner Haus
Nearest parking
Tiroler Zugspitzbahn
Nearest campsite
5-Sterne-Camping Zugspitz Resort
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Münchner HausHut | 0.0 km NNE |
| Wiener-Neustädter-HütteHut | 1.1 km WNW |
| KnorrhütteHut | 2.4 km ESE |
| Parking | 3.2 km W |
| Tiroler ZugspitzbahnParking | 3.3 km WNW |
| 5-Sterne-Camping Zugspitz ResortCampsite | 3.5 km WNW |
| Parking | 3.9 km N |
| Camping Dr.LauthCampsite | 4.7 km WSW |
| Camping BiberhofCampsite | 7.6 km SW |
How steep is the route to Zugspitze?
The easiest mapped route, 8.8 km from 1,825 m to 2,962 m. Steepest stretch: 28°.
- 0–15°7.1 km
- 15–30°1.7 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 100 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5.5 km, measured from the Zugspitze summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Zugspitzeck2,815 m 1.0 km WSW
- 2Schneefernerkopf2,874 m 1.7 km SW
- 3Innere Höllentalspitze2,741 m 2.0 km E
- 4Nördliche Wetterspitze2,746 m 2.2 km SSW
- 5Wetterspitzen2,746 m 2.5 km SSW
- 6Östliche Wetterspitze2,709 m 2.6 km SSW
- 7Mittlere Höllentalspitze2,740 m 2.6 km E
- 8Äußere Höllentalspitze2,715 m 3.2 km E
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.5 km; 1,081 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Yellow-billed Chough255
- Mallard87
- Alpine Salamander67
- Silver-washed Fritillary53
- European Toad50
- Spring Heath49
Where Zugspitze sits
Nearby places
SchneefernerGlacier · 1,459 m↑1.1 km SW
HöllentalfernerGlacier · 2,400 m↑1.1 km ENE
SchneefernerkopfPeak · 2,874 m↑1.7 km SW
EibseeLake · 973 m↑4.2 km NNW
Höllental↑4.3 km ENE
More in the Wetterstein 2
How accurate is this?
13 m low This 3D map reads 2,949 m at the summit; the official height is 2,962 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 30 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,962 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,949 m | -13 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,932 m | -30 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-24)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Official website · Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia