Difficulty:
difficult
Length:
8.9 km
Duration:
4:00 h
Elevation uphill:
802 m
A beautiful section to Vent in the Ötztal, which rewards the efforts with great panoramic views.
From the Braunschweiger Hütte, the trail leads through glacial-alpine terrain up to the Rettenbachjoch (alternatively to the Pitztaler Jöchl). Both trails lead to the Rettenbachferner Restaurant. From here, a small bus takes hikers every hour along the Ötztal Glacier Road through the Rosi-Mittermaier Tunnel to the Tiefenbachferner Restaurant. From there, you take the Ötztaler Höhenweg with wonderful panoramic views in the direction of Vent. Above the idyllic Venter valley, the trail leads moderately downhill past the Weißkarsee lake and many grazing sheep and goats to the mountaineering village of Vent (1,895 metres).
