Stages
Featuring six daily stages, the Karwendel High Alpine Trail is one of the shorter multi-day hiking routes. The path can be walked in both directions equally.
Stages – Reith to Scharnitz
Stage 1
This stage starts in Reith bei Seefeld, heading via the Schartlehnerhaus and through the mountain pines of the Schoaßgrat ridge on the way to the Nördlinger Hütte.
Stage 2
Beginning at the Nördlinger Hütte, the second stage of the high-alpine trail leads across the Ursprungsattel ridge and the Eppzirler Scharte gap before coming to the Solsteinhaus.
Stage 3
The longest stage of the high-alpine trail sees mountaineers travel from the Solsteinhaus to the Pfeishütte via the Gipfelstürmerweg and Goetheweg trails.
Stage 4
Departing from the Pfeishütte, this stage initially takes in the Stempeljoch saddle before joining up with the Wilde Bande trail that leads to the Bettelwurfhütte.
Stage 5
The starting point of our hike – the Bettelwurfhütte – is also known as the ‘eagle’s nest’ of the Karwendel mountain range. This stage heads via the Lafatscher Joch saddle and leads to the Hallerangerhaus.
Stage 6
The final stage along the standard west-to-east route begins at the Hallerangerhaus and ends in the town of Scharnitz which is the western gateway to the Karwendel mountain range.
Stages – Scharnitz to Reith
Stage 6
We start the Karwendel High Alpine Trail in Scharnitz in the Länd and hike through the Hinterautal to the Hallerangerhaus.
Stage 5
From the Hallerangerhaus with far-reaching views into the Hall valley to the Bettelwurfhütte, the so-called “Eagle´s nest” of the Karwendel.
Stage 4
From the Bettelwurfhütte the fourth stage of the trail leads to the Pfeishütte. Here you follow a path that was created by the mountaineering group “Wilde Bande”.
Stage 3
The longest stage of the trail takes the mountaineer from the Pfeishütte via the Goetheweg and the Gipfelsürmerweg to Solsteinhaus.
Stage 2
The second stage of the Karwendel High Alpine Trail leads from Solsteinhaus via the Eppzirler Scharte and the original saddle to the Nördlinger Hütte.
Stage 1
From the Nördlinger Hütte via the Schartlehnerhaus the last stage of the Karwendel High Alpine Trail leads down to Reith bei Seefeld.