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Summer - Pitztal Glacier

Experience the mountain summer on the highest of Tyrol

With the Pitztal glacier lifts and the Rifflsee cable cars, you can float comfortably up to the highest of Tyrol. From the idyllic mountain huts at Rifflsee to the rugged peaks at Pitztal Glacier - the diversity of the landscape will remain in your memory. Are you looking for an excursion destination for connoisseurs? A starting point for spectacular glacier hikes? Or are family-friendly hiking trails the right thing for you? Everyone will find a highlight on the highest of Tyrol. Our special tip for your vacation in Tyrol: Café 3440 on the Pitztal Glacier - enjoy the highest vantage point in Tyrol with coffee, homemade cakes and the best view of the Wildspitze.

Mountain summer on the HIGHEST of TYROLS Pitztal Glacier & Rifflsee
Experience the diversity of the mountain summer at Rifflsee and on the Pitztal Glacier.

Highlights on the Pitztal Glacier

  • Café 3440 - the highest coffee house in Austria
  • Homemade cakes and tarts from Austria's highest pastry shop
  • Glacier panorama with over 50 three-thousand-meter peaks
  • Wildspitze - the highest mountain in North Tyrol at 3,770 m
  • Guided glacier tours with local mountain guides
  • Austria's highest registry office - getting married on the Pitztal Glacier
  • Glacier experience - discover and feel the power of ice
Cafe 3440 - Sunrise

Café 3440 - Tyrol's highest view

This jewel on the Pitztal Glacier impresses with a phenomenal view of over 50 three-thousand-meter peaks of the main Alpine ridge. As the highest coffee house in Austria, it offers coffee and homemade cake specialties at 3,440 m as well as a sun terrace with a view of the Wildspitze, the highest mountain in North Tyrol. Of course, there is also hearty Tyrolean cuisine and Tyrol's highest breakfast as a special event. Couples can say "I do" in Austria's highest registry office and celebrate the most beautiful day of their lives in a unique wedding location. Café 3440 is easily accessible via the futuristic Wildspitzbahn cable car.

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Rifflsee cable cars

The Rifflsee cable car takes you comfortably from the village of Mandarfen up to the Rifflsee. A varied hiking and recreation area opens up to you with panoramic high-altitude hikes, a raft ride, climbing gardens and family hikes around the lake.

The three most beautiful viewpoints on the Pitztal Glacier

The viewpoints on the Pitztal Glacier offer breathtaking panoramic views of the spectacular mountain world of the Tyrolean Alps and are easily accessible thanks to state-of-the-art cable cars. Whether it's the highest platform in Austria at Café 3440, the glacier cinema or the meditation trail around the Chapel of the White Light - unforgettable views and a natural spectacle in a class of its own await you here.

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Glacier cinema 3,440 m

Watch a movie at the highest open-air cinema in Tyrol. The viewing point is located just below the Wildspitzbahn mountain station and offers an unobstructed view of the glaciated peaks of the Kaunergrat Nature Park.

Viewing platform on the Pitztal Glacier at 3,440m

Viewing platform at Café 3440

The viewing platform right next to Café 3440 offers a breathtaking 360° panorama of the surrounding three-thousand-metre peaks of the Pitztal mountains. On a clear day, you can see the peaks of four countries - Germany, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. A view to remember.

Hiking on the Pitztal Glacier

Chapel of the White Light

The short circular trail leads over shimmering red rocks formed by ice with an unobstructed view of the glacier surfaces of the Mittelbergferner. Embedded in the rugged beauty, the Chapel of the White Light can already be seen from the mountain station of the Glacier Express.

The Taschachhaus from the distant view
The glacier trail leads from the Pitztal Glacier to the Taschachhaus.

Mountain tours with a glacier feeling

Surrounded by majestic peaks and vast glaciers, spectacular mountain tours await you on the Pitztal Glacier.
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Easy

Walking to the Chapel of the White Light

Easy

Thematic route
routes suitable for prams
Walking trails
Hiking tour

500 m

00:20 h

20 hm

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Hard

Huts and mountain restaurants on the Pitztal Glacier

Refreshment stop on the roof of Tyrol
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Café 3440
various sights

St. Leonhard im Pitztal

Closed, opens tomorrow at 09:30 AM o'clock
Rampe zum Gletscher Restaurant
Gletscher-Restaurant 2.840m
alpine dairy/snack bar

St. Leonhard im Pitztal

Closed, opens tomorrow at 09:00 AM o'clock
Braunschweiger Hütte
Braunschweiger Hütte (2,759 m)
alpine dairy/snack bar

St. Leonhard im Pitztal

Closed, opens on 06/15, 12:00 AM o'clock

Alpine tours with the Pitztal mountain guides

The Pitztal Glacier is the starting point for numerous glacier hikes and summit ascents. We recommend these tours only in the company of a mountain guide. Our Pitztal mountain guides are the number 1 point of contact for this. Nobody knows the mountains better, and you can hire the necessary equipment.

Tour tip: Pitztal classics that you have to do

Wildspitze - 3,770 m
Petersenspitze - 3,484 m
Left Fernerkogl - 3,277 m

Events on the Pitztal Glacier and Rifflsee

Rodelabend beim Sonnblick
12/04
Advent evening with tobogganing

Plangeross, Hotel Sonnblick, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/04 - 20:30 o'clock - 1 hour 30 minutes

Waldandacht Plangeross
12/05
Forest devotion in the church forest

Plangeross

12/05 - 20:30 o'clock

Adventmarkt Plangeross
12/06
Advent evening in Plangeross

Plangeross, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/06 - 20:00 o'clock - 1 hour 30 minutes

Witch Party
12/06
Witch Party in Hexenekessl

Hexenkessl, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/06 - 21:00 o'clock

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12/07
Breakfast in Café 3440

Café 3440, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/07 - 09:30 o'clock

Sportalm Winter außen
12/07
Advent evening at Alpine Resort Sportalm

Alpine Resort Sportalm , St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/07 - 20:30 o'clock

Black and White Party
12/07
Black and White Party at Hexenkessl

Hexenkessl, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/07 - 21:00 o'clock

Kirche Plangeross
12/08
40 years of the ‘Tieflehner Singing Circle’

Pfarrkirche Plangeross, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/08 - 10:00 o'clock

Advent
12/08
Advent evening in Zaunhof

Festplatz Wiese, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/08 - 17:00 o'clock

Stadlfenster Bergadvent
12/08
Advent window in Plangeross

beim Dorfbrunnen Plangeross, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/08 - 20:30 o'clock - 1 hour 30 minutes

Schneeschuhwanderung
12/09
Snowshoe hike

Plangeross, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/09 - 16:00 o'clock

Plangeross im Winter
12/09
Advent evening at Family Berni Rauch

Plangeross, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/09 - 20:30 o'clock

Kaiserjänger Plangeross
12/10
Advent evening of the "Kaiserjägergruppe Plangeross"

Gampenwald, Plangeross

12/10 - 20:30 o'clock

Rodelabend beim Sonnblick
12/11
Advent evening with tobogganing

Plangeross, Hotel Sonnblick, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/11 - 20:30 o'clock - 1 hour 30 minutes

Waldandacht Plangeross
12/12
Forest devotion in the church forest

Plangeross

12/12 - 20:30 o'clock

Adventmarkt Plangeross
12/13
Advent evening in Plangeross

Plangeross, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/13 - 20:00 o'clock - 1 hour 30 minutes

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12/14
Breakfast in Café 3440

Café 3440, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/14 - 09:30 o'clock

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12/14
The golden Trail

Pitztaler Gletscher & Rifflsee, 6481

12/14 - 10:00 o'clock

Musik im Café 3440
12/14
Music in Café 3440 // DJ Wesh

Café 3440, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/14 - 14:00 o'clock

Advent
12/14
Advent evening in Zaunhof

Festplatz Wiese, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/14 - 17:00 o'clock

Sportalm Winter außen
12/14
Advent evening at Alpine Resort Sportalm

Alpine Resort Sportalm , St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/14 - 20:30 o'clock

Neon Party
12/14
Neon Party at Hexenkessl

Hexenkessl, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/14 - 21:00 o'clock

Stadlfenster Bergadvent
12/15
Advent window in Plangeross

beim Dorfbrunnen Plangeross, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/15 - 20:30 o'clock - 1 hour 30 minutes

Schneeschuhwanderung
12/16
Snowshoe hike

Plangeross, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/16 - 16:00 o'clock

Kirchenwirt
12/16
Advent evening ‘Bei Max’

Frühstückspension "Bei Max", St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/16 - 20:30 o'clock - 1 hour 30 minutes

Bergadvent Plangeross
12/17
Advent evening at Family Rauch

Plangeross 59, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/17 - 20:30 o'clock - 1 hour 30 minutes

Rodelabend beim Sonnblick
12/18
Advent evening with tobogganing

Plangeross, Hotel Sonnblick, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/18 - 20:30 o'clock - 1 hour 30 minutes

Waldandacht Plangeross
12/19
Forest devotion in the church forest

Plangeross

12/19 - 20:30 o'clock

Adventmarkt Plangeross
12/20
Advent evening in Plangeross

Plangeross, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/20 - 20:00 o'clock - 1 hour 30 minutes

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12/21
Breakfast in Café 3440

Café 3440, St. Leonhard im Pitztal

12/21 - 09:30 o'clock

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All information on prices and opening times on the Pitztal Glacier and Rifflsee

Partner of the Pitztal Summer Card

The Pitztal Summer Card gives you free access to numerous attractions such as mountain railroads, museums and leisure activities. With the Pitztal Summer Card, you can experience something every day at no extra cost and have a carefree summer vacation in the Pitztal.

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Pitztal Summer Card

Your card for a perfect summer vacation with free cable cars, admission and many discounts. Available from partner businesses directly at your accommodation or as a purchase card.

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