Hotel Edelweiss to Kitzbuheler Horn Return via Stanglalm
Austria
Distance 23.5km
Tuesday 14th August 2012
Again at breakfast we had no idea where we were going to walk. Previously we had heard of other couples who had taken the cable car up the Kitzbuheler Horn, then walk down into St Johann and return to Kitzbuhel by train or bus. So we decided to make full use of our cable car tickets and do the same, in that Anne would use one of the tickets to go up the Kitzbuheler Horn and I would walk up, we would meet up at the top and walk into St Johann. While I was walking up Kitzbuheler Horn it would also give Anne some time to look around the shops and the town.
Before we left the
Hotel Edelweiss, we spoke to Klaus and Veronika who as always had some useful suggestions. Klaus suggested instead of walking down Kitzbuheler Horn and turning right to St Johann we could turn left towards Stanglam, then Haslach and then follow the Romerweg (Roman Way) back into Kitzbuhel 761m. So that is what we did.
With pack lunches and bottles of water I set off leaving Anne to peruse the shops and town at her leisure.
Again the signs are easy to follow and the track up to the Kitzbuheler Horn is up, up then more up. You soon leave the town behind as you work your way up through the trees, which gave relief from the hot sun.
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At the start of the path looking back across the town towards the Hahnenkamm
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We saw this house like this last year, and it doesn't look like much work has been done since then.
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The walk up as far as the Adlerhutte - the middle station at 1266m is the steepest part of the walk. This doesn't mean the rest is flat as there are a few steep stretches to go but they are not as bad as in the first part.
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Middlestation 1266m
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Notice the deer and squirrel
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Kitzbuheler Horn through the trees
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Alpenhaus Kitzbuheler Horn 1670m
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Little church near the Gipfelhaus cable station Kitzbuheler Horn
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Anne at the Gipfelhaus cable station - waiting for me
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The view down from Gipfelhaus back down the valley
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Kitzbuheler Horn radio mast 1996m
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We had our sandwiches at the top and a few drinks of water. After a short rest we moved back down to the cross where Klaus had shown me on the map where the track to Stanglam started. The track was not as wide or as well walked as the track I had used coming up. In places it had cables fastened to the sides for walkers to hold if they needed the support. The track was mostly in a Northern direction.
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Anne with the track to Stanglam behind her
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Hole in the rock where the track goes
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Anne moving down the narrow track
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Going down
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After a few km North in the open the path turns West towards Stangalm through the trees.
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A picture frame hanging in the trees, on the way to Stangalm 1458m.
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We followed the road down from Stangalm 1458m down to Haslach 780m, it was very open and we got very sun burnt.
At Haslach we turned left and headed South West onto the Romerweg (Roman Way) and followed it into Kitzbuhel 761m. The worry was would we make it back to the
Hotel Edelweiss in time for tea and cake. Of course we did.
I had walked about 23.5 km. It was a good walk and I felt good to have covered a good distance.
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Details correct at time of walking.
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