Ski hire Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Ski hire in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Book your ski rental online for Garmisch-Classic (Hausberg, Kreuzeck and Alpspitze), home of the Kandahar downhill, and collect it fitted to your size and level at our Garmisch-Partenkirchen shop, with no queues.

Which range should I choose?

You choose the range when you book; the shop sets the ski length when you collect, based on your height, weight and ability.

• Bronze — for beginners and anyone who only skis a few days a year: skis that turn easily and forgive mistakes. Full set from €24.50 a day.
• Silver — for skiers who are comfortable on blue and red runs and want more stability. From €30 a day.
• Gold — for advanced skiers after grip and precision at higher speeds, black runs included, such as no. 5, the Kandahar. From €38.50 a day.
• Platinum — for expert skiers who push their kit in any snow. From €49.50 a day.
• Ski touring (Platinum) — touring kit to climb under your own steam on the Garmisch-Classic touring routes. From €51.50 a day.
• Cross-country (Platinum) — a full cross-country ski set. €28 a day.
• Kids — children's kit with bindings set to the child's weight, in three ranges: Bronze from €19 a day, Silver €24.50 and Gold €40.
• Snowboard hire — board and boots: Bronze (Step On) from €30 a day, Silver €38.50, Gold €49.50, kids €24.50 and splitboard €61.

What does each pack include?

• Full ski set: skis with bindings set to your weight, height and ability, boots and poles.
• Skis only: if you bring your own boots. From €20.50 a day.
• Boots only: if you bring your own skis. From €12.50 a day.
• Full snowboard set: board and boots. You can also hire just the board (from €28 a day) or just the boots (from €12.50 a day).

A helmet is not included in any pack and cannot be booked on this page.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen ski rental prices per day (2026/27 season)

Price for one day, VAT included.

Ski — price per day

Snowboard — price per day

How much does it cost to hire skis for several days in Garmisch-Partenkirchen?

Total for the full set by number of hire days. In Garmisch-Partenkirchen every day costs the same: the total is the daily price multiplied by the number of days, and you see it when you pick your dates, before paying.

Where and when do I collect my kit?

• Collection point: our Garmisch-Partenkirchen shop (CaranvaSports Garmisch-Partenkirchen). The exact address is in your booking confirmation email.
• Opening hours: the collection point's hours are in your confirmation email, together with the address.
• Return: to the same place, at the end of your last hire day.

To reach the slopes, take the Zugspitze cog railway, which stops at Hausberg and Kreuzeck-/Alpspitzbahn, or drive: there is parking at those valley stations. The Garmisch-Classic lifts run from 8:30 to 16:30 from December to February and until 16:45 in March.

How does booking work?

1. Choose ski or snowboard, the range and the pack (full set, skis or board only, boots only).
2. Pick your collection and return dates: the total appears instantly.
3. Enter each skier's height, weight, level and shoe size and pay online.
4. Receive the collection point address by email and pick up your fitted kit with no queues. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before, plus the CaranvaSports Guarantee.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen at a glance

Garmisch-Partenkirchen lies in Upper Bavaria at the foot of the Zugspitze (2,962 m), Germany's highest mountain, and has two ski areas run by the same operator, the Bayerische Zugspitzbahn, with separate lift passes. Garmisch-Classic has 40 km of runs across three mountains – Alpspitze (2,628 m), Kreuzeck (1,651 m) and Hausberg (1,310 m) – with four runs down to the valley. On the Hausberg is the Ixis Kinderland children's area, with a magic carpet and 3 beginner lifts.

The town hosted the 1936 Winter Olympics and the 1978 and 2011 Alpine World Ski Championships, and the Kandahar is still on the World Cup circuit: it drops from 1,690 to 770 m, and its "Freier Fall" section, at a 92% gradient, is the steepest on the entire World Cup. Less confident skiers can start from the Kandahar-Express mid-station and skip the hardest sections.

The second area is the Zugspitze glacier: 20 km of runs on the Zugspitzplatt at 2,600 m, reached by cog railway from Garmisch-Partenkirchen (75 minutes) or by the Zugspitze cable car from the Eibsee.

2026/27 season (planned): Garmisch-Classic from mid-December to 29 March 2027; the Zugspitze from 27 November 2026 to 2 May 2027.

We don't sell lift passes: buy them at zugspitze.de (on sale from mid-November) or at the valley station ticket offices. 2026/27 prices, valid from 27 November 2026: a Garmisch-Classic day pass costs €69 online and €72 at the ticket office (children aged 6 to 15, €34.50), and a Zugspitze day pass €70.50 online. The 6-day Top Snow Card (Garmisch-Classic, Zugspitze, Mittenwald and five Tyrolean areas, 210 km) costs €378. Children under 6 do not pay for a lift pass when skiing with their parents.