Hiking Austria

Splendid Ötztal is a hiking area that offers umpteen personal challenges. For families and those less experienced in the mountains, a loop hike around lake Piburger See or along the theme trails of Widiversum Hochoetz feels just as great as the summit book on a three thousand meter high peak for Alpine experts. Highlights such as climbing Tirol's highest peak, 3768 meter high Wildspitze, or crossing glaciers as part of an experienced rope team belong to unique Ötztal adventures that will be remembered forever. Always in view: high Alpine nature, even more beautiful than in the advertising brochure, with thundering waterfalls, rushing mountain brooklets, shady forests, lush green Alpine meadows and granite rock walls.
 

Hiking tours in Ötztal

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In Hochoetz, Sölden, Gurgl and Vent the mountain lifts do not stand still in the warm season. For good reason: hikers can easily get from the valley floor to dizzy heights with the help of 12 mountain gondolas and chairlifts, where refreshment stops, viewing platforms, theme trails, attractions such as the 007 ELEMENTS James Bond Adventure World in Sölden or simply endless hiking trails await them. And if there are no mountain lifts, hiking buses and hut taxis take over the shuttle service to tour trailheads and mountain huts. Outstanding detail: holders of the Summer Card enjoy 1 daily uphill & downhill ride per lift for free!
 

Summer mountain lifts

Hiking buses & hut taxis

Because together it is simply more fun and less headache, especially for inexperienced hikers, the experts of Ötztal Tourismus and Ötztal Nature Park put together a hiking program for the summer months every year. It comprises selected theme hikes for all fitness and ability levels as well as lectures, workshops and activities on several nature park topics. Therefore, you will come back from your hiking holiday with a backpack full of carefree mountain experiences, but you will also be an expert in Alpine flora and fauna. Special tip: here too, the Summer Card is your key to free participation.
 

go to hiking program

No matter where in the world, the secret of happy travelers is the following: meet with the locals! In Ötztal you will quickly make friends and meet many like-minded hiking enthusiasts, especially if you stay at one of the specialized hiking accommodations. The hosts will advise you personally on tour destinations and equipment, serve local delicacies and will probably also teach you some dialect words. As a member of the quality-sealed Austrian Hiking Villages, Ötztal regularly undergoes strict quality controls and combines first-class hiking infrastructures with traditional passion for mountaineering. You can also take advantage of this special Alpine zest if you enlist a local mountain and hiking guide who will take you exclusively closer to your sporting dreams.
 

hiking accommodations