Mountain hikes Feldalphorn via Markbachjoch

Hopfgarten im Brixental /
Difficulty ratings: medium
Route length: 31 km
Duration: 8:00 h

Extensive circular hike from Kelchsau to the Markbachjoch, via the Horlerstiegl and the Maierhofer Joch to the Feldalphorn at an altitude of almost 2,000 metres.

Tour information

  • Requirement: medium
  • Length: 31 km
  • Duration: 8:00 h
  • Elevation uphill:1450 hm
  • Elevation downhill:1450 hm
Highest point 1,923 m

Starting point

Penningberg sports field

Finishing point

penningberg sports field
  • Fitness level 5 / 6
  • Technique 3 / 6

Features

  • Circular route

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Description

The starting point of this demanding tour is at the sports field on the Penningberg from where you walk approx. 300m to Penningdörfl. Then follow a somewhat steeper trail past remote farms and the Mittermoosen reservoir to the summit of the Markbachjoch (1500 m). 
Continue on trail no. 74 past the Holzalm to the chapel at Horler Stiegl. From there you reach the Feldalphorn (1923 m) in about one and a half hours.
This trail (no. 74) leads along a mountain path to the Trockenbachalm. From there you hike along a forest road to the Haag Alm and continue through the forest down to the Innerpenningberg. Once there, follow the asphalted Penninger Straße out of the valley until you reach the destination of this hike at the Penningberg sports field.

Getting here

  • Arrival by public transport

    Arrival at the starting point by public transport not possible.

  • Parking

    Sports field Penningberg

  • Contact

    Feldalphorn über Markbachjoch

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More tours in the surrounding area

  • Schafsiedel

    Difficulty: medium
    Length: 16 km Duration: 6:45 h Elevation uphill: 1280 m
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