Travelling to UFS
Important: A full-day ticket for the train and cable car is included in the conference fee. We will provide additional information on ticket pickup soon.
1) If you are staying over night in Garmisch-Partenkirchen: we recommend that you take the train at 8:15 a.m. in the morning from the Zugspitzbahn station in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Please note: this is not the central train station, but the separate Zugspitzbahnhof, located right next door. You can find its location here: Zugspitzbahnhof on the map. Make sure to arrive at the Zugspitzbahnhof no later than 8:00 a.m. to allow for smooth boarding. At the stop "Eibsee". Get off the train and walk to the cable car "Seilbahn Zugspitze".
2) If you are staying at a place outside of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and if you are arriving by car: find your way to the parking lot Zugspitze: https://www.zugspitz-region.de/anreise-eibsee-zugspitze/traveling-to-eibsee-and-zugspitze
From here, in both cases, 1 an 2, please take the cable car up to the summit of Zugspitze and directly proceed to the next cable car called "Gletscherbahn" which will take you to the "Zugspitzplatt" plateau area (there will be an opportunity to take pictures at the summit in the afternoon). Once you arrive at the "Zugspitzplatt" station there will be an LOC member guiding you to the cable car of the research station which will ultimately take you to the meeting. Please note that the cable car of the research station has a capacity of only 8 persons, so there might be some waiting time before you can board.
To summarize:
If you miss the train in the morning, please contact the LOC as soon as possible. You do not need to buy a new ticket, but please use your ticket to take the following train leaving Garmisch-Partenkirchen at 9:15 a.m. and get off at the final stop ("Zugspitzplatt"). If this happens, please contact the LOC to pick you up there and guide you to the cable car to reach the research station.
Return Trip
For the return trip, everybody first needs to take the cable car back from the UFS to Zugspitzplatt, which will take ~45 minutes, due to the limited capacity of only 8 persons.
From Zugspitzplatt there are two options:
- Take the train (Zugspitzbahn/BZB) from Zugspitzplatt directly back to Garmisch-Partenkirchen (departing at 15:30 and 16:30, arrival 16:50 and 17:50, respectively)
- Do the same as in the morning in reverse order (Zugspitzplatt -> Zugspitze summit -> Eibsee -> Garmisch-Partenkirchen, arrival in Garmisch-Partenkirchen also between 16:50 and 17:50)
Important: The last train from Zugspitzplatt leaves at 16:30 and the last cable car at 16:25! If you miss them there will be no possibility to get you down the mountain!
Image Credits: Christian Allinger (BZB train), jally.de (cable car)
