Knorr Hut – Zugspitze Plateau loop from Knorrhütte

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Knorr Hut – Zugspitze Plateau loop from Knorrhütte

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Knorr Hut – Zugspitze Plateau loop from Knorrhütte

06:44

11.4km

1,170m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

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Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 5.01 km for 995 m

After 6.28 km for 996 m

Waypoints

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189 m

Stony ascent to the Knorrhütte

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The path to the Knorr Hut is quite rocky. Once you've reached it, you've earned something at the hut!

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1.18 km

Knorr Hut

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A rustic Alpine Club hut in the middle of a scree field in front of the Zugspitze. Here you have a beautiful view of the green Reintal, but also of …

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1.82 km

View of the Knorrhütte and the Reintal

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Very stony area. Hardly anything green.

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3.20 km

Schneefernereck

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Impressive rocky landscape, often with large old snow fields.

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4.56 km

The Zugspitzplatt can be visited by descending the dangerous scree slope, or with the Gletscherbahn, which runs between the Zugspitze and the Kaarst landscape almost 400 meters below, from which the cog railway then continues to Garmisch.

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5.76 km

View of the Zugspitze glacier

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Shortly before the platform on the Zugspitze you have a beautiful view back of the glacier

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5.99 km

View of Lake Eibsee from the Zugspitze

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From up here it looks as small as on the model railway

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6.02 km

Zugspitze Summit Station

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The highest mountain in Germany, a real must!

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11.4 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

840 m

224 m

Surfaces

7.14 km

2.70 km

677 m

652 m

188 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Wednesday 7 October

9°C

3°C

99 %

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

August 3, 2024,W 2024-013 - Zugspitze -Tag 2

On the second day we went from the Reintalangerhütte to the Knorrhütte, then over the Zugspitzplatt to the mountain station of the cog railway. Then on to the summit of the Zugspitze

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July 21, 2022,Zugspitze 4/4: Reintalangerhütte zur Zugspitze

At 5 a.m. the alarm clock rang, at 5:20 a.m. we set off in the direction of the Knorrhütte, past the source of the Partnach at the most beautiful sunrise. That gave hope for good weather. From 9 a.m. it was so overcast that you only walked in the fog and hardly saw anyone else. The way to the Knorrhütte …

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June 30, 2025,2. Tag Gatterl-Tour , Knorrhütte-Zugspitze

Done, the scree field from the Zugspitzplatt was the biggest challenge.

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October 1, 2023,Zugspitze Tag 2 ⛰️ von der Reintalangerhütte auf die Zugspitze

What great weather we had. Not a cloud in the sky, but it was even colder when we came out of the hut at 8am.

The tour leads slowly uphill through the Reintal and we slowly get an insight into the mountains around us. A short, sharp climb and we can see the view from above into the valley and …

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June 25, 2025,Von der Knorrhütte auf die Zugspitze

Up to the summit, first along the path through scree and at times over snowfields, then finally along the well-secured via ferrata. To go down, it was better to replace the via ferrata with a cable car ride.

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August 17, 2022,Zugspitz-Tour - Tag 2

Hello, Top of Germany! After four hours of hard ascent we finally saw the Zugspitze! Yeah, I've never been up here, not even on the train. And I don't really know whether I should recommend the tour or not. There is, of course, the matter of the highest mountain in Germany, which as an ambitious mountaineer is somehow always on …

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July 23, 2023,Auf die Zugspitze

This weekend's adventure: Hiking to the Zugspitze, with an overnight stay at the Reintalangerhütte. From there to the summit in 6:15 hours - a wonderful experience!

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