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ABOVE: Skiing is
Garmisch-Partenkirchen's main draw in winter. The town has six major ski areas
with 38 lifts and 73 km of marked trails.
Sports and recreation
Winter sports. Skiing and snowboarding pull in the crowds
during Garmisch-Partenkirchen's snow season, which runs from November until
early May on the Zugspitze and into March at low
elevations. The six local ski areas have 38 lifts and 73 km (46 miles) of marked
downhill trails, including the Kandahar Run of World Cup fame. You can expand
your options even more with day trips to neighoring Austria, or with freestyle
skiing and snowboarding at the Fun Park and Half-Pipe below the summit of the
Zugspitze.
Cross-country skiing is also popular, with nearly 100 km (69
miles) of prepared trails in the local valleys.
Other winter activities include skating at the five-rink Olympic
Ice Sports Center, curling, sledding, and walking on 100 km (63 miles) of winter
hiking paths.
Summer recreation. Nature and the outdoors are the main
attractions during the warmer months. Some 300 km (188 miles) of marked trails
connect Garmisch-Partenkirchen with forests, alms, mountain peaks, and
attractions such as the Partnach
Gorge or Partnachklamm and King Ludwig II's Schachen hunting lodge.
Golf, tennis, mountain biking, white-water rafting, kayaking,
windsurfing, a rope course, minigolf, archery, hot-air ballooning, bowling,
paragliding, and swimming are some of the other summer activities on
Garmisch-Partenkirchen's summer menu. (TIP: If you're planning to hike or climb
at high altitudes, visit from July through mid-September.)
Spectator sports. World Cup ski races, the International
New Year's Ski Jumping competition, the Bavarian Sleigh Ride Competition, and
the International Ice Skating Gala take place during the winter months.
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