Illustrative photograph — not necessarily this resort · Gabriela Palai / Pexels
708–2962 m
Garmisch-Partenkirchen's skiing is split across two physically separate, unconnected sectors: the mid-mountain Garmisch-Classic area (Hausberg/Kreuzeck/Alpspitze, 740–2,050 m, 40 km of piste) and the high-altitude Zugspitze glacier plateau (Zugspitzplatt, up to 2,962 m, 20 km of piste), joined only by a combined lift ticket, not by skiable terrain. No independently verifiable single combined piste-km total exists for the resort as a whole.
It has two genuine reversible aerial tramways — the record-setting 2017 Zugspitzbahn from Eibsee, with the longest unsupported single span of any cable car in the world, and the 1973 Alpspitzbahn to Osterfelderkopf — alongside several gondolas.
True cable cars (aerial tramways)
Gondolas and chairlifts are listed above under Notable lifts. These are specifically two-station reversible aerial tramways — a distinct lift type.
Seilbahn Zugspitze (Eibsee-Seilbahn)
Eibsee → Zugspitze summit
1945 m · Vertical riseBuilt 2017
Alpspitzbahn
Alpspitzbahn Talstation → Osterfelderkopf
1287 m · Vertical riseBuilt 1973rebuilt 2009
Resort map
Verified locations only: the resort area and its named cable car stations. We don't have precise coordinates for individual accommodation listings, so those aren't plotted here — use the booking link in the sidebar instead.
Amenities
Ski school available through several local schools (Skischule GAP, Skischule Alpin, Skischule Zugspitze)
Children's ski courses via local ski schools
Notable lifts
Lift
Type
Seilbahn Zugspitze (Eibsee–Zugspitze)
cable car (reversible aerial tramway) World-record 3,213 m free span and 1,945 m single-section vertical rise; opened 2017, replacing the 1963 original.
Alpspitzbahn
cable car (reversible aerial tramway) 80-person cabins, built 1973, control system renovated 2009.
Zugspitzplatt / Gletscherbahn
cable car (reversible aerial tramway) Built 1992, up to ~75 persons per cabin.
Hochalmbahn
cable car (reversible aerial tramway) Built 1972, 44-person cabins.
Kreuzeckbahn
gondola Historic first Doppelmayr bicable gondola on this line.
Hausbergbahn
gondola 8-person, winter-only operation.
Bayerische Zugspitzbahn
rack railway Historic 1930 cog railway, an alternate route to the summit area via Eibsee.
Every note below is drawn from the resort's own or an independent official publication.
No single official combined piste-km figure exists for the whole resort — the 60 km 'Twin Ticket' figure is a bundled-ticket marketing figure covering two unconnected sectors (Garmisch-Classic and the Zugspitze glacier plateau), not a stated contiguous-terrain total, so total and difficulty-split figures are left null rather than summed.
The Zugspitzbahn (Eibsee–Zugspitze) is confirmed as a true reversible tramway even after its 2017 rebuild, not a conversion to a gondola.
Night skiing was not independently confirmed for either sector and is not claimed.
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