The rising sun bathes the surroundings in a deep red light. Morning mist slowly rises from the valley. After a more or less restful night at the Wiener Neustädter Hütte, we welcome the new day with a large cup of coffee. The day before, we had already climbed from Eibsee to the hut. Now, around 750 m of elevation gain still lie ahead of us, along the Stopselzieher via ferrata and the impressive western flank of Zugspitze, to the summit of Germany’s highest mountain.
