A Winter Vacation in Ehrwald and Tirol
For ski freaks, sports fans & romantics: Tiroler Zugspitz Arena
Watch out snow adventurers! Spend your next winter holiday in Tirol on the sunny side of the Zugspitze, where skiers & snowboarders glide elegantly over the blue, red and black slopes of Ehrwald: on the Ehrwalder Alm, in the Wetterstein/Sonnenhang and Zugspitze skiing regions with the Zugspitzplatt glacier skiing area.
Enjoy yourself on the attractive cross-country trails in the Tiroler Zugspitz Arena right in the middle of the mountains with athletic cross-country tours – which promise an authentic experience in nature at the foot of the Zugspitze and the Wetterstein Mountains – or with winter hiking & snowshoe walks on the most beautiful trails in the region.
The winter in Ehrwald has everything for ski freaks, sport fans and romantics: from a snow park, night sledding and winter events such as Neujahrsspringen in Garmisch-Partenkirchen to a romantic horse-drawn sleigh ride.
See the interactive map for your winter vacationWinter in the Tiroler Zugspitz Arena
Find a winter holiday package:
Information for your winter holiday
- Tiroler Zugspitz Arena guest card
With our guest card you can use the Schnee Express to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the post buses and the regional ski buses are free of charge in winter. - Ice skating
The figure skating rink in Ehrwald is open from November until the beginning of March, guests of the Hotel Der Grüne Baum can skate for free with our guest card. - Curling
For groups on the ice skating rink in Ehrwald. More possibilities can be found at the Bichlbach natural curling rink and the Bergwand natural ice skating rink. - Horse-drawn sleigh rides
We will be happy to book a horse-drawn sleigh ride at the foot of the Zugspitze in Ehrwald for you. Operators: Arnold Schretter, Telephone +43 660 4652590, and Josef Paulweber, Telephone +43 5673 3133. - Toboggan runs
From Christmas to March, night sledding is an unforgettable highlight – Tuesdays and Fridays on the floodlit valley slope at Ehrwalder Alm, Wednesdays and Saturdays on the Gamsalm in Ehrwald.
Winter events in the region
- Christmas markets
e.g. in Garmisch-Partenkirchen from the end of November to December 23rd and in Lermoos. - Trumpet fanfares
Christmas music at the Kirchplatz in Ehrwald. Directly after mass on Christmas day, December 25th. - Neujahrsspringen in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
The world's best ski jumpers fly from the ski jump facility at Garmisch-Partenkirchen and 30,000 fans cheer along – after all, it's all about a victory in the legendary Four Hills Tournament. - New Year's torch run Lermoos
Greet the New Year in Lermoos with the traditional torch run on January 1st. Also with a ski show on the Brettalm slope. - Ski shows
Spectacular acrobatics on skis – in Lermoos from January to mid-March, every Monday at 8:30 pm at the Familyjet and every Tuesday at 8:30 pm from January to the beginning of March in Berwang at the mountain station Egghof Sun Jet. - Bavarian Championship in horn sled racing
A tradition on the slopes – the horn sled race on Epiphany, Januar 6th, by Garmisch-Partenkirchen. - Ringing in Carnival in Ehrwald
At this traditional event, witches and other carnival figures ring in the carnival time with huge bells. The bell belt of the main ringer weighs approx. 30 kilogramms. - Scheibenschlagen (Disk flinging)
Fiery disks fly through the night when the Schützenkompanie Ehrwald holds it disk flinging. This Celtic tradition has its beginnings in the 14th century.