The Kitzbühel Alps are located in the Austrian federal states Tyrol and Salzburg. The area around the noble town Kitzbühel is an important region for ski tourism in winter and mountain hiking in summer;
Regions
- Glemmtal Alps;
- Kelchsauer Alps;
places
background
language
getting there
By plane
The closest international airport is Salzburg. From Salzburg connection with shuttle buses to the region.
by car:
- From the north from D (Bad Reichenhall) via federal highways 178;
- or: From the north from D (Munich) on the motorway to the exit Kufstein -South
by train:
mobility
Pass Thurn
The Thurn Pass (1,274 m, 47 ° 18 '32 "N.12 ° 24 '30 "E) is the little pronounced but busy Alpine pass in the main traffic connection of the Austrian federal road B161 (Pass-Thurn Straße) from Tyrol to Salzburg and part of the Felbertauern route from the north. The pass is also the border between the Austrian federal states Tyrol and Salzburg.
The next bigger places are Kitzbühel (762 m) around 19 kilometers away in the north and Mittersill (790 m) about 11 kilometers away in the southeast of the pass. The entire route is well developed with three lanes, on the access ramp from Mittersill it has its greatest gradients of up to 8%, but overall it is rather "gentle".
At Pass Thurn there is the Pass Thurn ski area, on the pass road south and about a good kilometer below the pass is the hamlet of Pass Thurn with accommodation.
Tourist Attractions
Mountains and peaks
(sorted by height)
- Kreuzjoch (2558 m);
- Western Salzach vulture (2,469 m);
- Krondlhorn (2,444 m);
- Great Galtenberg (2,425 m);
- Great Rettenstein (2,366 m);
- Geißstein (2,363 m);
- Big hatchet (2,309 m); Ski touring mountain;
- Wildseeloder (2,118 m);
- KitzbühelerHorn (1996 m); striking panoramic mountain over Kitzbühel;
- Schmittenhöhe (1,965 m);
- High volley (1,828 m);
- Cockscomb (1,712 m);
Valleys
- Glemmtal
Bodies of water and lakes
Other sights
activities
Hiking and mountaineering
Mountain biking
Winter sports
Ski touring
Alpine skiing
Ski areas:
Kitzbühel Alps
- Ski Area Kitzbühel;
- 55 cable cars and lifts, 168 kilometers of slopes, 91 of which are snow-covered; 49 restaurants / ski huts; www.bergbahn-kitzbuehel.at
- Wilder Kaiser-Brixental ski area; Valley locations: Brixen im Thale, Ellmau, Going, Hopfgarten, Itter, Kelchsau, Scheffau, Söll, Westendorf;
- 89 cable cars and lifts, 250 kilometers of pistes, 180 of which have artificial snow; 70 restaurants / ski huts; www.skiwelt.at
- Schneewinkel ski region; www.schneewinkel-tirol.at
- St. Johann: 45 km of snow-covered slopes; www.bergbahnen-stjohann.at;
- Fieberbrunn mountain railways: 530 to 2200 m; 10 lifts, 31 kilometers of slopes, 15 km of which are snow-covered; www.schneedorado.at;
- Ski lifts Kirchberg: 3 lifts 4 kilometers of slopes;
- Wildschönau high valley; Valley locations: Niederau, Oberau, Auffach, Thierbach;
- 830 to 1,900 m; 26 cable cars and lifts, 65 km of slopes, 27 km of which are snow-covered; www.schatzbergbahn.at;
- 600 to 2,000 m; 21 lifts; 52 kilometers of slopes, 37 km of which are snow-covered; www.alpbacher-bergbahnen.at;
- Saalbach-Hinterglemm and Leogang ski circus a total of 55 cable cars and lifts, 200 kilometers of slopes, 90% of which are snow-covered;
- Ski Area Saalbach-Hinterglemm; 43 cable cars and lifts, 150 kilometers of slopes.
- Ski Area Leogang; 12 cable cars and lifts, 50 kilometers of slopes; www.leoganger-bergbahnen.at
Nordic skiing
kitchen
Accommodation / mountain huts
List of mountain huts of the German Alpine Club (DAV) and des Austrian Alpine Club (OeAV) as well as private huts for hikers, mountaineers and mountain bikers (as of March 2007).
In alphabetic order:
climate
literature
- ; German and Austrian Alpine Club (Ed.): Alpine Club yearbook "Berg 98"; Vol.122. Munich: Bergverlag Rother, 1998, ISBN 3763380663 . Area topic Kitzbühel Alps
