Mountain hikes Markbachjoch

Hopfgarten im Brixental / Kitzbühel Alps
Difficulty ratings: medium
Route length: 16.5 km
Duration: 3:15 h

Tour information

  • Requirement: medium
  • Length: 16.5 km
  • Duration: 3:15 h
  • Elevation uphill:663 hm
  • Elevation downhill:654 hm
Highest point1,438 m

Starting point

Hotel Leamwirt, Penningberg

Finishing point

Hotel Leamwirt, Penningberg
  • Fitness level 3 / 6
  • Technique 2 / 6

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Trail condition

Asphalt, forest trail, hiking trail

Equipment

Outdoor clothing sturdy shoes sufficient food and drinks first aid equipment cell phone with full battery & charger hiking map & guide literature possibly GPS device or download the GPS data to the phone sun protection (sunglasses, sunscreen & cap) rain protection cash
Source: Kitzbüheler Alpen Management GmbH

Description

The starting point of this hike is the sports field at Penningberg in Hopfgarten. From there you start into the Penningdörfl (No. 73). Pass the Penning chapel on the left and continue along the road until you reach the fork in front of the Schipfling farm. From there you hike along trail no. 73 to the Markbachjoch.
Return to the starting point via the Mittermoosen lake to the Penningdörfl (No. 73).
 

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Getting here

  • Arrival by public transport

    bus: Hopfgarten Berglift Bahnhof
    train: Hopfgarten Berglift Bahnhof

    Guest card = travel ticket - bus & train included! 
    Online timetables:

    www.vvt.at
    www.oebb.at

  • Parking

    Coming from Innsbruck/Munich: A12 exit Wörgl Ost - feeder road B178 direction St. Johann i. T. & Kitzbühel - after tunnel exit direction Hopfgarten - in the traffic circle take the B170 direction Hopfgarten - in Hopfgarten before the railroad underpass turn left direction Salvena - follow signs to destination.
    Coming from Kitzbühel: B170 Brixentalstraße direction Wörgl - in Hopfgarten after the second railroad underpass take the first exit on the right direction Salvena - follow the signs to the destination.

     
    Parking: directly at the sports field Penning.

Weather

Today

clear sky
10°C/0°C
60%0.5l5 km/h

Sun

snow showers
5°C/0°C
65%1.5l0 km/h

Mon

clear sky
6°C/-1°C
5%0l0 km/h
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