Germany's highest mountain, highest ski area and largest glaciers
The Zugspitze is 2,962 m. The Zugspitzplatt beneath the summit is Germany's highest ski resort, served by nine lifts, and the mountain's flanks hold Germany's two largest glaciers.
Ski Resorts in Germany
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Germany ski resort map
Germany has 627 ski resorts by skiresort.com's count. Find Powder carries live snow reports for 10 of them, mapped here with the main cities and the airports that serve them. Zoom in to see every name, or jump straight to a region.
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- City
- Airport
Baden-Württemberg (3)
- Feldberg · 4,898ft · snow history
- Hinterzarten · 3,937ft · snow history
- Todtnau · 4,888ft · snow history
Bavaria (7)
- Brauneck · 5,102ft · snow history
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen · 9,718ft · snow history
- Oberstdorf · 7,297ft · snow history
- Spitzingsee · 5,741ft · snow history
- Wank · 5,840ft · snow history
- Winklmoosalm · 5,906ft · snow history
- Zugspitze · 9,718ft · snow history
Airports for skiing in Germany
The airports with scheduled flights closest to the Germany resorts we cover, nearest first. Several of the best gateways are across the border. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance — mountain roads can easily double them.
- SalzburgSZGIn Austria
17 mi to Winklmoosalm, with 5 of the resorts on this map within 93 mi.
- InnsbruckINNIn Austria
19 mi to Wank, with 7 of the resorts on this map within 93 mi.
- EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgBSLIn France
25 mi to Todtnau, with 3 of the resorts on this map within 93 mi.
- ZürichZRHIn Switzerland
37 mi to Hinterzarten, with 4 of the resorts on this map within 93 mi.
- Memmingen AllgauFMM
40 mi to Oberstdorf, with 6 of the resorts on this map within 93 mi.
- Bodensee Airport FriedrichshafenFDH
40 mi to Oberstdorf, with 7 of the resorts on this map within 93 mi.
- MunichMUC
47 mi to Brauneck, with 6 of the resorts on this map within 93 mi.
- StrasbourgSXBIn France
49 mi to Hinterzarten, with 3 of the resorts on this map within 93 mi.
Cities on the map
Munich — 30 mi from the nearest resort · Freiburg — 11 mi from the nearest resort · Stuttgart — 78 mi from the nearest resort · Berlin (capital) — 342 mi from the nearest resort · Augsburg — 55 mi from the nearest resort · Karlsruhe — 78 mi from the nearest resort · Villingen-Schwenningen — 21 mi from the nearest resort · Rosenheim — 17 mi from the nearest resort · Nuremberg — 123 mi from the nearest resort · Kempten (Allgäu) — 22 mi from the nearest resort
Map shapes: Natural Earth. Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Cities: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Distances are straight-line from the airport or city to the nearest resort on this page.
Germany skiing and snowboarding facts
Germany has 627 ski areas by skiresort.com's count, many of them small — the most of any country on these pages — and its highest skiing is on the Zugspitze.
627
Ski resorts
795 mi
Of slopes
1,313
Ski lifts
Germany has 627 ski resorts by skiresort.com's count, with 795 mi of slopes served by 1,313 lifts. Counts differ between sources, because each draws the line between a ski resort and a village tow in a different place.
Largest ski area
26 mi
Steinplatte Winklmoosalm – Waidring/Reit im Winkl
Highest ski area
8,694ft
Zugspitze
Biggest vertical
4,580ft
Nebelhorn – Oberstdorf
Two towns merged for the 1936 Winter Olympics
Hitler forced Garmisch and Partenkirchen to merge on 1 January 1935, ahead of the 1936 Winter Olympics — the first Games to include alpine skiing.
Figures describe Germany as a whole, not just the resorts we track. Skier visits are shown only where a national industry body or two independent reports agree.