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| Elevation: | 1,895 ft | 578 m |
| GPS: |
47.26394, 11.38917 Google Map · Climbing Area Map |
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| Shared By: | Phil Lauffen on Jul 8, 2018 · Updates | |
| Admins: | Phil Lauffen, Shawn Heath |
Description
The Tirol region (whose capital is Innsbruck) in Austria contains within it the north eastern alps, and the valleys, walls, and the general topographical variation to make any climber's palms sweat. If you come to Austria to climb, this is a key region you'll want to include in your visit.
It has everything from long alpine scrambles with huts at either end, to multipitch granite trad in otztal and zillertal, to fierce, fingery limestone clip-ups.
As many thousands of routes are distributed across a 100km radius, you can find good conditions all year round (provided it isn't snowing).
Note that Tirol is split into two separated regions, the big one around Innsbruck (and just N of the Dolomites and Arco climbing of Italy and S of Munich city and Zugspitze mountains of Germany) -- the small one (harder to reach but with great climbing of its own) around the city of Lienz, with its mountains sort of a NE extenstion of the Dolomites.
Getting There
Driving is straightforward (though fuel in Europe is expensive) on high-speed interstate / autobahn roads from Munich or Salzburg, or from the Dolomites or Arco climbing in Italy.
note: Driving on the high-speed autobarn / interstate highways of Austria requires advance purchase of windshield sticker ("vignette") at a gas station (sticker good for 10 days is sold also in gas stations nearby Germany + Italy + Switzerland before entering Austria). Some of the mountain passes and tunnels require an additional toll.
The other separated small region of southeast Tirol around the city of Lienz is more difficult to reach. One strategy is to take it as a side trip from the NE Dolomites, and drive there from Cortina d'Ampezzo (50 miles), or from the Pustertal / Alta Pusteria valley along the N side of the main Italian Dolomites (50 miles from Bruneck/Brunico, 70 miles from Corvara). The other ways are from Munich + Kufstein + Kitzbuhel across the mountains via the Felbertauern tunnel.
. . . (No short way directly from Innsbruck).
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