Arrival by public transport
From Innsbruck main station directly to Neustift stop Neder.
Massive and striking - it is somehow understandable that the Habicht was long considered by locals to be the highest mountain in Tyrol. As mighty as it looks from afar, this 3,000-metre peak is all the more accessible up close.
Via the Pinnistal or alternatively the Gschnitztal to the Innsbrucker Hütte and on to the Habichtgipfel, one of the Stubai Seven Summits. In good conditions, this is an easy 3,000-metre tour with few climbing sections (I) and rope-secured passages in the upper section, but with black mountain paths throughout, it requires surefootedness, a head for heights and basic alpine experience. As with any alpine tour, snowfall can also occur in summer, which increases the difficulty considerably and should be checked beforehand. A mountain tour that is particularly demanding in terms of fitness in one stretch, alternatively an overnight stay at the Innsbrucker Hütte is possible.
THE MARKANT
The Habicht proves that you can be mighty without being the tallest. With its 3,277 meters, it has to rank behind its colleagues Zuckerhütl and Wilder Freiger in terms of height, but as the highest of the Habichtkamm, it knows how to hold its own in the Stubai Alps. So it's no wonder that the "Hoger" was long considered by the locals to be the highest mountain in Tyrol due to its striking shape.
Amazing panoramic view
If you want to see the Stubai Alps in all their glory, as well as the northern Limestone Alps, the western Zillertal Alps and the Dolomites, you have to climb the Habicht. As a special treat, the rock bastions of the Tribulaune and the Goldkappel can be seen to the south of the free-standing Habicht summit.
Tourist rank
You think you are the first to reach the top of a mountain, only to realize that this may not be the case. This is what happened to Peter Carl Thurwieser from Kramsach. When he climbed the Habicht on September 1, 1836, he found a cairn on the summit, suggesting that someone had been there before him. Although Thurwieser was the first of all the high peaks of the Stubai to climb the Habicht as a tourist, it can be assumed that local hunters and surveyors' assistants were already at the top before him. So let's let Peter Carl Thurwieser take credit for this achievement, especially as there are no records of an earlier ascent. According to Thurwieser, he and the mountain guide Ingenuin Krösbacher from Fulpmes had walked for three hours and 25 minutes from the Pinnisalm to the north over the Pinnisjoch, then in a westerly direction to the Speikgrathöhe and over a firn field and the Habicht-Ostgrat to the summit. They then stayed on the mountain for four and a half hours, making rave reviews of the view and taking barometric measurements.
TOUR DESCRIPTION
ASCENT:
From the parking lot, the route takes around 2½ hours on foot through the Pinnistal valley via the Issenangeralm and Pinnisalm to the Karalm. Alternatively, a paid shuttle service can be used for the Neder - Karalm route (Tel.: +43 (0)5226 2877).
From the Karalm, numerous serpentines lead in 2 hours to the Innsbrucker Hütte, from where the Habicht can be reached in 3 hours (Note: Due to the length of the tour, it is recommended to use the Innsbrucker Hütte as overnight accommodation and starting point for the Habicht ascent the next day). The route is well marked from the hut, initially through scree terrain, later on easy scrambling through boulder terrain until you finally reach the meagre remains of the glacier in the summit area. The small, crevasse-free glacier basin can be crossed without any problems (crampons are not required) and the last, partly wire-rope secured rock ascent to the summit follows.
DESCENT:
Descent as ascent.
From Innsbruck main station directly to Neustift stop Neder.
Zegger parking lot
