Accompanied by experienced mountain guides, you'll climb the 3,606-meter-high Similaun in the upper Ötztal Valley. This impressive peak lies directly on the border between Austria and Italy, offering breathtaking views. On the first day, you'll ascend to the imposing Similaun Hut, where you'll spend

The Rofenkarferner glacier is an impressive glacier high above Vent and, thanks to its relatively easy accessibility, a popular destination for beginners. From the ice masses, you have fantastic views of the surrounding high alpine landscape. Accompanied by your mountain guide, you will take the lift

Ready for Route 3 of the Ötztal Trek? It leads into the upper Ötztal and lets you hike in the footsteps of the balloon pioneer Auguste Piccard and the glacier man Ötzi. She also invites you to discover the wonderful glacier world near Vent. You will also make a detour to South Tyrol on the way. But first

For this stage, you should have good endurance and alpine experience, because you master 1,200 vertical meters. On the outskirts of Obergurgl you cross the babbling Gurgler Ache and then start with the demanding but promising ascent to the Ramoljoch. You hike over lush grass slopes that are crossed by

The stages of six to nine lead through picturesque high mountains and along huge glaciers, but still enough here your normal mountain hiking equipment. Therefore, this sub-route is also a true classic among mountain hikers. On old smugglers' paths you will cycle through the rocky landscape, over the

There are two variants of the Ötztal cycle path. The tour listed here is the approximately 53-kilometer MTB variant that takes you on your mountain bike through the Alpine valley of the same name.



Steep mountain faces, green mountain meadows, good paved bike paths with underpasses and interesting bridges

The Ötztal Trek is a long-distance hiking trail of almost 230 kilometers that takes you through the impressive mountain landscape of the Ötztal. It is one of those routes in Austria that should be on the to-do list of every experienced (!) mountaineer because of its spectacular peaks, breathtaking views

Varied landscape, impressive mountains and gentle alpine meadows: in all its diversity, the Ötztal invites you to discover its culture, its cuisine and, above all, its unique nature. You hike from village to village and again and again you will come across the Ötztaler Ache, which is so instrumental

Today the last stage of Route 2 of the Ötztal Trek is on the agenda. It lets you master a good amount of altitude, but also rewards you with unique nature and impressive mountain peaks. Let's start at yesterday's stage destination, the Gasthof Hochfirst.



From here you hike up to the rest house on the

This approximately five and a half kilometer long circular hike takes you 500 meters up the mountain from Vent and then back on a different path. However, this tour is less about reaching a mountain peak and more about enjoying beautiful views of the Ötztal.



We recommend that you take a break at Mutsb