Snowshoeing in Grainau – a winter’s delight!
What is ancient and brings you into close contact with nature? It’s the snowshoe, the simplest means of locomotion through a landscape buried in snow! And what’s best about it: Everyone can do it!

What awaits you in the snowshoeing paradise of Grainau:

• Easy, reliable access, an enchanting environment and, of course, Germany’s highest summit, the Zugspitze with the majestic backdrop of the Wetterstein mountain range
  
• Gorgeous landscape with intriguing variety
  
• A carefully selected network of routes of varying difficulty and length with
  signs to guide you
  
• A terrain that is safe from avalanches
  
• Reliable snow conditions
  
• Centrally-located snowshoe rentals
  
• Excellent infrastructure
  
• Cozy lodges, cafés and restaurants
  
• Guided snowshoe walks

Click here for the winter panorama map (approx. 200 KB)

You’re curious to try snowshoeing? Then why not just take part in a “Schnupper”
(taster) course, a half-day guided snowshoe walk offered by Tourist Information Grainau?

Planned dates for 2009/2010:
December 2009: Dec. 30
January 2010: Jan. 2 / 5 / 12 / 19 / 26
February 2010: Feb 2 / 9 / 17 / 23
March 2010: Mar. 2 / 9

Registration:
At Tourist Information Zugspitzdorf Grainau.

Meeting point:
Grainau Kurhaus, Tourist Information – all tours at 13:00 (1 PM)

Duration:
Half-day (approx. 3 hrs.) with the option of stopping in at a restaurant afterwards

Equipment:
Shoes: Water-resistant hiking boots with a robust profile
Clothing: Suitable for hiking in the mountains in the winter, jacket, hat, gloves
Other: Sun protection, water bottle or thermos, telescopic ski poles

Note:
Visitors with a Grainau guest card take part free-of-charge. Snowshoes and ski poles are available for € 7 per person.
Please note that tours can be postponed, changed or cancelled in case of adverse weather conditions, or if there are not enough participants.

All participants must register at Tourist Information Grainau.

Detailed information on Snowshoe Paradise Grainau is available at
Tourist-Information Zugspitzdorf Grainau
Parkweg 8
82491 Grainau
Phone (08821) 9818-50
Telefax (08821) 9818-55
E-Mail: info@grainau.de