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Ellbögen
Scattered hamlets along the old salt road on the eastern flank of the Wipptal, from St. Peter up toward the Patscherkofel pastures above 1000 m.
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Highlights
14 from neighbouring places
Alpenvereinshütte Meissner Haus
An Alpine Club hut in the Viggartal above Ellbögen, south of Innsbruck, offering meals and beds to walkers below the Glungezer ridge.
Glungezer-Hütte 2610
4.2 km away, in Tulfes
A hut just below the Glungezer summit at 2,610 m above Tulfes, known for home cooking and as a stage on the long Zirbenweg ridge path.
Tulfeinalm
5.3 km away, in Tulfes
An alm near the top station of the Glungezer lifts above Tulfes, serving Austrian dishes to walkers on the Zirbenweg and to winter skiers.
Archäologielehrpfad Goldbichl
5.5 km away, in Patsch
An archaeological trail on the Goldbichl hill above Igls (870 m), interpreting a prehistoric ritual site excavated on the summit.
Golfclub Innsbruck-Igls- Golfplatz Rinn (18-Loch)
6.7 km away, in Rinn
The 18-hole course of Golfclub Innsbruck-Igls at Rinn (918 m), laid out on the sunny terrace southeast of Innsbruck.
Golfclub Innsbruck-Igls - Golfplatz Lans (9-Loch)
7.4 km away, in Lans
A nine-hole course of Golfclub Innsbruck-Igls at Lans (867 m) on the plateau south of the city, played with mountain views.
Alpengasthof Halsmarter
7.7 km away, in Tulfes
An alpine inn at Halsmarter, the middle station of the Glungezer lifts above Tulfes, serving walkers and skiers on the way up the mountain.
Maria Waldrast 1.640m
8.4 km away, in Mühlbachl
A Servite monastery and pilgrimage church at about 1,640 m below the Serles, with an inn and a spring long credited with healing powers.
Natur Resort Waldrast
8.4 km away, in Mühlbachl
A mountain inn beside the Maria Waldrast monastery below the Serles, reachable on foot or by toll road from Mühlbachl.
Pfarrkirche Tulfes
8.6 km away, in Tulfes
The parish church of Tulfes at 923 m on the sunny plateau above the Inn valley, the centre of the village below the Glungezer.
Glungezerbahn
8.7 km away, in Tulfes
A lift system rising from Tulfes at 923 m towards the Glungezer, carrying walkers to the Zirbenweg stone-pine trail in summer and serving a small ski area in winter.
Bogenschießparcours Tulfes
9.9 km away, in Tulfes
A 3D archery course laid out in the woods near Tulfes, with targets along a walking circuit for beginners and practised archers alike.
Borgiaskapelle
10.4 km away, in Tulfes
A small chapel near Tulfes dedicated to St Francis Borgia, a quiet wayside landmark on paths around the village.
Ochsenhütte Mieders 1.582m
7.4 km away, in Mieders
A hut at 1,582 m above Mieders in the lower Stubaital, a refreshment stop on walks in the Serles area.
Gullenhütte
7.4 km away, in Mieders
A small hut on a farm above Mieders in the lower Stubaital, offering simple refreshment and farm-holiday lodging.
Nothing of this kind in Ellbögen.
Routes
Jochleitensteig-rund um den Patscherkofel
Easy contouring path circling the Patscherkofel's summit cone through stone pines, linking the Schutzhaus with Boscheben and the Grünbodenhütte.
- 5.6 km
- Distance
- 277 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 2 min
- Duration
- 56
- Check-ins
Die Neunerspitz` Runde
Technically straightforward summit round of 10.9 km over the Neunerspitze, Sonnenspitze and Glungezer, with 794 m of climb from the Tulfeinalm.
- 10.9 km
- Distance
- 784 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 10 min
- Duration
- 74
- Check-ins
Vier Gipfel Tour entlang des Glungezer Höhenweges
Ridge line of 14.6 km over the Patscherkofel, Viggarspitze, Sonnenspitze and Glungezer, 1,077 m of climb away from the busy pine path below.
- 14.6 km
- Distance
- 1 036 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 43 min
- Duration
- 115
- Check-ins
Meissner Haus (503)
A steady forest-road ascent above Ellbögen to a mountain hut at 1,720 m, with a little under 600 m of climbing.
- 14.7 km
- Distance
- 575 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 51 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Transalp - Sektion Hall - Brenner
A cross-Alpine stage that leaves the Inn valley over the Goldbichl at Rinn, then works up the Wipptal past Matrei and Steinach.
- 38.1 km
- Distance
- 935 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 5 min
- Duration
- 10
- Check-ins
Fernradweg München-Venezia: 2. Abschnitt, die Schatzkiste Tirol
A long-distance stage down the Inn valley to Innsbruck and then up the Wipptal to the Brenner Pass, with rail stops at Pill-Vomperbach and Steinach.
- 82.0 km
- Distance
- 1 563 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 45 min
- Duration
- 33
- Check-ins
Glungezer Runde
An 11.4 km round following the stone pine path out and returning over the Sonnenspitze and the Glungezer, with 722 m of climb.
- 11.4 km
- Distance
- 711 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 50 min
- Duration
- 56
- Check-ins
Inntaler Höhenweg - Etappe 1
Opening leg of the Inntaler Höhenweg from the Patscherkofel to the Glungezerhütte, following the broad crest past Boscheben with wide views across the Inn valley.
- 7.3 km
- Distance
- 951 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 36 min
- Duration
- 65
- Check-ins
Profeglalm (5020)
A forest-road ride from Ellbögen past a hunting lodge to the Profegl-Alm at 1,809 m, the high point of the climb.
- 14.8 km
- Distance
- 713 m
- Ascent
- 2 h
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Arztaler Alm (5021)
A forest-road climb from Ellbögen into the Arztal, finishing at the alm at 1,900 m high above the Wipptal, with over 800 m of ascent.
- 15.8 km
- Distance
- 848 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 18 min
- Duration
- 1
- Check-ins
Innsbruck Hochplateau Ride
A demanding tour over the terraces above the Inn valley, taking in the Goldbichl and a string of mid-mountain farms and inns.
- 107.7 km
- Distance
- 2 530 m
- Ascent
- 11 h 57 min
- Duration
- 21
- Check-ins
Jochleitensteig - Patscherkofel Gipfel
Combines the contouring Jochleiten path with a finish on the Patscherkofel summit by the transmitter, returning past Boscheben and the Grünbodenhütte.
- 7.1 km
- Distance
- 376 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 42 min
- Duration
- 56
- Check-ins
Almenweg 1600
Marathon-length alm circuit around the Patscherkofel at roughly 1,600 m, linking the Sistranser Alm and Patscher Alm with Boscheben and the Schutzhaus.
- 26.4 km
- Distance
- 996 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 40 min
- Duration
- 63
- Check-ins
30a Wipptalradweg über Römerstraße
A long ride between Steinach am Brenner and the Patscherkofelbahn base station, following the old Roman road above the Wipptal past the Goldbichl.
- 34.5 km
- Distance
- 1 172 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 10 min
- Duration
- 6
- Check-ins
Viggarspitze
Crest walk east from the Patscherkofel lift over the Grünbichl and past Boscheben to a rocky Tuxer forepeak above the Viggartal, following the ridge the whole way.
- 8.5 km
- Distance
- 534 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 40 min
- Duration
- 51
- Check-ins
Almenweg 1600 - Etappe 1 - Almenweg durch das Viggartal
First stage of the 1,600 m contour route, swinging through the Viggartal to the Meissner Haus and around to the Patscher Alm - long in distance, gentle in gradient.
- 12.8 km
- Distance
- 429 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 4 min
- Duration
- 60
- Check-ins
Radtour auf der alten Römerstraße
A road ride linking Igls with Ellbögen along the line of the old Roman road, passing the Goldbichl and its climbing crag.
- 30.6 km
- Distance
- 907 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 34 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Goldbichl 1 062 m
Tourismusbüro Igls 870 m
Kneippanlage 868 m- Grünwalderhof 1 014 m
Ellbögen - Arztaler Alm
Walk from Ellbögen into the quiet Arztal to the Arztalalm hut, with an optional continuation toward the Rosenjochhütte higher up the valley.
- 8.8 km
- Distance
- 541 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 43 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Viggartal Patscherkofel Wanderung (Teilstück 1600er)
Demanding loop from Ellbögen through the Viggartal onto the Patscherkofel, stringing the Patscher Alm, Hochmahdalm and Davidhütte into one long alm circuit.
- 13.4 km
- Distance
- 1 169 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 24 min
- Duration
- 46
- Check-ins
Meissner Haus
Valley walk up the Viggartal from the Mühltal bus stop to an Alpenverein hut on a quiet meadow floor beneath the Glungezer slopes — moderate gradients, family-friendly.
- 9.6 km
- Distance
- 611 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 10 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Zu den Blauen Seen
Long 16.4 km high route with over 1,500 m of climb to the G'schriebener Stoan and the Blaue Seen in the Viggartal.
- 16.4 km
- Distance
- 1 472 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 15 min
- Duration
- 41
- Check-ins
Profeglalm (Ellbögner Ochsenalm)
Steady forest-road walk from Ellbögen past a jagdhütte to the Profegl-Alm, the local ox alm high above the Wipptal — a quiet, moderate round.
- 11.6 km
- Distance
- 549 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 5 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Durch das Viggartal auf den Glungezer
A 1,634 m ascent from the Viggartal to the Glungezerhütte and on over the Vorderer Schönbichl to the Glungezer, 10.6 km of steady climbing.
- 10.6 km
- Distance
- 1 727 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 49 min
- Duration
- 33
- Check-ins
Speckbacherweg
Long trail across the sunny slopes south of Innsbruck between Tulfes and Ellbögen, named after the Tyrolean freedom fighter Josef Speckbacher.
- 16.4 km
- Distance
- 661 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 29 min
- Duration
- 4
- Check-ins
Wipptaler Wanderweg
Demanding stretch of the Wipptal walking route starting from Ellbögen St. Peter, climbing high over the valley flank with around 1,500 m of ascent.
- 33.2 km
- Distance
- 1 526 m
- Ascent
- 11 h 33 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Jakobsweg: Ellbögen- Igls/Vill
Stage of the Tyrolean Jakobsweg pilgrim route traversing the mid-slopes from Ellbögen to Igls and Vill, long in distance but gentle in gradient.
- 17.2 km
- Distance
- 402 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 2 min
- Duration
No routes of this kind in Ellbögen yet.
The region's own picks
Featured route
Jochleitensteig-rund um den Patscherkofel
Easy contouring path circling the Patscherkofel's summit cone through stone pines, linking the Schutzhaus with Boscheben and the Grünbodenhütte.
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