Hammersbach is a village in the municipality of Grainau

Grainau

Grainau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located at the foot of the Zugspitze mountain, the tallest mountain in Germany in the sub-mountain range of the Wetterstein Alps which is a branch off the main mountain range it is connected to, the...

 at the foot of the Wetterstein Mountains in South Germany. It is located at the southwestern end of the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...

 and is an important base for tours by mountaineers and hikers.

Summits

From Hammersbach the following summits may be ascended by experienced Alpinists:

• Waxenstein
  Waxenstein
  Waxenstein is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany....
  
   (2,277 m)
• Alpspitze
  Alpspitze
  Alpspitze is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany. At its base is the 'AlpspiX Viewing Platform', 2 curved metal walkways reaching out 13 metres over a cliff, crossing over each other, making the shape of on X.-External Links:*...
  
   (2,628 m) via the Höllentorkopf and Osterfelderkopf
  Alpspitze
  Alpspitze is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany. At its base is the 'AlpspiX Viewing Platform', 2 curved metal walkways reaching out 13 metres over a cliff, crossing over each other, making the shape of on X.-External Links:*...
  
   or Matheisenkar cirque and Grieskarscharte col
• Zugspitze
  Zugspitze
  The Zugspitze, at 2,962 metres above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains as well as the highest mountain in Germany. It lies south of the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and the border between Germany and Austria runs over its western summit. South of the mountain is...
  
   (2,962 m) through the Höllental valley and over the Höllentalferner
  Höllentalferner
  The Höllentalferner is a glacier in the western Wetterstein Mountains. It is a cirque glacier that covers the upper part of the Höllental valley and its location in a rocky bowl between the Riffelwandspitzen and Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze, means that it is well-protected from direct...
  
  

Trails

• Eibsee Circular Trail (Eibsee-Rundweg): From Hammersbach along the ridgeway (Höhenweg) to the Eibsee Hotel, then around the Eibsee
  Eibsee
  Eibsee is a lake in Bavaria, Germany, 9km southwest of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and roughly 100km southwest of Munich. At an elevation of 973.28 m, its surface area is 177.4 ha...
  
   lake and back (ca. 15 km/height difference 500 m)
• Höllental valley via the Höllental entrance hut through the Höllental Gorge to the Höllentalanger Hut
  Höllentalanger Hut
  The Höllentalanger Hut is a managed hut owned by the German Alpine Club in the Wetterstein Mountains of Bavaria, in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The hut lies in a narrow defile between the Höllental-Blassen and Waxenstein-Riffelwand crest and is open from the end of May to mid-October...
  
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• From the Höllentalanger Hut (1,387 m) to the Höllentor (2,050 m) and on to the cable car station of Osterfelderkopf.
• From the Höllentalanger Hut over the Hupfleitenjoch to the cable car station of Kreuzeckhaus (1,680 m)
• From Hammersbach via Waldeck (1,238 m) to the Kreuzjoch (1,719 m)