Long-distance hike Stage 5 - Karwendel Höhenweg

Absam / Karwendel
Difficulty ratings: difficult
Route length: 9.1 km
Duration: 6:00 h

TAKING THE OLD MULE TRACK THROUGH THE CLEARING A mule track is a trail that is too steep for wagons and carriages and was formerly used by drivers of mule trains, who had their animals transport goods from one valley to the next.

Tour information

  • Requirement: difficult
  • Length: 9.1 km
  • Duration: 6:00 h
  • Elevation uphill:800 hm
  • Elevation downhill:1,100 hm
Highest point2,694 m

Starting point

Bettelwurfhütte

Finishing point

Hallerangerhaus
  • Fitness level 6 / 6

Best time of year

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Equipment

Recommended equipment: ankle-high mountain boots, sufficient water

knöchelhohe Bergschuhe, ausreichend Wasser

Klettersteigset mit Helm zur Begehung des Großen Bettelwurfs

Source: Region Hall - Wattens

Description

After spending the night at the Bettelwurfhütte hut, the eagle’s nest of the Karwendel mountains, you take trail 222 back to the Lafatscher Joch (2081 m). Once there, you turn on to trail 223 heading north. As part of the famous Adlerweg long-distance hiking trail, this guides you between the Lafatscher, Roßkopf and Speckkarspitze mountains on a continuous descent to the Hallerangerhaus hut.

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