Alpine park Karwendel

• Experienced and skilled handling of mountain bike is absolutely necessary
• Mostly wide transport roads
• Some stages can be extended to nearby pastures

Suitable for young people from the age of approx. 14 years (appropriate enthusiasm for cycling and biking skills required)

• Daily from June 15^th to September 15^th 2024

• 7 or 6 days | 6 or 5 nights (incl. days of arrival and departure), approx. 215 km, approx. 4.200 metres of ascent
• Bookable as an individual tour, min. 2 persons

Welcome to the 3-time Olympic city of Innsbruck. Although the Alpine town is widely known as a popular winter sports destination, you will be surprised by the colourful ambience that awaits you here in the warm season. Give yourself enough time to experience and enjoy the cultural diversity of Innsbruck.

From the alpine pasture paradise of the Innsbruck Nordkette Mountain Range to the silver town along the Inn Cycle Route. Fancy some more? Then you can climb Nordkette optionally to Arzler Alm (1,067m), Höttinger Alm (1,487m), Bodensteiner Alm (1,661m) or even up to Seegrube (1,905m).

To warm up you leave the miners’ town of Schwaz and head towards Jenbach. You are then ready to tackle the ascent to the lakeside shore of Lake Achensee (930m). From there you can optionally continue towards Pertisau and the Karwendeltäler valleys with their numerous homey huts.

You elegantly avoid the steep ascent up Plumsjoch (1,650m) by taking a route along flat or slightly ascending forest trails and roads with little traffic along Lake Sylvensteinsee and Risstal Valley. You get to Hinterriss and the mountain village of Eng (1,200m) and the “Große Ahornboden” nature reserve. If you still want to make some more metres in altitude difference you can climb Plumsjoch from the backside (less difficult ascent). Overnight stay in Hinterriss.

From “Große Ahornboden” to “Kleine Ahornboden” and then to Karwendelhaus hut that majestically towers at an altitude of 1,770m. Hopefully you can still pay attention to the unique play of colours of Karwendelbach brook on your racy downhill ride to Scharnitz.

From the Karwendel Mountain Range to the Olympic regions of Seefeld and Innsbruck.
After a fantastic downhill from Seefeld to the intersection to Inntal Valley near Zirl you can continue your ride along Inn Cycle Route (labour saving) or if you’ve still got some energy left ride across the Innsbruck Mittelgebirge. Up there you are rewarded with a downhill that leads almost into the centre of the Alpine capital of Innsbruck.