On road ways & steep paths proceed through Alpine terrain to the highest point of the tour to Ehrenbachhöhe.…
From here hike on the ridge of the Hahnenkamm through Kitzbühel‘s ski area, across to the Hahnenkamm mountain station, before the descent proceeds along the Streif race route to Kitzbühel. There is information, with signboards provided about the individual well-known route sections (e.g. Mausefalle). Some sections have breath-taking views to Kitzbühel and the Wilder Kaiser.
From the
centre of the town of
Kirchberg head to the
church and through
Neugasse and
Möselgasse up to a
wooden house which has a yellow
hiking signpost for
Maierl 1 ½ hours. Branch off to the
left here into
Kasbachweg and hike through pastures up to the
edge of the
forest. At the houses change to the
left on a steep
path into the
forest.
This lovely path soon heads into
open pastureland again and later you continue hiking on an
asphalt access road past the
car park for a
gondola (use the
Maierl, No. 11 to get your bearings). Continue to
ascend now slightly on a road that passes a
farm, until you come to the
edge of a forest. A
forest road branches off to the
left here (
Bergschenke Krin, Ochsalm).
On this route which is somewhat
steeper, proceeding in several serpentines through the
forest, continue heading uphill until you come to open Alpine pasture/ meadows. Proceed on a
lovely meadow path which proceeds steadily
uphill, until you come to an
asphalt access road beneath
Bergschenke Krin.
Pass the guesthouse and continue on the
road to
Maierl. You will soon come to the
plateau which has
Gasthaus Maierl and
dreamy views to all of the
Wilder Kaiser. Around 200 meters
before the guesthouse, a
forest trail branches off; keep heading for
Ochsalm. After around
300 metres take a sharp
right and after
another hundred metres on the
left take a steep path into the
forest.
This path now climbs straight up through the forest, continuing through a
meadow and then there is a
soft left into the
forest again. There is now another short section up through the
forest, then afterwards the route proceeds less steeply through
Alpine terrain until you reach a
forest path. To the
right of this there is a short section slightly
downhill, then the route
ascends again up to the
Ochsalm (1,458 m; 2 hours from Kirchberg).
Hike on this
forest trail now to
Ehrenbachhöhe. You will soon come to the
saddle (approx. 100 m to the north of
Gasthaus Hochbrunn). Take a
left here, continuing to
Ehrenbachhöhe and after not even a
hundred metres, head
left up on a
hiking path to
Ehrenbachhöhe (1,802 m; 1 hr 15 mins from Ochsalm).
At the top get your bearings and orient yourself to
Ehrenbachhöhensee, then hike
behind the
lake on a short section through the
pastureland up to
Bernhardkapelle chapel. Continue now on the
forest path over to the nearby
Hahnenkammbahn (1668 m; 45 minutes from Ehrenbachhöhe).
There is an option to
shorten the route here and head straight down to
Kitzbühel on the
gondola.
Anyone who has enough energy left to
keep hiking can head for
Hocheckhütte, which is beneath the mountain station, and through the
ski area down to the
Seidlalm. Hike directly along the renowned
Streif race route (
Streif race route trail No. 26). Mausefalle, Steilhang and Hausbergkante are household names.
The route proceeds via
Seidlalmsee, which can be seen far and wide, to the
Seidlalm (1,206 m). After the
Seidlalm head along the race route to
Lärchenschuss. Cross Lärchenschuss and follow the
hiking path through a short section of forest to the
Hausbergkante. The final
big screen is at the Hausbergkante (watch the skiers in action live here).
The
descent proceeds straight across the
Hausbergkante to the
Ganslern slalom slope.
The
zig-zag path leads us past
Ganslern Alm, passing the
fastest section of the race route (where speeds of up to 140 km/hr are reached).
The
finish area is used as a
golf course in the summer. The path now proceeds to the
Hausbergtal road, follow this down into the valley and the
signposts for
Kitzbühel‘s Hahnenkammbahn valley station (approx. 2 hours from the Hahnenkamm mountain station). From the
valley station it is around 5 minutes to the
centre of
Kitzbühel.