Via ferrata Kufstein Via Ferrata

Day 1: Start in Scheffau at the Jägerwirt hiking starting point. Hike to the Hinterschiesslingalm mountain hut and continue to the Steiner-Hochalm mountain hut. Here, turn off onto Jägersteig trail 823 to the Walleralm. Continue on trail 827 via Hochegg mountain with stunning views of the Inntal valley and then on to the Zahmer Kaiser via the Steingbergalm Alpine pasture and the Kaindlhütte mountain hut (hiking time around 4h). Overnight stay. Route length: 9,7 km Ascent in metres: 830 m Descent in metres: 420 m
Day 2: From the Kaindlhütte mountain hut, descend via the Bettlersteig trail until you come to the Kufstein via ferrata fork. Follow the Güttlersteig trail to a moraine at around 1,570m – turn left here and climb through a steep couloir until you come to a striking larch tree. Then, a short distance downhill beings you to the entrance (approach time from the Kaindlhütte around 3–3.5h).
Route length: 6,2 km, Ascent in metres: 620 m, Descent in metres: 350 m

Alternative: two-day tour from the Kaisertal valley with an overnight stay at the Anton-Karg-Haus.

From the Sonneck summit, continue west to Kopfkraxen mountain and from here on trail 821 past Sonnenstein mountain until you come to trail 826. You have two options here. Go east on trail 826 past the Wegscheid-Hochalm back to the Jägerwirt or west to the Kaiser-Hochalm and on trail 814 to the Kaiseralm mountain hut and back to the Jägerwirt (hiking time around 3h 30min).

3:30 h