Kompass Verlag

Ötztal, Pitztal 5630 Wanderführer

<p>The Ötztal extends over 65 km between Haiming and Obergurgl. Its&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">side valleys - Horlachtal, Griestal, Windachtal and Venter Tal - are wonderful&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">starting points for hikes of all levels of difficulty. The Geigenkamm&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">separates the Ötztal from the Pitztal, which at 40 km is not quite as long as the Ötztal. It is crossed&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">by the Pitztaler Ache river, which flows into the Inn in the Pitzeschlucht gorge. The&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">end of the valley is formed by the Pitztal Glacier, at 3440 m the highest glacier in Tyrol, and&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">the 3777 m high Wildspitze, Tyrol's highest and therefore much-visited peak. The&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">Ötztal and Pitztal glaciers still exert a great fascination on&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">people to this day. The Ötztal Trek, which leads in 22 stages and 400 km around the Ötztal&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">valley, runs partly over the eternal ice, for those without glacier experience there&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">are variants without glacier contact, but with equally fantastic experiences. Thanks to the alpine pastures, mountain inns and alpine refuges, attractive&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">multi-day tours can be put together. The most spectacular huts include the&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">Hochstubaihütte (3175 m), the Brunnkogelhaus (2738 m) and the Ramolhaus (3006 m).&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">Hut cabs and the hiking bus to Windachtal make it easier to reach the alpine pastures&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">and huts.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.42857143; font-weight: bold;">In brief info about the product:</span><br></p><p></p><ul><li><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">The sport-oriented highlight: The ascent to the Hochstubaihütte via Seekarsee and the&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">famous "Himmelsleiter", an artfully layered stone staircase. 1220 meters of altitude&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">to the third-highest hut in Austria.</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">The family highlights: The hike to the Stuibenfall, Tyrol's highest waterfall&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">Afterwards, head to the Ötzi village and, on hot days, to the neighboring&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">bathing lake.</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">The pleasure highlight: The Erlanger Hütte is located at 2541 m and since 2010 can only be served&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">by helicopter. This does not prevent the hut owner from serving the&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">mountain climbers ibex stew or lamb shank.</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">The personal highlight: the hike over the Hohe Mut to the Rotmoosferner.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">On the way back through the Rotmoostal valley, you can not only knock garnets out of the stone&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">knock a grenade out of the stone, but also pet the Haflinger horses at the Schönwieshütte&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">newly built in 2016.</span></li><li><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">The cultural highlight: The Ötztal Heritage and Open-Air Museum in Lehn near&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">Längenfeld and the Tower Museum in Oetz take their visitors on a journey through time into&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">the last centuries. The leap in time in the Ötzi village&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">near Umhausen, where an attempt is made to gain an insight into a village community of the&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.42857143;">Neolithic period.</span></li></ul><span style="font-weight: bold;">Raphaela Moczynski, Thomas Mag. Schmarda | Kompass Verlag | Edition May 2016 | 10.9 cm x 17.5 cm</span><br><p></p>