Zillertaler Höhenstraße

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!

Tariffs

Wander und Bike Touren

Hiking tour: Hirschbichlalm - Kristallhütte (2,147 m)

Overview

Walking time

02:00 h

Route Length

2 km

Difficulty

Middle

altitude meters uphill

325 hm

highest point

2147 m

Route Start

Hirschbichlalm

Route End

Kristallhütte (2.147 m)

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Weather

weather today

9° Thick clouds, some rain

weather tomorrow

8° Sun, clouds, rain showers

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Description

Mountain hike in the Zillertal alps with good places to stop for a break.

The starting point for this hiking tour is on the Zillertaler Höhenstraße and is easy to get to with the hiking bus or in your car. The marked hiking trail no. 14 branches off in an easterly direction uphill, shortly after Hirschbichlalm, at a spring. First walk for approximately 20 minutes over a green, flat mountain pasture and then make your way through a wonderful and gloriously aromatic pine forest. Turn left at the fork in the road and continue to follow hiking trail no.14, which now rises steeply. As soon as you have crossed the tree line you will be rewarded with a fantastic view of the surrounding mountain landscape. Once you have reached the idyllically located Kristallhütte (open Thursday till Sunday) you can relax for a bit and refresh yourself with a hearty snack for the descent on the same path.

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