Hammersbach (Grainau)
Hammersbach 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.
There is a halt on the Bavarian Zugspitze Railway and Eibsee bus within the parish, which runs from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to the Eibsee.
Summits
From Hammersbach the following summits may be ascended by experienced Alpinists:- Waxenstein
- Alpspitze via the Höllentorkopf and Osterfelderkopf or Matheisenkar cirque and Grieskarscharte col
- Zugspitze through the Höllental valley and over the Höllentalferner
Trails
- Eibsee Circular Trail : From Hammersbach along the ridgeway to the Eibsee Hotel, then around the Eibsee lake and back
- Höllental valley via the Höllental entrance hut through the Höllental Gorge to the Höllentalanger Hut.
- From the Höllentalanger Hut to the Höllentor and on to the cable car station of Osterfelderkopf.
- From the Höllentalanger Hut over the Hupfleitenjoch to the cable car station of Kreuzeckhaus
- From Hammersbach via Waldeck to the ''Kreuzjoch''