Summit route Pirchkogel
Description
Map & elevation profile
The Tour
The starting point of the route is the village of Kühtai (2,020m). From there, you ascend steeply on a narrow hiking trail on the northern mountainside to the Schwarzmoos lakes. In summer, many horses graze on the alpine pastures in this area. The hiking trail continues steeply up to the summit of Pirchkogel (2,028m).
There are two options for the descent.
1) The same path back - duration of the round about 4.5 hours, dining option in Kühtai
2) Descent on the backside of Pirchkogel. Via the Feldringer alpine meadows, you reach Marlstein and from there descend via the paved road to Ochsengarten - duration of the route about 5.5 to 6 hours, dining options in Marlstein and Ochsengarten
TIP: Park your car in Ochsengarten and take a bus to Kühtai so that you arrive back at your car at the end of the route. Alternatively, take the bus directly from Oetz to Kühtai and then the bus from Ochsengarten back to Oetz.
Petting zoo at Gasthof Marlstein
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Additional information
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Directions
The starting point of the route is the village of Kühtai (2,020m). From there, you ascend steeply on a narrow hiking trail on the northern mountainside to the Schwarzmoos lakes. In summer, many horses graze on the alpine pastures in this area. The hiking trail continues steeply up to the summit of Pirchkogel (2,028m).
There are two options for the descent.
1) The same path back - duration of the round about 4.5 hours, dining option in Kühtai
2) Descent on the backside of Pirchkogel. Via the Feldringer alpine meadows, you reach Marlstein and from there descend via the paved road to Ochsengarten - duration of the route about 5.5 to 6 hours, dining options in Marlstein and Ochsengarten
TIP: Park your car in Ochsengarten and take a bus to Kühtai so that you arrive back at your car at the end of the route. Alternatively, take the bus directly from Oetz to Kühtai and then the bus from Ochsengarten back to Oetz.
Arrival
Public transit
Starting point
Getting there
Parking
We recommend parking your car in Ochsengarten and taking the bus to Kühtai, so that you arrive back to your car at the end of the route.
The following parking options are available in Ochsengarten:
- Ochsengarten - large public parking lot – opposite or next to the valley station of the Ochsengarten cable car
- Ochsengarten center opposite the tourism information office
- At the village end of Ochsengarten, limited parking options at the elementary school
Current information
Rain showers possible
warmer than recently