Wank, Mountain peak in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

Wank rises to 1780 meters in the Ester Mountains and shows gentle grassy slopes with wide views across the Bavarian Alps. The summit area offers an open landscape with a summit cross and several small buildings for visitors.

A cable car was built in 1928 and began operation in 1929 to carry visitors from the valley to the mountain station. In July 1904 the local Werdenfelser Heimat Partenkirchen society erected the summit cross.

The name Wank comes from an old word for "slope"; the mountain was once called Eckenberg or Eggenberg, and its 1688 m southeastern sub-peak is the Roßwank. Garmisch spa guests still practise the Liegekur, taking the sun in deckchairs on the grassy summit. The Wank-Haus hut, opened on 28 May 1911, was renamed Alois Huber Haus after its designer, the DAV treasurer, died in 1922.

The Wankbahn runs in two sections of 1,670 and 1,330 metres, with 135 four-person cabins taking about 18 minutes at 4 metres per second. It usually operates between May and September during daylight hours, and a Wankpass allows year-round access. Footpaths also reach the summit, including routes from Farchant via the Esterbergalm and from the Gschwandtner-Bauern; the Hüttelsteig high trail links the middle station with the Esterbergalm.

An observatory at 1782 meters records weather data and serves research on climate patterns in the Bavarian Alps. The measuring station has been working for decades and continuously provides scientific information about atmospheric conditions.