Trail map
Published by Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG; this copy via Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG. The current official map is at Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG.
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Open in SkiAllDayThe verdict
Garmisch-Classic is the ski area above Garmisch-Partenkirchen, spread over three linked mountains: Hausberg, Kreuzeck and Alpspitze. The operator gives it 40 km of piste and skiresort.com counts 18 lifts between 740 m and 2,050 m, which makes it one of the largest in Germany. The Kandahar World Cup downhill runs down the middle of it, and all four valley descents are graded red or black.12345
Goes well for
- Strong skiers who want to ski a World Cup downhill on an ordinary day ticket
- Cold snow: 76% of the measured piste faces north, north-east or north-west
- Day trips from Munich, 91 km away by road and on the hourly RB 6 regional line
Goes badly for
- First weeks on snow: no valley descent is graded easy, and only 29% of the piste can be reached from the base without skiing a red or a black
- Anyone expecting the Zugspitze glacier on the same ticket, which a Garmisch-Classic day pass does not cover
- The last week of February, when the men's and women's World Cup races take over the Kandahar
Key facts
Every card opens. The headline number is the answer; underneath is how it was measured and where it came from.
Elevation 1,310m vertical · 740–2,050 m
| Village | 707 m6 |
|---|---|
| Lowest piste | 740 m1 |
| Highest lift-served point | 2,050 m1 |
| Vertical drop | 1,310 m |
The top lift-served point is the Osterfelderkopflift above the Alpspitzbahn top station. The Alpspitze summit at 2,628 m is above the ski area and is not lift-served. The operator's piste map labels Osterfelderkopf 2,057 m and Garmisch-Partenkirchen 707 m.
Pistes 40km 37.8 km measured from the network
- Easy 12km 30%
- Intermediate 18km 45%
- Difficult 10km 25%
Plus 3 km of marked ski routes, which are neither pisted nor patrolled to piste standard.
Marketed vs measuredThe operator and skiresort.com both give 40 km. The SkiAllDay routing graph measures 37.8 km of marked piste from OpenStreetMap data, about 5% less. Marketed piste length is taken along the centre line at the widest legal extent, so it runs longer than a graph measurement almost everywhere. The 3 km of marked ski route, which is the Standard-Tonihutte descent, is counted separately by skiresort.com and is not groomed or avalanche-controlled to piste standard.
Lifts 18 6 types in the fleet
- T-bar and platter 7
- Chairlift 4
- Aerial tramway 2
- Gondola 2
- Moving carpet 2
- Rope tow 1
Two of the three valley lifts are gondolas built this century, the Kreuzeckbahn in 2002 and the Hausbergbahn in 2006. The Alpspitzbahn and the Hochalmbahn are 1970s aerial tramways, and four of the seven drag lifts date from 1970 to 1975. The Kreuzwankl eight-seat chairlift opened in December 2025 and replaced the six-seater of 1997. skiresort.com puts the combined length of all 18 installations at 16.3 km and their combined capacity at 23,790 people an hour.1
Season December – March winter season
| Winter season | mid December – late March |
|---|---|
| Lift hours | 08:30–16:30 |
Day pass EUR 67 adult, main season
| Adult | EUR 673 |
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| Youth | EUR 543 |
| Child | EUR 343 |
| Multi-resort passes | Top Snow Card (Zugspitze, Garmisch-Classic, Ehrwald, Lermoos, Berwang, Mittenwald and others; 2 days upwards) Twin-Ticket, two days split between Garmisch-Classic and the Zugspitze glacier Combination rail and lift ticket from Munich Hauptbahnhof with DB Regio |
Winter 2025/26 window rates; the operator had not published 2026/27 tariffs by the end of August 2026. High season added EUR 2 to most tickets and withdrew the morning ticket: it ran 20 December 2025 to 6 January 2026 and 14 to 22 February 2026, at EUR 69.00 adult, EUR 55.00 youth and EUR 35.50 child. A half day from 12:00 was EUR 53.50. A valid Deutsche Bahn return ticket, Bayern-Ticket, Interrail or BahnCard 100 gets a discount at the ticket window, but the Deutschland-Ticket does not.
Nearest airport 1h Innsbruck (INN)
| Innsbruck (INN) | 1h by road |
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| Munich (MUC) | 1h35 by road |
The A95 from Munich becomes the B2 and reaches Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 91 km. There are two car parks: Hausberg, at Am Hausberg 4, and Kreuzeck/Alpspitz, at Am Kreuzeckbahnhof 1, about 4 km apart on opposite sides of the area. Electric charging points are at the Kreuzeckbahn valley station. Finish the day at the base you parked at, because the two valley stations are not walkable from each other.
The mountain
These figures come from measuring the resort's actual piste and lift network rather than from its brochure. Measured from the SkiAllDay routing graph on 30 August 2026. Where the resort publishes a figure of its own, that figure is the one shown.
Piste km per lift km
1.21
Piste km opened by each kilometre of lift line. It measures how sparse the lift network is, not how good it is: a high figure means long runs off few lifts, so more skiing between rides but more traversing and more people funnelled onto each lift; a low one means dense lift service, quick laps and short waits, at the cost of repeating the same runs.
measuredLift minutes per ski hour
102 min
Time riding up for every hour spent descending, from the graph’s own traversal times.
measuredLongest continuous descent
6.8 km
The longest run of linked pistes that never rides a lift.
measuredReachable on easy runs only
29%
Share of piste a skier can reach from the base without ever descending something harder than an easy run.
measuredNorth-facing terrain
76%
Piste facing N, NE or NW, from the bearing of each descent. Shaded aspects hold snow longest.
measuredVertical on that descent
977 m
measuredUphill on surface lifts
17%
Share of climbing served by drag lifts and platters, weighted by vertical rather than by lift count.
measuredPiste above 2,500 m
0%
measuredMedian piste altitude
1,332 m
Half the piste length lies above this height and half below, weighted by length.
measuredSkiers per piste km
36
At full lift capacity — a ceiling for comparing resorts, not a forecast of your day. Derived from uphill capacity, lift ride times and the split between riding and descending.
measuredAverage lift capacity
1,388/h
People per hour, averaged across lifts. High can mean short queues, or a lot of people arriving on the same runs.
measuredMean piste gradient
19%
Length-weighted across every piste. Comparable between countries in a way that piste colour is not.
measuredPiste measured
37.8 km
measuredLift length measured
31.1 km
measured
How steep is it, really
Piste colour is set by each resort under its own rules, so a red in one country is a blue in another. Measured gradient is comparable everywhere.
- 21% 0–10%
- 27% 10–20%
- 39% 20–30%
- 11% 30–40%
- 1% 40%+
Guide
Three mountains, one ticket, and a network that works better going up than across. Hausberg is the beginner and family end, Kreuzeck and Kreuzjoch hold most of the mid-mountain skiing and the race terrain, and Alpspitze tops out at the Osterfelderkopf. The links between them run along skiways rather than open slopes, so moving sector costs more time than the map suggests.
The three sectors
The Hausbergbahn gondola climbs from 740 m to about 1,340 m and serves the Kinderland, the Rimmlermoos and Kreuzwankl blues and the Trogl slope. The Kreuzeckbahn gondola runs to Kreuzeck at 1,651 m, from where the Kandahar-Express reaches 1,690 m near Kreuzjoch and the Hexenkesselbahn serves a short steep bowl. The Alpspitzbahn is a 1973 aerial tramway that carries 80 people to the Osterfelderkopf, and the Bernadeinlift and Langenfelderbahn open the terrain below it. The Hausberg and Kreuzeck sides join over the Kreuzwankl chair; Kreuzeck and Alpspitze join along the Hochalmweg skiway.7864
The Kandahar
The Kandahar is a World Cup downhill open to the public whenever it is not being prepared for a race, marked black as pistes 5a and 5b. It starts at the Kandahar-Express top station at 1,690 m and finishes at 770 m by the Kreuzeckbahn valley station: 920 m of vertical over 2,920 m on the 5a line or 3,330 m on 5b. The Freier Fall section, built for the 2011 World Championships, reaches a 92% gradient, which the operator gives as the steepest piste section on the World Cup circuit. Getting on at the Kandahar-Express mid-station skips the Troglhang and the hardest part of the upper course.910
For beginners
Ixis Kinderland at the top of the Hausbergbahn is a proper learning area, with a moving carpet, three beginner lifts, a small slalom course and a funline, and two restaurants a few metres away. The problem is what comes next. None of the four valley descents is graded easy: Kochelberg and Olympia are red, Horn and Kandahar are black. Measured on the routing graph, 29% of the piste can be reached from the base without skiing anything harder than an easy run, and a beginner's day therefore ends by riding the gondola down.1164
For intermediates
The Osterfelder descent, piste 15, is the best sustained run here, dropping from the Osterfelderkopf through rock gates towards the Hochalm. Below Kreuzeck, the Hexenkessel and the two Langenfelder pistes give short repeatable reds, and the Kreuzjoch skiway links them without much climbing. The reds are genuinely red: with a mean piste gradient of 19% and 12% of the network steeper than 30%, Garmisch-Classic has more sustained pitch than most German areas.64
For experts
Beyond the Kandahar there is the Horn descent, the only other black on the map, and the Bernadein run in the far corner of the Alpspitz sector. Off-piste choice is thin: one marked ski route, the 3 km Standard-Tonihutte, and no lift-served glacier or high bowl. The longest continuous descent measured on the graph is 6.8 km for 977 m of vertical, which is a full run from the Osterfelderkopf to the valley without riding a lift.164
Snow and aspect
Garmisch-Classic is unusually shaded for a low area: 76% of its measured piste faces north, north-east or north-west, the highest share among the German resorts on this site. That matters because the median piste sits at 1,332 m and nothing is above 2,100 m. skiresort.com puts snowmaking on 62% of the slopes, covering the valley runs, Hausberg, Kreuzjoch and up to Kreuzeck; the Hochalm, Bernadein and Osterfelderkopf terrain has none and depends on what has fallen.412
The Zugspitze is a separate area
The Zugspitze glacier ski area, 20 km of natural-snow piste at 2,000 m and above, is run by the same company but has no piste or lift connection to Garmisch-Classic. It is a separate day and, for most tickets, a separate purchase: a Garmisch-Classic day pass does not cover it. The Twin-Ticket buys two days split between the two, the 1.5-day and 2.5-day tickets are valid in both, and the cog railway from Garmisch-Partenkirchen links the two bases.133
| Skier | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Expert on-piste | excellent | A World Cup downhill with a 92% pitch, skiable on a normal day ticket outside race preparation.9 |
| Strong intermediate | good | The Osterfelder run and the Kreuzeck reds are worth a day, though 18 km of intermediate piste runs out quickly.16 |
| Families | good | Ixis Kinderland sits at the top of the Hausbergbahn with two restaurants beside it and children under 6 travelling free.113 |
| Non-skiers | good | The Alpspitzbahn carries foot passengers to the AlpspiX viewing platform, and the Zugspitze is half an hour away.1415 |
| First-timer | fair | The nursery area is good, but nothing easy leads to the valley and only 29% of the piste is reachable on easy runs.46 |
| Freerider | fair | One marked ski route and 3 km of it. The terrain outside the pistes is steep limestone, not open bowl.16 |
| Snowboarders | fair | The sector links run along skiways, and the Hochalm to Kreuzeck traverse costs speed.6 |
By car
The A95 from Munich becomes the B2 and reaches Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 91 km. There are two car parks: Hausberg, at Am Hausberg 4, and Kreuzeck/Alpspitz, at Am Kreuzeckbahnhof 1, about 4 km apart on opposite sides of the area. Electric charging points are at the Kreuzeckbahn valley station. Finish the day at the base you parked at, because the two valley stations are not walkable from each other.
By train
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the end of the RB 6 from Munich via Weilheim, which runs hourly. The Bayerische Zugspitzbahn has its own station about 200 m west of the Deutsche Bahn platforms, and its valley line stops at Hausberg and at Kreuzeck, next to the two valley stations. The Deutschland-Ticket is valid on that valley line between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Grainau, though carriage is not guaranteed when trains are full.
Where to base yourself
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen | The town itself, with both valley stations on its southern edge |
|---|---|
| Grainau 5 km | Smaller and quieter, on the same railway, and closer to the Zugspitze cable car |
| Mittenwald 20 km | Cheaper base on the Innsbruck line, with its own small Kranzberg area |
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Osterfelder 2000
In the Alpspitzbahn top station, 55 seats inside and about 80 on the terrace, next to the AlpspiX platform. Open 09:00 to 16:00.16
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Garmischer Haus
Self-service, 400 seats, a few metres from the Hausbergbahn top station and beside Ixis Kinderland. The big-group option.17
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Drehmoser 9
At the Hausbergbahn top station, 180 seats over two floors, pizza and Bavarian dishes. Winter only.18
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Kandahar 2
At the bottom of the Kandahar, so it is the end-of-day stop rather than a lunch one. Coffee and snacks, 30 seats, 10:00 to 17:00.19
What skiers say
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Take the first Kreuzeckbahn and repeat Kandahar and Olympia while freshly groomed, then leave those valley runs before the main crowd carves them up.20
A snowHeads regular described doing five or six early laps before moving elsewhere; later traffic concentrates on the limited valley routes.
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If you start at Hausberg, cross the Kreuzwankl chair before the roughly 09:30 arrival wave instead of lapping Hausberg first.2122
A March 2025 report called it the only Hausberg-to-Kreuzeck link and recorded a seven-minute queue; 2025/26 users say the replacement eight-seat chair shortened waits but remains the resort's most-used lift.
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Treat Alpspitzbahn as a timed cable car and switch to Kreuzeckbahn if you have just missed a departure.2324
Reports put a two-cabin wait at 15–20 minutes on a busy day, while quiet periods have seen half-hourly operation, making an untimed arrival expensive.
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Check individual Kandahar sections and Bernadein before any late-January or February visit because World Cup preparation can remove much of Classic's best skiing well before race day.222526
In February 2026 the upper Kandahar and Bernadein were already closed about two weeks before the event; a World Cup-day report found Kandahar closed to the public throughout the visit.
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When returning from Alpspitz or Kreuzeck toward Hausberg, aim to reach Kandahar-Express by about 15:45 rather than relying on a last-minute traverse.21
A March 2025 skier reached it at 15:50 and reported a 16:15 closure after slow Hexenkessel laps and traverses had consumed more time than expected; verify the day's posted closing time.
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From Munich, choose a regional service shown through to the Hausberg stop rather than automatically getting off at Garmisch's main station for a bus.2721
The stop is roughly 200 metres across the car park from Hausbergbahn, and a 2025 trip report used lockers and changing space around the ski-school building.
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From Munich Airport with ski bags, compare the direct FlixBus to the two-train route because it avoids the city-centre transfer.28
The discussion reported roughly two-hour intervals and ample luggage space, but tickets are tied to a specific departure and become dearer near travel time.
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On peak weekends, bypass a closed or overflowing Hausberg car park and continue to Kreuzeck/Alpspitz or use the ski bus.2922
A Garmisch local reported Hausberg regularly filling and its access road clogging from about 16:00; even both main car parks filled on the March 2026 closing weekend.
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If driving, finish the day at the same valley base where you parked or confirm a post-ski train connection before the lifts close.3031
A repeat visitor warned that ending at Hausberg after parking at Kreuzeck/Alpspitz, or vice versa, can leave a 6–8 km taxi ride or long walk; the local railway serves both bases while running.
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Make the Osterfelderkopf descent through piste 15 and the rock-gate canyons a deliberate top-to-bottom run rather than merely riding Alpspitzbahn for the view.3228
Riders describe it as the standout intermediate journey, taking about 35 minutes to the bottom and using a small conveyor connection midway.
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Lap marked piste 16 at Bernadein when it is open because it is the quiet, naturally shaped run with the best scenery and meaningful pitch in the Alpspitz sector.242233
Alpinforum threads single out the Bernadein bowl as a highlight of Classic and describe it as still excellent in wet late-March 2026 snow. The adjacent ski route is avalanche terrain and is not an in-bounds substitute.
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When Hexenkessel is crowded, ski red 17 at Längenfelder and descend to the lift's bottom station instead of joining at the busy midpoint.2322
A peak-day report found the bottom empty while the midpoint still had a three-to-five-minute wait; the trade-off is a very slow chair and excellent but short laps.
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Reserve Kandahar's 92-percent Freier Fall for expert conditions and target a warm spring corn window rather than tackling it while frozen.2332
One experienced visitor found the pitch pleasant only after it had softened; local snowboarders warn that enjoying this section requires genuinely advanced control.
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In wind or flat light, stay on the wooded Hausberg and Kreuzeck descents rather than committing the day to exposed Osterfelderkopf.3425
English visitors specifically praise Classic's lower tree-level skiing, while reports describe the Osterfelderkopf top station as windy and the higher sector as exposed.
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For a Munich day trip, compare the Garmischer combination ticket with lift-only pricing only after accounting for any Deutschlandticket or other rail pass you already hold.21
In March 2025 the combination cost €70 versus a €66 holiday-rate lift ticket, making the small rail-inclusive premium attractive without a travel pass but pointless to the writer who already had one; current prices must be rechecked.
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For a true first-day skier staying entirely in Hausberg Kinderland, ask for the Kinderland day ticket instead of automatically buying the full Classic pass.35
A beginner reported that this restricted ticket covered the useful learning area and was an excellent fit for the day.
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For three nonconsecutive ski days, price three day tickets before buying a flexible regional pass.28
A 2025 discussion found three individual days cheaper, while the four-days-in-six option saved only €14; tariffs and the included resorts change by season.
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On a busy Saturday, reach Kreuzalm by about 10:45 or postpone lunch until the rush has passed.23
A regular who normally eats by 10:45 found both inside and terrace packed by roughly 11:10, while lift waits eased as guests queued for lunch around 13:00.
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For a quieter hut stop, follow Bayernhaus-Abfahrt on the far skier's right to Bayernhaus rather than defaulting to the central self-service restaurants.3637
Recent visitors praise its isolated atmosphere, and older regulars used it for a late drink; follow the hut's departure instructions because reports put the last safe descent around 17:15–17:30 when grooming begins.
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Do not plan a lunchtime ski transfer between Garmisch-Classic and Zugspitze because they are separate ski areas with no piste or lift connection.3420
The cog railway journey from Hausberg toward Zugspitze is repeatedly described as slow, so each area works better as its own ski day.
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Do not send a complete beginner straight up Kreuzwankl merely because pistes 7 and 9 are marked blue.3832
Local advice is to progress from piste 14 on C3/C4 to C2 and only then to 7 or the narrower 9; first-timers have found the Kreuzwankl blue unexpectedly steep, and the valley descents are harder again.
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Snowboarders should enter the Hochalm–Kreuzeck and Kreuzeck–Hausberg links with speed and expect to unstrap or push.322439
A snowboarden.de thread on Garmisch-Classic describes the area as a maze of compulsory flat traverses, with the Osterfelderkopf return the most awkward of them. The three sectors connect, but not in one continuous circuit.
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Do not ski a closed valley run merely because it looks white and continuous from the car park.4024
A March 2024 report saw a skier force a closed descent and then carry skis for long sections, while other reports describe thin artificial-snow cover hiding stones or bare ground.
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If boot fit matters, bring your own boots and rent only skis rather than relying on the Alpspitzbahn-base rental stock.28
One skier reported that the shop had run out of their boot size, turning the day into an uncomfortable one; several respondents considered boots far more worthwhile to transport than skis.
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Make the Classic go-or-no-go decision from the open status of Kandahar, Olympia, Horn and Kochelberg rather than the headline piste-kilometre figure.2022
Experienced visitors say the long valley descents are the area's real asset and that Classic feels limited without them; locals also note that those same low runs are often the first snow problem.
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In spring, ski the valley descents first and move to Alpspitz, Kreuzjoch and Bernadein after the lower mountain softens.3721
Reports describe the mostly north-facing terrain holding surprisingly well even with 15°C in town, while lower runs turn to heavy slush or water-skiing later in the day.
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Wait for a convincing natural-snow base before prioritising Alpspitz, even when the snowmade Hausberg and Kreuzeck pistes look healthy.402220
With enough snow, Alpspitz and Kreuzjoch have been reported as the best late-season skiing; in thin winters the same sector is wind-scoured and rocky because it has far less snowmaking.
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After a warm spell followed by a freeze, arrive with sharp edges and expect the Trögl tunnel exit and the top of Kandahar-Express to be the worst surfaces.41
December 2025 riders reported resort-wide ice, an extremely icy Kandahar-Express top section and the tunnel becoming heavily bumped by late day; switching the day's plan to Zugspitze did not necessarily solve the freeze-cycle ice.
History
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1926
The Kreuzeckbahn opens on 28 May, the first aerial cableway in the German Alps, and skiing on the Classic side begins with it.4210
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1936
The Winter Olympics are held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen from 6 to 16 February, with alpine skiing on the programme for the first time. Two new downhill courses are cut: the Krembs course, roughly today's Kandahar, and the Neuner course, roughly today's Olympia.9
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1954
The Arlberg-Kandahar race is run in Garmisch-Partenkirchen for the first time, and has been held there since.9
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1970
The 35th Arlberg-Kandahar is the first Garmisch downhill to count for the new Alpine Ski World Cup.9
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1973
The Alpspitzbahn opens, the last completely new valley-to-mountain installation built here.10
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1978
Garmisch-Partenkirchen hosts the Alpine World Ski Championships, and the Kandahar access is improved for them.942
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1997
The Kreuzwanklbahn is replaced by Germany's first six-seat chairlift.10
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2002
Skiing on the Wank, the third mountain the company operates, is given up and its lifts are dismantled over the following years.42
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2008
The Kandahar is rebuilt for the 2011 World Championships into two variants, adding the Freier Fall and its 92% pitch.9
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2011
The Alpine World Ski Championships return to Garmisch-Partenkirchen.9
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2025
An eight-seat Kreuzwankl chairlift replaces the 1997 six-seater at a reported cost of around EUR 18 million, and opens with the area on 5 December.10438
Nearby and comparable
- Zugspitze 11 km
Germany's highest ski area, same operator, no ski connection. Higher, colder and entirely natural snow, but 20 km of piste and nothing steep. The obvious second day.
- Brauneck 67 km
Lower and smaller, but with more blue terrain that actually reaches the valley.
- Oberjoch 78 km
Allgau area with a much higher base, gentler grading and a far better first week.
- Sudelfeld 112 km
The other big Bavarian day-trip area from Munich. Broader and more open, without a black run of any consequence.
- Fellhorn/Kanzelwand 120 km
Cross-border area above Oberstdorf, similar size, more consistently intermediate.
- Balderschwang 121 km
Small, high-lying Allgau village area, snow-sure for its size and far quieter.
- Winklmoosalm-Steinplatte 165 km
Cross-border into Tyrol at the eastern end of Bavaria, with more sun and less pitch.
Questions
How big is Garmisch-Classic?
Garmisch-Classic has 40 km of piste and 18 lifts across three mountains above Garmisch-Partenkirchen, between 740 m and 2,050 m. skiresort.com splits the piste as 12 km easy, 18 km intermediate and 10 km difficult, with 3 km of marked ski route on top. The SkiAllDay routing graph measures 37.8 km of marked piste from OpenStreetMap data.214
Can you ski the Kandahar World Cup downhill?
Yes. The Kandahar is a normal black piste, numbered 5a and 5b, open to the public whenever it is not closed for race preparation. It runs from the Kandahar-Express top station at 1,690 m to the Kreuzeckbahn valley station at 770 m, 920 m of vertical over 2,920 m or 3,330 m depending on the variant, and the Freier Fall section reaches a 92% gradient. Starting from the Kandahar-Express mid-station avoids the hardest sections.9
Is Garmisch-Classic good for beginners?
Only in part. Ixis Kinderland at the top of the Hausbergbahn has a moving carpet, three beginner lifts and a practice slope, and children under 6 travel free with a parent. But none of the four descents to the valley is graded easy: two are red and two are black, so beginners ride the gondola back down. Measured on the SkiAllDay routing graph, 29% of the piste can be reached from the base without skiing anything harder than an easy run.1164
How much is a Garmisch-Classic lift pass?
For winter 2025/26 an adult day ticket was EUR 67.00, rising to EUR 69.00 in high season. Youth aged 16 to 18 paid EUR 53.50 and children aged 6 to 15 paid EUR 33.50, both EUR 1.50 to EUR 2.00 more in high season. High season ran 20 December 2025 to 6 January 2026 and 14 to 22 February 2026. The operator had not published 2026/27 prices by the end of August 2026.3
Does a Garmisch-Classic ticket include the Zugspitze?
No. A Garmisch-Classic day ticket covers only Garmisch-Classic. The two areas share an operator but have no piste or lift connection, and reaching the Zugspitze means the cog railway or the cable car from the Eibsee. The Twin-Ticket covers two days split between them, the 1.5-day and 2.5-day tickets are valid in both, and the Top Snow Card covers both plus several Tyrolean areas.313
When does Garmisch-Classic open and close?
The 2025/26 season ran from 5 December 2025 to 29 March 2026, and the operator expects mid December to 29 March for 2026/27. Gondolas and cable cars run 08:30 to 16:30 from November to February and 08:30 to 16:45 in March and April. The drag lifts open at 08:45 and close half an hour before the gondolas, with the Kandahar-Express starting 15 minutes later still.1543
How do you get to Garmisch-Classic from Munich?
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is 91 km from Munich by the A95 and B2, and the hourly RB 6 regional train runs there from Munich Hauptbahnhof. The Bayerische Zugspitzbahn station is about 200 m from the Deutsche Bahn platforms, and its valley line stops at Hausberg and Kreuzeck next to the two ski-area car parks. The Deutschland-Ticket is valid on that valley line between Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Grainau.4445
When are the World Cup races on the Kandahar?
The 2027 Audi FIS Ski World Cup at Garmisch-Partenkirchen has the men's downhill on Saturday 20 February and their super-G on Sunday 21 February, with the women's downhill on Saturday 27 February and super-G on Sunday 28 February. Course preparation begins two to three weeks before the races, so parts of the Kandahar are usually closed to the public in the run-up.59
References
Every claim on this page carries a numbered marker linking here, and every reference links back to the passages that used it. Numbers not yet checked against a source are marked like this.
- 1. ^ a b c d e f g h Ski resort Garmisch-Classic, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- 2. ^ a b c Skigebiet Garmisch-Classic
- 3. ^ a b c d e f g h Tickets & Tarife Garmisch-Classic: Tarife Winter 2025/26
- 4. ^ a b c d e f g h i SkiAllDay routing graph, computed from OpenStreetMap
- 5. ^ a b Audi FIS Ski-Weltcup 2027 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- 6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Pistenplan Garmisch-Classic (PDF)
- 7. ^ Bergbahnen und Attraktionen: Live-Informationen, winter 2025/26
- 8. ^ a b Ski lifts Garmisch-Classic, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- 9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kandahar-Abfahrt
- 10. ^ a b c d e Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn
- 11. ^ a b c Ixis Kinderland
- 12. ^ Snow reliability Garmisch-Classic, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- 13. ^ a b Skigebiet Zugspitze
- 14. ^ Das Gebiet Garmisch-Classic
- 15. ^ a b Betriebszeiten & Fahrplaene
- 16. ^ Osterfelder 2000
- 17. ^ Garmischer Haus
- 18. ^ Drehmoeser 9
- 19. ^ Kandahar 2
- 20. ^ a b c d Garmisch??
- 21. ^ a b c d e Garmisch-Classic - Zugtour zum 4. (08.03.2025) (143 Pics)
- 22. ^ a b c d e f g Garmisch Classic 2025/26
- 23. ^ a b c d Garmisch Classic - Volle Hütte (09.02.2019)
- 24. ^ a b c d Garmisch Classic 27. März 2014
- 25. ^ a b Garmisch Classic 26.01.2019 | Allmähliche Wetterbesserung am Weltcup-Tag
- 26. ^ Welches Skigebiet bevorzugt München?
- 27. ^ Garmisch-Classic - Schizug, die 1. (14.02.2015) (106 Pics)
- 28. ^ a b c d Zugspitze & Garmisch Classic Questions
- 29. ^ Garmisch: Für ein Wochenende aus Hamburg?
- 30. ^ Bajorország - Garmisch Partenkirchen
- 31. ^ Garmisch advice
- 32. ^ a b c d Garmisch Classic / Zugspitze
- 33. ^ Classic-Gebiet Garmisch-Partenk. / 04.01.08 / Ausreichend
- 34. ^ a b Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Advice Please
- 35. ^ Schneegebiete near Munich for beginners?
- 36. ^ Cheap good eats at Garmisch/Zugspitze?
- 37. ^ a b Garmisch Classic - Frühjahrsschi (24.03.2019)
- 38. ^ Ski Slopes(Pisten) for Beginners near Munich?
- 39. ^ Snowboarding in Bavaria
- 40. ^ a b Garmisch Classic 2023/24 - Seite 2
- 41. ^ Scary backflip (high risk high reward)
- 42. ^ a b c Geschichte & Meilensteine
- 43. ^ a b Pressemeldungen
- 44. ^ Anreise & Parken
- 45. ^ Werdenfelsbahn: Streckennetz
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