The Zugspitz (Train Mountain)
This was the next best day, it was up there with the 30 mile walk of the 25th. We got a train from Innsbruck to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, home of the highest mountain in Germany at 2, 964 metres. We bought two round trips to the 2, 962 level. The cable car ride was seriously scary, easily the scariest one I've been on. When we were nearing the top, you couldn't see anything, there were clouds all around. When we got to the top, there was SNOW everywhere. Snow!! In August!! I knew it was cold but I wasn't prepared for all the snow. Everything was frozen over, it was -6 degrees up there. We couldn't see anything at first, the mountain was swathed in cloud. But luckily, the cloud cleared, opening up some amazing views. It was incredible. It was weird walking around up there because you were still technically on the ground yet above the clouds. It was surreal.
After a while of wondering round, we got a shorter cable car round down to the Zugsptiz Glacier. My first glacier! :) Walking around on a glacier was surreal too. We saw some ominous looking black clouds and decided to leave, and we got the cog railway back down to Garmisch-Partenkirchen. That was painfully slow and boring, breaking all the way down the tunnel through the mountain. It was an amazing day though.
