Ski school Zugspitze

Ski school on the Zugspitze: book your ski lessons

The Zugspitze, above Grainau, is Germany's highest ski area: 20 km of slopes on the Zugspitzplatt at 2,600 m, between the Schneefernerkopf (2,874 m), the Wetterwandeck (2,698 m) and the Zugspitze summit (2,962 m), with runs for beginners, advanced skiers and experts. The official website is clear: ski lessons are available in groups or privately, for children or adults. Here you request yours without paying anything up front: choose your level, lesson type and days, and we find you a place at a local ski school.

Types of lesson and indicative price per day

• Group lesson, 2 hours: €42 per day (indicative price). You share the instructor with other skiers at your level. It is the most common way to learn or to build confidence over several days in a row, and the first to fill up in the holidays.
• Private lesson, 2 hours: €89 per day (indicative price). The instructor is there just for you, or for you and your family or friends: you progress at your own pace and work on exactly what you need, from your first turn to black runs.
• Kids, group (€42) or private (€89) per day (indicative price). Choose “Kids” and the lesson type when you book; we confirm the school and the exact group by email.

Adults choose a level: Beginner (never skied or only a few days), Intermediate (linking turns on blue and easy red runs) or Advanced (comfortable on red and black runs, polishing technique). The indicative price is the same at all three levels.

Indicative prices by number of days

Total = daily price × number of days. These are indicative prices: we confirm the final price before the lesson and you pay it at the ski school.

How booking works, in 4 steps

1. Choose your level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced or Kids), the lesson type (group or private, 2 hours) and the days.
2. Send your request. 0% online: nothing is paid on the website.
3. We confirm by email: we find a place at a local ski school and, before the lesson, send you the school, meeting point, time and final price. If we can't find a place for your dates, we tell you and you pay nothing.
4. Go to your lesson and pay directly at the ski school.

Cancelling your request costs nothing as long as we haven't confirmed it. We give you the ski school's cancellation terms with the confirmation.

Not included: lift pass and equipment

• Lift pass: not included, and we don't sell it. A 2026/27 Zugspitze day pass costs €70.50 online and €78 at the ticket office for adults, and €35.50 online (€39 at the ticket office) for children aged 6 to 15; it includes the Gletscherbahn and the ride up and down on the Zugspitze cable car and/or the cogwheel train (zugspitze.de prices, valid from 27 November 2026). Children under 6 skiing with their parents don't pay for a lift ticket, but in a ski course they also need a valid ticket.
• Equipment: skis, boots, poles and helmet are extra. You can rent them through our ski hire on the Zugspitze and your ski clothing through our ski clothing hire on the Zugspitze.

Getting up to the glacier: allow time

You reach the Zugspitzplatt by train or cable car, so add that time to your lesson time. The cogwheel train takes 75 minutes from Garmisch-Partenkirchen and stops in Grainau; its Garmisch-Partenkirchen station is about 200 m from the Deutsche Bahn station. The Zugspitze cable car leaves from the Eibsee, in Grainau, and takes 10 minutes; from the summit, the Gletscherbahn takes you down to the Platt in 4 minutes. Once we confirm your meeting point and time, plan the ride up with time to spare.

The 2026/27 season is expected to run from 27 November 2026 to 2 May 2027, longer than in Garmisch-Classic. If you are staying in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and would rather start lower down, in a beginner area, the Ixis Kinderland on the Hausberg has a moving carpet and 3 beginner lifts: see our ski lessons in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. For non-skiers, the Zugspitzplatt has toboggan runs for the whole family.

When to book

Christmas and New Year, Easter, weekends and school holidays are the busiest dates at ski schools. Send your request as soon as you know your dates: the earlier it reaches us, the more room we have to find you a place.