Alpspitze

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title: "Alpspitze" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-bavaria", "mountains-of-the-alps", "two-thousanders-of-germany", "articles-containing-video-clips"] description: "Mountain in Bavaria, Germany" topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpspitze" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain in Bavaria, Germany ::

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Field	Value
name	Alpspitze
photo	Alpspitze (Wetterstein).jpg
photo_caption	The North Face of the Alpspitze seen from the Osterfelderkopf
elevation_m	2628
map	Germany Bavaria
location	Bavaria, Germany
coordinates
geology	Wetterstein limestone
type	Triassic
first_ascent	Probably by J. Burger from Partenkirchen, 1825
easiest_route	Alpspitz-Ferrata klettersteig
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| name = Alpspitze | photo = Alpspitze (Wetterstein).jpg | photo_caption = The North Face of the Alpspitze seen from the Osterfelderkopf | elevation_m = 2628 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | map = Germany Bavaria | location = Bavaria, Germany | range = | coordinates = | geology = Wetterstein limestone | type = Triassic | first_ascent = Probably by J. Burger from Partenkirchen, 1825 | easiest_route = Alpspitz-Ferrata klettersteig The Alpspitze is a mountain, 2628 m, in Bavaria, Germany. Its pyramidal peak is the symbol of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and is one of the best known and most attractive mountains of the Northern Limestone Alps. It is made predominantly of Wetterstein limestone from the Upper Triassic.

Ascent

Several klettersteigs run up the Alpspitze. The shortest ascent starts at the valley station of Osterfelderkopf (2,033 m) on the Alpspitze Cable Car from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. From the Osterfelderkopf the Alpspitze may be climbed either directly along the Alpspitz-Ferrata, an easy, mostly protected and much frequented klettersteig (ca. 2 hours).

Another ascent runs from the col of Grießkarscharte (2,460 m), which is reached either from the Höllentalanger Hut in the Höllental valley via the cirque of Mathaisenkar (involving a klettersteig) or from the lake of Stuibensee via the Grießkar cirque.

The popular route from the Alpspitze via the arete of Jubiläumsgrat to the Zugspitze is a long and difficult climbing tour, which involves UIAA grade III sections.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Alpspitze_-_Panoramaschwenk_über_die_Aufstiegs-_und_Abfahrtsroute.webm" caption="Panoramaschwenk über die Aufstiegs- und Abfahrtsroute für Skitourengeher"] ::

Summit cross

The summit cross was erected in 1946 by Richard Weber and Kaspar Jocher together with the Roman Catholic Kolpingsfamilie of Garmisch. On the 25th and 50th anniversary of its installation a commemorative plaque was fixed to the cross.

Observation platform

At its base is the 'AlpspiX Viewing Platform', 2 curved metal walkways reaching out 13 metres (42 feet) over a cliff, crossing over each other, making the shape of an X. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Garmisch_5.JPG"] ::

Gallery

File:Alpspitze_mit_Blick_auf_das_Loisachtal.jpg|The Alpspitze with a view of the Loisach valley File:GipfelkreuzAlpspitze.JPG|Summit cross on the Alpspitze with its summit register File:Alpspitze.JPG|The Alpspitze (right) and Hochblassen (left) from the Schachen ascent File:Alpspitze_mit_Gleitschirmflieger.jpg|The Alpspitze and paragliders File:Alpspitze0306.jpg|The Alpspitze in winter File:Alpspitze 1.JPG|The Alpspitze and the Osterfelder top station

References

References

1. ''Geologische Karte von Bayern mit Erläuterungen'' (1:500,000). Bayerisches Geologisches Landesamt, 1998.

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