Mountain hikes Arbiskogel - Kirchspitze

Gerlos, Zillertal /
Difficulty ratings: medium
Route length: 17 km
Duration: 7:00 h

This wonderful one-day mountain tour in the Zillertal Alps brings you summit happiness twice. And, to be fair, also two refreshment stops.

Tour character

Challenging one-day mountain tour with two summit ascents and impressive panoramic views of the Zillertal and Kitzbühel Alps. From the music pavilion in Gerlos, the trail first leads uphill to the Arbiskogel (2,048 m) before continuing to the Lackenscharte and then over rocky terrain to the Kirchspitze (2,312 m).

Tour information

  • Requirement: medium
  • Length: 17 km
  • Duration: 7:00 h
  • Elevation uphill:1616 hm
  • Elevation downhill:1038 hm
Highest point 2,277 m

Starting point

Music pavilion Gerlos (1.250 m)

Finishing point

Music pavilion Gerlos (1.250 m)
  • Fitness level 5 / 6
  • Technique 5 / 6

Features

  • Circular route

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Description

Behind the bandstand in Gerlos take the marked hiking trail no. 7 for approx. 3 hours, always heading uphill, through a wood, until you reach the first peak at Arbiskogel. From here, you head south to the dip between Arbiskogel and Braunnelenkopf, before the trail ascends at the foot of the Kirchspitze. Crossing rocky terrain, you will ascend over the back of the Kirchspitze to its summit. Enjoy the fantastic panoramic view! Hiking trail no. 7 leads downwards over a ridge to Inkarhöhe, where you continue left through Stackerlalm. Here you will have a wonderful viewpoint over the Schönachkees. From here trail no. 7 takes you on a hiking trail, partly on a freight route, over 300 meters down to the Issalm where you turn left and then follow the trail in direction to the Lackenalm (1.405 m). Now you have to walk 3 km through the idyllic Schönach valley, back to Gerlos (1.250 m). 

Getting here

  • Arrival by public transport

    With the bus 4094 to Gerlos.
    Exit point: GH Oberwirt

  • Parking

    At the music pavilion or at the Isskogelbahn.

  • Contact

    Gerlos (1.250 m) - Arbiskogel (2.048 m) - Kirchspitze (2.312 m) - Stackerlalm (1.850 m) - Lackenalm (1.405 m) Nr. 7,511

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