Hiking trail: Eibsee / Garmisch Partenkirchen

The Seilbahn Zugspitze is an aerial tramway running from the Eibsee Lake to the top of Zugspitze. It currently holds the world record for the longest freespan in a cable car at 3,213 metres (10,541 ft). Construction of the system began in 2015 and it opened on 22 December 2017.This cable car replaced the original Eibsee Cable Car which closed on 2 April 2017 leaving no service for eight and half months (access to Zugspitze was still possible via the rack railway and the Gletscherbahn Cable Car).

Hammersbach (758 m above sea level) is a village in the municipality of Grainau at the foot of the Wetterstein Mountains in South Germany. It is located at the southwestern end of the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and is an important base for tours by mountaineers and hikers.

Riessersee is a German lake located in southwest Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The lake itself hosted the speed skating events and 10 of the 37 ice hockey games for the 1936 Winter Olympics. Adjacent to the lake, the bobsleigh events took place.