Intermediate Karwendel Höhenweg

> Hike the Karwendel Höhenweg from Reith to Hall
> Spend the night in classic alpine huts
> Tackle the Schmidhuber Steig on day 3

Wake up with the morning light pouring over the jagged Karwendel peaks. The Karwendel Höhenweg is a 5-day hut-to-hut hike for experienced hikers who want a true alpine challenge close to Innsbruck. This trail winds through Austria’s largest nature park, over panoramic ridges and into quiet valleys. Along the way you sleep in legendary mountain huts like Nördlinger Hütte, Pfeishütte, and Bettelwurfhütte.

The trek starts in Reith bei Seefeld and ends in the historic town of Hall in Tirol. It’s rated intermediate and includes daily sections with T3-level difficulty. Most days involve around 2-4 hours of hiking, but stage 3 stands out: a tough but rewarding stretch of over 8 hours on foot. Including the iconic Schmidhuber Steig. For those with a solid hiking base and a love for the mountains, this is one of the finest ridge walks in Austria.