Ski touring in Tyrol
The Innsbruck region offers many opportunities for ski touring
The villages around Innsbruck offer many opportunities for ski touring in the diverse Tyrolean mountains. Enjoy the wonderful calm and the unique views in the many Tyrolean ski areas and especially on the safe slopes away from the pistes. You will find many types of skiing and opportunities for ski touring in many of the holiday villages in Innsbruck. The Patscherkofel skiing area with its touring opportunities is just a few minutes walk away from the Schlosshotel Igls.
Patscherkofel ski touring tips (2,246m)
Start: state road Goldbichl / Heiligwasser toboggan run (Patsch district; 1.019 m)
Stopping points: Heiligwasser (1.234 m), Patscher Alm (1.694 m), Panorama Restaurant, Patscherkofel (1.964 m), Patscherkofel-Schutzhaus (1.970 m)
Option 1 - via Heiligwasser, formerly Igler Alm
Altitude: 950 – 1,230 m
Walking time: 2 - 2 ½ or 3 - 3 ½ hrs respectively
Difficulty: intermediate
Toboggan track - Heiligwasser guest house(1,234 m) – left along the forest road (=touring route) up to the former Igler Alm (1.480 m) – tractor route to the ski piste – junction leading onto the forest road – continue to the Patscher Alm (1.694 m) – cross the ski piste and go around the edge to the drag lift – up to the forest road - Patscherkofel-Schutzhaus – right via the forest road to the peak – descend down to the skiing area via the steep ski route on the north west side.
Option 2 – via Heiligwasser, Patscher Alm and Hohe-Mahd-Alm
Altitude: 1,230 m
Walking time: 3 ½ - 4 hrs.
Difficulty: intermediate
Toboggan track - Heiligwasser guest house (1,234 m) – past the chapel – tractor road – up to the ski piste – cross the piste – go approx 80m up on the very right hand edge, along the branch of the piste up to the forest road - to the Patscher Alm (1,694 m) – to the Hohe-Mahd-Alm (1,907 m) – go right approx 150m after the last hair-pin bend into the pine forest – forest passage – forest road – at the wind fence, head in a northerly direction to the Patscherkofel (2.246 m)summit plateau - descend down to the skiing area via the steep ski route on the north west side.
