Wetterwandeck, Mountain summit at Austrian-German border, Austria and Germany

Wetterwandeck is a mountain summit in the Wetterstein range at around 2,700 meters elevation on the Austrian-German border. From here, the landscape unfolds across alpine terrain belonging to both countries.

The first verifiable ascent of the Wetterwandeck was made in 1874 by Hermann von Barth; a German-language account records an earlier ascent in 1871, also by von Barth, from the Zugspitzplatt via the normal route at UIAA grade I. The summit, 2,698 m high, lies in the ridge bordering the Zugspitzplatt to the south, below the Southern Schneeferner.

The mountain's name comes from the Wetterwand, the rock face below the summit, and the ski lift on the Zugspitzplatt was named after it. Until the winter season 2011/12 a double drag lift ran beneath the Wetterwandeck at 2,400 to 2,700 metres; on 4 December 2012 a detachable six-seater chairlift with 67 chairs replaced it.

The normal route starts from the Zugspitzplatt and is rated UIAA grade I, so it is a scramble rather than a technical climb. The Wetterkante on the mountain's face is 800 metres high at UIAA grade V. The summit lies on the Austro-German border, so carry ID for either approach.

The drag lift that once ran below the Wetterwandeck, at 2,400 to 2,700 metres, was replaced for the 2012/13 winter season by a detachable six-seater chairlift. It opened on 4 December 2012, has 67 chairs, covers 1,476 metres and climbs 287 metres, carrying up to 2,200 people per hour.