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Upper Bavaria
Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Mittenwald

Dammkar Old Ski Slope – Dammkar Tunnel loop from Mittenwald

Hard

4.9

(19)

174

hikers

Dammkar Old Ski Slope – Dammkar Tunnel loop from Mittenwald

08:03

15.2km

1,270m

Mountaineering

Hard mountaineering route. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 16, 2026

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Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 5.57 km for 4.07 km

After 10.8 km for 255 m

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Start point

Train Station

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7.28 km

Dammkar Old Ski Slope

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In any case, take over the ox bottom (below the Viererspitz). But also comes back to the banker

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7.46 km

Dammkar Tunnel

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Tunnel length approx. 400m
way to the dam

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7.50 km

View of the Karwendel Mountains

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Here sticks and good footwear are needed. Wide gravel car which pulls itself up to the Dammkar hut

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15.2 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.85 km

6.58 km

1.05 km

375 m

329 m

Surfaces

9.47 km

2.54 km

2.50 km

538 m

144 m

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Highest point (2,170 m)

Lowest point (910 m)

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Friday 17 July

23°C

13°C

90 %

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Comments

July 7, 2023,Karwendel Abstieg über Dammkarhütte 🤘😎
Uphill by train. Another short stretch along the Panorama Trail before the descent to the Dammkarhütte begins. Immediately after the tunnel it gets crunchy and very gravel-heavy. Exhausting but great.

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Strictly speaking, we only made a detour over the Kreuzwandspitze on the way down from the Karwendelbahn to Mittenwald.😅 But what a great detour! The Mama Kante climbing tour is a very beautiful route to a lonely peak and the descent from there should not be underestimated either! After a busy day in autumn, we arrived back at the Karwendelbahn …

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Worthwhile tour to the western Karwendelspitze. The ascent is already challenging after the Mittenwalder hut. Exposed but with some rope safety devices. Don't forget your helmet as stones can always come from above.👍 On the descent over the Dammkar through the tunnel at the hut you have a magnificent panorama of the cirque. Dammkar hut is a nice place to …

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Today I took a trip to the Karwendel Mountains. I started at the small, free hiking car park on the Alpenkorpsstraße. The path leads through the forest to the Mittenwalder Hut at 1518m in many serpentines.
The Karwendelsteig, which is partly secured with ropes, begins from the hut. The path is well marked, sometimes the path is quite narrow, there …

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