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TOURS AND ROUTES IN THE PITZTAL VALLEY

TOURS AND ROUTES IN THE PITZTAL VALLEY

Discover our varied tours and routes

Wood and meadow route Klausboden

Start
Matzlewald sawmill (1136m)
Finish
Matzlewald sawmill (1138m)
Past the sawmill before Matzlewald you can access a forest path and after about 50 m turn immediately right in the  direction of Klausboden. Continue to follow the signposts along the forest road until you reach Klausboden recreational area. There are two options for your return route: return via the same, wide forest road (suitable for prams) or at the Forstgarten, by the small sawmill, you can access a wild, romantic narrow track following the course of a river. Over a wooden bridge and several wooden planks you return to a forest path. Turning off right here, will take you back to the original forest road leading back to the starting point. Please note that the second option is not suitable for prams.

Bichl circular route

Start
car park Volksschule Wald (885m)
Finish
car park Volksschule Wald (885m)
Starting point: car park Volksschule Wald. Walk past the church on the left up the hill to the village of Bichl. At the fork, turn right and pass two chapels until you reach the Rastboden. Once there, turn left over a steep path to return to Weiler then continue back to your starting point.

Circular route Steinhof

Start
Car park Kirche/Mehrzwecksaal (981m)
Finish
Car park Kirche/Mehrzwecksaal (988m)
From the starting point at Kirche/Mehrzwecksaal (church/multi-purpose hall) car park walk for approximately 300m to the centre of the village. Turn right above the Pitztaler Hof restaurant and follow the so called ‘Alte Straße’ [old road] with fantastic views of Wenns village and the Tschirgant peak. Continue on this tarmac road to the next fork. Then continue on the forest road to Steinhof and further to Langenau. You can return to the starting point via the road. 

Hike from Jerzens to Wenns

Start
bus stop Jerzens Dorf (1116m)
Finish
Wenns (983m)
Starting point: Jerzens town centre. From the starting point, follow the path for approx. 300 m in the direction of Leins. Before the Hirschenklause B&B, turn downhill to the left to the hamlet of Pitzenhöfe. After the bridge follow the forest road on theleft in the direction to Wenns. Return to zour starting point via bus.  

Pitzenhöfe circular route

Start
Car park Gemeindezentrum Wenns (1000m)
Finish
Car park Gemeindezentrum Wenns (1001m)
From the starting point hike to the village centre (Pitztalerhof). Then follow the signposts “Rundwanderweg Pitzenhöfe” (Pitzehöfe circular hike).Walk through the historic lower town with its museum, the historic, beautifully painted ‘Platzhaus’, war memorial and parish church. After the school, follow the path to the right all the way to the Pitzenhöfe. You will see a wooden bridge: take a right turn just before it. Continue to walk on the forest path and turn right at the fork towards Wenns/St Margarethen. On the way back walk along the main road. 

Hike to Waldweiher pond

Start
car park Piller Moor (1526m)
Finish
car park Piller Moor (1526m)
From the starting point hike to Piller Moor until you reach the fountain. Then follow the signposts to Waldweiher via forest roads and idyllic steep forest paths to this natural gem, the Waldweiher pond. Follow the trail around the pond until you reach the forest road. Return to your staring point via the same route on the last section.

Waldeck-Krabichl Runde

Start
(1178m)
Finish
(1178m)
The walk starts at Galtwiesen car park. From here, walk along a forest path in the direction of Wennerberg. After approximately 200 metres turn off to the right and follow another forest path to Weiler Krabichl/Leins. Once there, turn right again via a farm track through meadows and close the loop by returning back to the starting point. Why not finish off your walk by stopping at Jausenstation Waldeck for some refreshments?

Large ´Harbeweiher´ [pond] circular route

Start
Nature Park Centre at Gachenblick (1584m)
Finish
Nature Park Centre at Gachenblick (1583m)
As with the small Harbeweiher pond circular hike, with your back turned to the Nature Park Centre, turn right on the farm road in a southerly direction. Follow this road to a fork and also turn right in the direction of Harbeweiher pond. Unlike the small Harbeweiher pond circular route, continue to follow this road past a fantastic viewing point until you reach the Harbeweiher pond. This pond is an extremely untouched and wild, romantic area not far from the Nature Park Centre and lends itself perfectly for nature lovers who do not want to cover long distances. After a short ascent, you will have reached the highest point and can then return on a forest road to the other side of the Nature Park Centre.     

Trail to the Gletscherstube

Start
Mittelberg (1731m)
Finish
Mittelberg (1732m)
Follow the flat and even agricultural road to the catered mountain hut Gletscherstube.

Pitztaler Sagensteig

Start
Car park Mittelberg or bus stop Mittelberg Wendestelle (1733m)
Finish
Car park Mittelberg or bus stop Mittelberg Wendestelle (1734m)
Follow the “Pitztaler Sagensteig” [path of Pitztal’s legends] with five stops - about the myths and legends of Pitztal - up to the catered mountain hut Gletscherstube at the foot of the Mittelberg glacier. You can return back to Mittelberg via the same path or follow the agricultural road or the Talwanderweg [valley hiking trail] to Mandarfen.
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