With a total length of 48 km, the Zillertaler Höhenstraße is one of the most beautiful alpine roads in Austria and offers every visitor a wonderful ride up to an altitude of 2,020 m by car, coach, bus or even by bike. It offers impressions of the fantastic panorama of the Zillertal Alps and is the starting point for numerous mountain hikes, which take visitors to the only alpine garden in Zillertal and open up a beautiful natural landscape. Numerous cosy mountain inns and refuges invite you to take a comfortable rest.
You can get onto the road in Ried, Kaltenbach, Aschau, Zell - Zellberg and Hippach - Schwendberg. A drive on the Zillertaler Höhenstraße is a must during your summer holiday in Zillertal!
Speichersee - Söggenaste - Kristallhütte
From the car park at the reservoir, follow the road downhill for approx. 400 m. There is the entrance (yellow sign) to the Almrosen-Panorama Hike. After a slight climb through the forest in the direction of Kirstallexpress, from there it goes over a mountain pasture in the direction of Söggenaste. From here you need about 50 minutes to the Kristallhütte.
A very beautiful hike with well-maintained paths and wonderful views of the rear Zillertal and all 3000m mountains.
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