Kitzbuhel to Kitzbuheler Horn Cross and return via Stanglalm
Austria
Distance 23.5km Climb 1700m
Sunday 17th August 2014
I have done this walk a few times now. A year previously we had seen the open air mass on a crag near Hornkopfl it was good so we would go and have a look to see if it would be the same this year. Follow the link to the previous years walk. After breakfast and preparing our packed lunch at the Hotel Edelweiss we set off. Anne would use one of our cable car tickets to go up the Kitzbuheler Horn and I would walk up, we would meet up near the top.
I walked through the bottom of the town, the weather was warm and sunny. I crossed the river, the main road and the train line before starting up hill passed the cable station at 763m at the bottom of the Kitzbuheler Horn.
The track up to the Kitzbuheler Horn is up, up then more up, I soon left the town behind as I worked my way up, the path leaves a tarmac road and goes onto a gravel path that moves through the trees, becoming very steep in places.
I reached the house that was still being built, it had not changed in the last four years, only the path to it was starting to become a little overgrown.
The part of the walk up to the Adlerhutte - the middle station at 1266m is the steepest part of the walk. There is still some climb up with a few more steep stretches to go although they are not as bad as in the first part, they still manage to make the heart beat a little faster.
After a couple of steep climbs the view opens up on the right and I could see across to the Kitzbuheler Horn.
Coming across the rise at Trattalmen I joined the road below the Alpenhaus. I then turned right towards Alpenblumenweg.
I followed the signs up to the Hornkopfl 1773m.
I could not see Anne in the crowd that had gathered for the mass. It was only as it finished Anne turned up, apparently the mass had started an hour early. As people started down the hill, musicians stayed and played their instruments, you could hear groups of musicians playing, taking their turns, playing the people down to the Alpenhaus cable station. Then we moved up to the cross just below the Kitzbuheler Horn.
At the Kitzbuheler Horn Cross we climbed over the fence and headed along the track to Harschbichl. 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.
Looking down we could see what looks like a light, it turned out to be the sunshine glinting off he top of a wooden seat that was shaped like an Austrian Tirolean hat.
After the steep track down we reached the road below Harschbichl, were we turned left, west, and followed a track through a wood. Which took us down to the road to Stangalm 1458m.
At Stanglalm we stopped for a drink and enjoyed the views before following the road down to Haslach 780m, it was very open and no shade from the sun.
As we approached Haslach we saw a family, Mam, Dad and all the children collecting the cut grass to store for the cattle. A family working as one. At Haslach we turned left and headed South West onto the Romerweg (Roman Way) and followed it into Kitzbuhel 761m.
From the Romerweg we turned across a field that led us down a path back into the town.
Once in the town we headed towards the Hotel Edelweiss in time for tea and cake.
We had covered approx 23 1/2km with 1700m of climb and descent, a good days walking.
We had covered approx 23 1/2km with 1700m of climb and descent, a good days walking.
More to follow
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Details correct at time of walking.
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