Zugspitze Cable Car from Ehrwald: Help:

Don't see why not, but you don't say what time your train is to Verona and where you have to turn the car in relative to Innsbruck Hbf.

We haven't booked a train as yet. But the car has to be returned by midday

There are direct trains to Verona from Innsbruck at 1:24 pm, 3:24 pm, and 5:24 pm, It takes 3 1/2 hours. Figure 1 1/2 hours from Ehrwald to Innsbruck, and an hour to turn in the car and get to the station.

One thing for sure, you want to do this on a nice day, so do it at first opportunity. If you leave it for the last day and turns out to be rotten weather, you will have wasted your chance.

Thanks for that info Sam
Should we catch a break on the day of arrival, and arrive at 11am, then book into accommodation . if we get to cable car by 12pm Will that give us enough time to catch it up the mountain and return, without rushing too much.

It should take only about 15 to 20 minutes to ride up. I am thinking 4 hours up there would be plenty.

Four hours is more than plenty, and the ride is far cheaper from the Ehrwald side (at least it was when I went). You have to touch the summit cross, by way of a couple of small ladders, to claim you have really 'scaled' the Zugspitze.
There is a restaurant on top, and a nice restaurant patio at a resort at the bottom end.

Hi,

We thought about 2 hours was plenty at the top. Don't worry. First day it's clear, go for it.

The most important thing is a clear day,otherwise you won't see anything.
Mike