Climate change prompts demolition of German ski lift

Neel Madsen Editor, Demolition & Recycling International

25 March 2026

Snowy mountain with ski lift taken down The ski lift has been in operations since 1967 (Photo credit: Bayerische Zugspitzbahn/Laura Schmatz)


The Bavarian Zugspitze Railway is in the process of dismantling the last remaining ski lift on Germany’s highest mountain.

The Bavarian Zugspitze Railway is in the process of dismantling the last remaining ski lift on Germany’s highest mountain.

Germany’s largest glacier, the Schneeferner is located at an altitude of 2,640 m (8,661.42 ft) in the Wetterstein Mountains, below the Zugspitze peak, in Bavaria.

The retreat of the ice due…

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