Panorama-Walking Tour „Zirbenweg“
/ „Swiss Stone Pine - Walk“
Experience Innsbruck and treat yourself with a nice walk at the Olympic mountain

If you’ve got the chance to make your ascent easier, take it!
Following this Motto your walk will start with a strength saving ride with the gondola cable car up to Patscherkofel.
The higher you get the better and more impressive the view over the Inn Valley and the Patscherkofel gets.
The first part of the walk takes you from the top station of Patscherkofel gondola-lift towards the alpine guesthouse of Boscheben which has a very nice view over Viggar Valley as well as over the Tux Alps.

Following a pleasant walk you’ll soon spot the top of Glungezer Mountain prior reaching the end of your first stage, Glungezer hut, which is set a little lower.
As a lovely bonus you’ll get to walk along the swell seven kilometres long “Zirbenweg” which is about 2.000 m.

Expect impressive views down “under your feet” like the Inn Valley or Nordpark which is the ski area across the valley and part of the Alpine Park that is situated there. The middle station Seegrube and the top station Hafelekar are two very easy to spot buildings in that area.

If you’re lucky you’ll even find the tops of Zugspitze which is the highest mountain of
Germany or the “Zahmer Kaiser” by Kufstein.
The Mieming mountain chain or the Stubai Alps are a little closer and will be looking over your shoulder all the way throughout this walk through the largest collection of Swiss Stone Pines of all of Europe.

With the following walk back to Igls this easy to intermediate walk finds its end in a very unique way.

Features

Adequateamount of water, fruit, power-bars, ... should be brought by each participant
You’re responsible to bring appropriate equipment (clothes, shoes, hiking sticks, hut-sleeping bag)
The route described leaves you with multiple opportunities to change the length and duration of your daily hikes


Program

Day 1: Individual Arrival in Innsbruck
To be guest in “The heart of Alps”

Day 2: Patscherkofel – Glungezer Hut (approx.4 h)
Breakfast at your Hotel – Leave your extra luggage at the Hotel.
Ride up to Igls by public transport (or private car). Gondola-lift ride up to the top station of Patscherkofel (1.950 m.) and hike to Glungezer hut (2.610 m). Alternative extension of the stage by climbing the top of Glungezer Mountain (2.677 m) is possible.

Day 3: Glungezer Hut – Meissner Hut (approx.4 h)
Breakfast at Glungezer Hut (2.025 m) followed by the panoramic walk “Zirbenweg” which offers magnificent views down the Inn Valley and across it towards the Karwendel Mountain range.
Along the walk you’ll have multiple chances of prolonging your day trip.

Day 4: Meissner Hut – Patscherkofel bzw. Igls (depending on chosen trail 1.5 to 4 h)
Breakfast at Meissner Hut. (870 m). To short cut the hike you can take the gondola-lift back down from the top station or from the middle station “Heiligwasser” (1.200 m). You may buy your ticket directly at the station. Ride back to Innsbruck from Igls by public transport or private car (Extra night bookable on request).


Included services

- 1 overnight stay including large breakfast at a ***Hotel in Innsbruck
- Bus ticket to Igls
- Ticket for the gondola-lift up to the top station of Patscherkofel Mountain
- Glungezer Hut and Meissner Hut: Overnight stay with half-board (dormitories)
- Extensive tour information and travel papers
- Daily TouroPhon from 9 am to 6 pm

to the top

Arrival
Daily arrival from June 25th to September 28th 2011 possible


Price per person

Accommodation in double rooms	Euro	239,00
Single supplement	Euro	22,00

Extras

Rental of a sleeping bag for huts (not as bulky as a regular sleeping bag)	Euro	5,00
Rental of walking sticks	Euro	9,00

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