Photography by Mike Mander | Germany: Zugspitze & Alpspitze

Germany: Zugspitze & Alpspitze

August 19th & 20th

This two page gallery has photos taken during my stay in Grainau and, of course, especially shots on top of the 2962 meter Zugspitze, the highest point in Germany, and the slightly lower Alpspitze. The weather was amazing, with puffy clouds streaming by and deep blue clear skies, especially on the first day to the top of the Zugspitze. Here is a link to a time-lapse video I shot and quickly hacked together, showing the cloud action.

Basically, page one shows our Zugspitze excursion and page two mostly shows our day on the Alpspitze. Photos 1-6, 46-47 and 89-90 were taken at our hotel in Grainau. Regarding being lucky with the weather, check out the evening after our Zugspitze excursion, photos 46-47… there was a heck of a thunderstorm with wind, torrential rains and lightning. Photo 6 is a full zoom on my 45-200mm Panasonic lens, showing the Zugspitze buildings visible from our hotel.

The lovely turquoise blue lake is the Eibsee, featured on photo 6 taken from the cable car and also from the ground in photo 88. Photos 17, 25 and 28 of me were taken by my dad, with 17 showing me photographing back at the Zugspitze buildings on my way to the golden cross at the actual summit. Photos 41-44 were taken while on the cogwheel railway, coming down from the Alpspitze. Lastly, photos 89-90 were taken while having dinner outside on our hotel's cozy deck.