Hiking Up The Kitzbuhler Horn
We hiked (walked) from the bottom of Kitzbuhel to the top of the Kitzbuhler Horn and were amazed by the amount of people that drove up (there is a road from the bottom), took the 4-person gondolas up and were hiking all over the mountain! They will even load your bicycle on the outside of the gondolas and send it up to the Alpenhaus at 1670 meters, the end of the gondola line.
From the Alpenhaus, people then hiked (basically walked) or rode their bikes up to the Kitzbuheler Horn at 1996 meters ...View image...(with my Garmin GPS, it was about 6,400').
Up at the top, we walked through a pasture with some of the healthiest cows I've ever seen...View image....admired the views of Kitzbuhel, The Wilder Kaiser Range and the Hahnenkamm, site of the famous World Cup Downhill Race every year on the other side of the valley...
...watched families climb a little spur to a cross...View image....admired this very small church ....View image....watched the children playing in an area set up just for them at the top of the lift.
That wasn't all - a family had donated an Alpine Garden, interesting to walk through with labels and information about all the flowers...View image...especially for me who wouldn't know an Edelweis if it jumped up and bit me! But...I do know the words to the song...
Alpine Garden
There were people eating at the restaurant on top of the mountain...View image...walking around admiring the views...View image....enjoying the fresh air and beautiful scenery.
Don't think that everything I've written is distinctive to this particular area. Twenty+ years ago, we huffed up a hill outside of Innsbruck along with Austrians carrying babies, lots of very senior citizens, only to arrive at the top where Sunday Mass was being held. This seems to be the norm and is wonderful to be a part of. If Austria interests you, Internet and click away until the itinerary that is meaningful to you falls into place. You won't regret it and it won't cost and arm and leg.
We could have spent the day up there with everyone else, but there was just enough time for one more wander through Kitzbuhel and another Topfenstrudel (cheese strudel) before training back to St. Johann. There was going to be a huge festival in St. Johann tomorrow according to Christl.
done for the day
