Winter hiking and snowshoeing
in the Ötztal
Immerse yourself in a completely different - special - world. During winter hiking in the Ötztal you forget the stressful everyday life and are just for yourself. Accompanied by the beauty of nature, you will experience the Ötztal up close and be thrilled. Even children enjoy the very special winter experience. When there is fresh snow, snowshoes are of course an advantage and help to march through wide fields without any problems.
Winter hiking trails at a glance
A total of 185 km of hiking trails from Haiming to Vent are available and want to be discovered:
- Hochgurgler Romantikweg (partly illuminated) -> walking time: 0.5 h
- Stone pine forest nature trail -> walking time: 1 h
- Gurglertal winter hiking trail -> walking time: 1 h
- Vent - Rofen - Vent -> walking time: 1,5 h
- Around Vent -> walking time: 2 h
- Vent - toboggan run - Stableinalm -> walking time: 1,5 h
- Vent - Niedertal -> walking time: 2.5 h
- Hike to the Gaislachalm / Silbertal / Sonneck -> walking time: 2 h (alpine pastures managed
- Hike to the Brunnenbergalm -> walking time: 2 h (not managed)
- Panorama trail -> walking time: 2 h
- Sölden walking trail along the Ötztaler Ache -> walking time: 3/4 h
- Hiking trail to the Stallwiesalm -> walking time: 1,5 h (Alm managed)
- Hiking trail to the Moosalm -> walking time: 3/4 h
- Hiking trail to Hochsölden -> walking time: 2,5 h
- Hiking trail to Granstein -> walking time: 1,5 h
- Hiking trail to Rechenau -> walking time: 50 min
- Hiking trail from Zwieselstein to Bodenegg -> walking time: 40 min
- Fischbach - Infangweg -> walking time: 1 h
- Auenweg -> walking time: 3 h
- Hiking trail Längenfeld - Huben -> walking time: 3 h
- Circular hiking trail Huben -> walking time: 1,5 h
- Circular hiking trail Riederseite -> walking time: 3 h
- Connection Huben - Aschbach -> walking time: 3 h
- Circular hiking trail Längenfeld - Burgstein -> walking time: 3 h
- Winklen - Wurzbergalm - Winklen -> walking time: 3,5 h (managed, tobogganing possibility)
- Huben - Alpengasthof am Feuerstein (illuminated, tobogganing possibility) -> walking time: 1 h
- Circular hiking trail Geolehrpfad -> walking time: 2 h
- Gries - Sulztalalm - Ambergerhütte -> walking time: 5 h (staffed, tobogganing possibility)
- Gries - Nisslalm -> walking time: 4 h (managed, tobogganing possibility)
- Umhausen - Stuibenfall - Steppensteig - Rosslach -> walking time: 2,5 h
- Umhausen - Ötztaler Ache - Östen - Hopfgarten and back -> walking time: 1,5 h
- Mure - Farsterweg - Farst - "Adlerhorst" above the Engelswand -> walking time: 2-3 hrs.
- Umhausen - old road to Niederthai -> walking time: 2 h
- Umhausen - high trail - Niederthai -> walking time: 2,5 h
- Circular hiking trail Niederthai - Horlachtal -> walking time: 2-3 h (tobogganing possibility)
- Niederthai - Kirchleim to HL. Antonius - Höfle - Bichl -> walking time: 1h
- Niederthai - Bergmahderweg - Larstigalm -> walking time: 2 h (tobogganing possibility)
- Niederthai - Wiesle -> walking time: 1 h
- Köfels - Wurzbergalm -> walking time: 1 h (catered)
- Tumpen - Lehn/Platzl - Maria Schnee - Östen - Umhausen -> walking time: 2 h
- Acherkogelbahn mountain station - Rotes Wandl -> walking time: 50 min
- Elsinger Weg: Piburger See - Piburg -> walking time: 2 h
- Elsinger Weg - Habichen -> walking time: 1,5 h
- Andreas Hofer-Weg: 3 different variants possible
- Local hiking trail: Haiming - Sautens - Tumpen -> walking time: 5 h
- Medinger-Weg-Round: Sautens - Oetz - Sautens -> walking time: 1 h
- Drei-Kirchenblick-Round -> walking time: 1 h
- Sautens - Haderlehn - Piburgersee -> walking time: 1.5 h
Of course, snowshoe hikes are also offered by Ötztal Tourism.