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Ellmau
A resort village at the sunny southern foot of the Wilder Kaiser, a main base of the SkiWelt and the principal setting of the Bergdoktor series.
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Highlights
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Gruttenhütte
A mountain hut high on the south flank of the Wilder Kaiser above Ellmau, a starting point for the Ellmauer Halt and the via ferrata routes.
Hausleit'n Stub'n
A rustic hut at Ellmau below the Wilder Kaiser, serving regional dishes; the dialect name refers to its traditional parlour.
Jochstub'n
A hut on a saddle in the SkiWelt terrain above Ellmau, serving regional dishes to skiers and walkers crossing between the valley slopes.
Jägerhütte
A hut on the Ellmau side of the SkiWelt whose name means 'hunter's hut', serving regional dishes to skiers and walkers.
Kaiserbad Ellmau - Schwimmbad
A swimming complex at Ellmau below the Wilder Kaiser, combining outdoor and indoor pools with a bathing lake area and tennis hall.
Kummereralm
A pasture hut above Ellmau on the SkiWelt side of the valley, serving regional dishes to skiers and summer walkers.
Ranhartalm
A pasture hut above Ellmau, a quiet stop on the meadow and forest trails on the sunny side of the valley.
Riedlhütte
A hut on the way up from Ellmau towards the Wochenbrunner Alm, serving regional dishes to walkers bound for the Kaiser south side.
Rübezahl-Alm
An alm restaurant above Ellmau named after the legendary mountain spirit Rübezahl, serving regional dishes near the SkiWelt slopes.
Werkzeugmuseum
A tool museum at Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser, displaying historic hand tools and equipment of Tyrolean rural trades.
jezz Alm Ellmau
A restaurant-style alm at Ellmau near the Going boundary, combining hut atmosphere with regional cooking below the Wilder Kaiser.
Bergbahn Ellmau - Hartkaiserbahn
The funicular-replacing gondola from Ellmau onto the Hartkaiser, giving access to the Ellmi's Zauberwelt family mountain and the SkiWelt runs.
Bienengarten Ellmau
A small educational bee garden at Ellmau, where hives and information panels show how honey bees live and work below the Wilder Kaiser.
Drehort - Bergdoktor-Praxis
The house above Ellmau used as the doctor's practice in the German TV series Der Bergdoktor, a stop on film-location tours through the region.
Drehort - Hintersteiner See
The Hintersteiner See above Scheffau, a clear mountain lake beneath the Wilder Kaiser walls that appears repeatedly in the series Der Bergdoktor.
Drehort - Innenaufnahmen "Gasthof Wilder Kaiser" - Gasthof Föhrenhof
The Gasthof Föhrenhof at Ellmau, whose rooms stand in for the interiors of the 'Gasthof Wilder Kaiser' in the TV series Der Bergdoktor.
Ellmauer Steinkreis
A stone circle laid out above Ellmau as a quiet resting place on the walking trails, with views across to the rock walls of the Wilder Kaiser.
Lamahof - Koglhof
A farm at Ellmau keeping llamas, where visitors can meet the animals and join guided llama walks below the Wilder Kaiser.
Skidepot Talstation Hartkaiserbahn Ellmau
A ski depot at the valley station of the Hartkaiserbahn in Ellmau, storing skis and boots overnight for guests using the SkiWelt slopes.
Heimatmuseum Ellmau
Ellmau's local heritage museum, showing rural furnishings, farm tools and the story of everyday life below the Wilder Kaiser.
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Routes
50 routes, an even mix of activities · see the rest on wilderkaiser.info ↗
Klettersteig Klamml
Grade D via ferrata in two sections between the Gaudeamushütte and the Gruttenhütte, joined by a twin-cable bridge and started from the Wochenbrunneralm.
- 5.6 km
- Distance
- 545 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 16 min
- Duration
- 170
- Check-ins
Kaiserschützen Klettersteig
A long day on the north side of the 2,344 m Ellmauer Halt, the highest point of the Wilder Kaiser, with over 2,200 m of ascent by the Rote Rinnscharte.
- 13.0 km
- Distance
- 2 011 m
- Ascent
- 14 h 23 min
- Duration
- 160
- Check-ins
Panoramarunde Brandstadl-Hartkaiser
Family-friendly high-level link along the panorama path from the Brandstadl above Scheffau to the Hartkaiser above Ellmau.
- 6.3 km
- Distance
- 173 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 54 min
- Duration
- 102
- Check-ins
Gruttenhütte über Klammlweg
The most adventurous way up to the Gruttenhütte, the highest hut on the Wilder Kaiser, taking the Klammlweg from the Gaudeamushütte.
- 5.5 km
- Distance
- 550 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 23 min
- Duration
- 170
- Check-ins
Kaiserblüte - Etappe Alm (Astberg-Hartkaiser)
A 25 km high-level link from the Astberg to the Hartkaiser, threading pastures and huts such as the Blattlalm and the Rübezahlalm with the Wilder Kaiser opposite.
- 25.1 km
- Distance
- 1 102 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 36 min
- Duration
- 185
- Check-ins
Pistentour Aufstiegsroute Hartkaiser Nr. 1 - Ellmau
Marked ski-touring ascent on the piste at Ellmau, following ski route 80c/d for 700 m up to the Hartkaiser.
- 4.3 km
- Distance
- 700 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 2 h 1 min
- Duration
- 83
- Check-ins
Skitourengebiet Wilder Kaiser
Ski-touring terrain around the Stripsenjoch in the Wilder Kaiser, combining steep couloirs with long approaches; linking the main lines stacks up over 3,000 m of climbing.
- 19.2 km
- Distance
- 3 122 m
- Ascent
- 3 122 m
- Descent
- 10 h 30 min
- Duration
- 43
- Check-ins
Radtour Wochenbrunner Alm
A short forest-road climb from the valley at Ellmau up to the Wochenbrunneralm, gaining 260 m in a little under 5 km.
- 4.8 km
- Distance
- 292 m
- Ascent
- 36 min
- Duration
- 80
- Check-ins
Radrundweg Ellmau
A short, near-level loop around the valley floor at Ellmau, running past the Ellmauer Alm and the Bärenlift at the village edge.
- 8.2 km
- Distance
- 85 m
- Ascent
- 49 min
- Duration
- 11
- Check-ins
MTB-Tour um den Achleitberg
A forest-road circuit from Ellmau linking the Walleralm, the Stöfflhütte and the Kafma Alm, all a little above 1,150 m.
- 23.5 km
- Distance
- 637 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 41 min
- Duration
- 54
- Check-ins
21,14 | Salvenradrunde
A long circuit of the Hohe Salve on cycle paths and valley roads, linking the Brixental with Ellmau on the Wilder Kaiser side.
- 53.9 km
- Distance
- 687 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 25 min
- Duration
- 32
- Check-ins
Rübezahlschnitzweg
Family walk on the Hartkaiser said to be Austria's longest trail of carved wooden figures, starting out by the Rübezahlalm.
- 2.7 km
- Distance
- 12 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 1 min
- Duration
- 95
- Check-ins
Jubiläumssteig
Traverse between the Gruttenhütte and the Gaudeamushütte beneath the towers, caves and rock balconies that give this face its 'Wildes Schloss' nickname.
- 6.5 km
- Distance
- 716 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 20 min
- Duration
- 170
- Check-ins
Gipfeltour Ellmauer Halt
The highest summit of the Wilder Kaiser by the Gamsängersteig: the climbing is easy and mostly secured with cable and pegs, but a via ferrata set is sensible if you are new to it.
- 9.3 km
- Distance
- 1 301 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 34 min
- Duration
- 181
- Check-ins
Bergdoktor E-Bike Tour
A long forest-road tour from Ellmau through Going, taking in the Bärnstattalm, the Sojerhof and the Jausenstation Goingstätt.
- 50.9 km
- Distance
- 1 013 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 28 min
- Duration
- 49
- Check-ins
7 Rund um die Hohe Salve
A valley-road loop right around the Hohe Salve massif, running by way of Kitzbühel, Ellmau and Hopfgarten in the Brixental.
- 57.5 km
- Distance
- 765 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 49 min
- Duration
- 31
- Check-ins
Auf die Gaudeamushütte
Short walk up from the Wochenbrunneralm to the Gaudeamushütte at the foot of the Wilder Kaiser, 175 m of climbing.
- 1.3 km
- Distance
- 175 m
- Ascent
- 42 min
- Duration
- 92
- Check-ins
Kaiserkrone - Zustieg/Abstieg Ellmau, Wochenbrunner Alm-Gruttenhütte
Direct link on the Kaiserkrone circuit: 530 m of climbing in 2.6 km from the Wochenbrunneralm up to the Gruttenhütte.
- 2.6 km
- Distance
- 529 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 57 min
- Duration
- 110
- Check-ins
SkiWelt Panoramaweg
Nearly 29 km of high-level walking across the SkiWelt from the Hartkaiser to the Zinsberg, with the summer gondolas taking out much of the climbing.
- 28.8 km
- Distance
- 989 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 18 min
- Duration
- 175
- Check-ins
Marktplatz Radtour
A long, gently graded tour on tracks and back roads between the villages below the Wilder Kaiser, from Scheffau past the Bärnstattalm.
- 52.4 km
- Distance
- 1 003 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 35 min
- Duration
- 37
- Check-ins
8 Rund um den Wilden Kaiser
A long road circuit of the Wilder Kaiser from Ellmau, running out to Walchsee and back by way of Kitzbühel and the Ellmauer Alm.
- 87.9 km
- Distance
- 1 199 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 56 min
- Duration
- 31
- Check-ins
Ellmi's Winterrunde
Level winter stroll on the Hartkaiser plateau above Ellmau, past the Panoramarestaurant Bergkaiser and the KaiserLounge.
- 6.9 km
- Distance
- 746 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 10 min
- Duration
- 89
- Check-ins
Kaiserkrone - Etappe 2
Second Kaiserkrone stage, traversing west from the Gruttenhütte by the Kaiser-Hochalm and the Steiner Hochalm to the Walleralm and the Kaindlhütte.
- 13.5 km
- Distance
- 543 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 54 min
- Duration
- 97
- Check-ins
3-Tage Hüttentour - Gesamtverlauf
Three-day hut traverse of the Wilder Kaiser from Going to Scheffau, taking in the Schleierwasserfall, the Gaudeamushütte, the Ellmauer Tor, the Hintere Goinger Halt and the Gruttenhütte.
- 24.6 km
- Distance
- 2 210 m
- Ascent
- 14 h 2 min
- Duration
- 174
- Check-ins
MTB-Tour 338 Hintersteiner See-Kaiseralm Runde
A forest-road loop climbing to the Vorderschiessling Alm at 1,196 m, returning past the Wegscheid-Niederalm and the Bärnstattalm above Ellmau.
- 21.3 km
- Distance
- 689 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 32 min
- Duration
- 36
- Check-ins
Salvenradrunde
A road and cycle-path round of the Hohe Salve from Hopfgarten, passing the Ellmauer Alm and the Waldhof Alm on the way.
- 62.7 km
- Distance
- 1 034 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 32 min
- Duration
- 31
- Check-ins
Wochenbrunn-Weg mit Spatlahner-Klamm
Walk from the centre of Ellmau on path 14 through the Spatlahner-Klamm gorge and up to the Wochenbrunneralm.
- 4.4 km
- Distance
- 289 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 29 min
- Duration
- 80
- Check-ins
Hartkaiser - Tanzbodensee Winterrunde
Almost level winter round on the Hartkaiser, reached by gondola from Ellmau, out to the Tanzbodensee and back with the Kaiser in view.
- 9.8 km
- Distance
- 809 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 50 min
- Duration
- 93
- Check-ins
Kaiserblüte - Etappe Fels
Long stage into the rock zone of the Kaiser, crossing scree and rock-set paths to the Gruttenkreuz below the walls before the drop to Scheffau.
- 22.1 km
- Distance
- 1 072 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 56 min
- Duration
- 142
- Check-ins
MTB-Tour 348 Brandstadlrunde
A long forest-road circuit around the ridge between Söll and Ellmau, passing the Hexenalm and the KaiserStation above the valley.
- 28.1 km
- Distance
- 938 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 23 min
- Duration
- 33
- Check-ins
Kaiserradrunde
An eighty-five-kilometre circuit of the Wilder Kaiser on cycle paths and quiet roads, passing Ellmau and the villages on each side of the range.
- 85.5 km
- Distance
- 1 116 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 38 min
- Duration
- 28
- Check-ins
Ellmauer Steinkreis Runde
Easy woodland round from the Wochenbrunneralm to the stone circle above Ellmau, a quiet place to sit for a while.
- 2.4 km
- Distance
- 113 m
- Ascent
- 52 min
- Duration
- 76
- Check-ins
3-Tage Hüttentour - Etappe 3
Final hut-tour day, mostly downhill from the Gruttenhütte across the Kaiser-Hochalm and the Steiner Hochalm, then out through the Rehbachklamm to Scheffau.
- 11.4 km
- Distance
- 235 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 8 min
- Duration
- 85
- Check-ins
Hartkaiser Runde (Nr. 1 & 3)
Long round on the Hartkaiser out of Ellmau, passing the house used in the Bergdoktor series, the Rübezahlalm and the carved-figure trail.
- 15.8 km
- Distance
- 734 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 32 min
- Duration
- 140
- Check-ins
Salvenradrunde
A long, mostly flat circuit of the Hohe Salve on valley roads, linking Westendorf, Brixen im Thale and Ellmau at around 800 m.
- 62.4 km
- Distance
- 644 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 9 min
- Duration
- 23
- Check-ins
Rund um die Hohe Salve Grand Tour
The long version of the loop around the Salve massif, taking in Ellmau and the villages of the Brixental over more than 80 km.
- 84.8 km
- Distance
- 1 044 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 31 min
- Duration
- 28
- Check-ins
Hausbergrundweg
Short high-level round by the Astbergsee, whose surface mirrors the Kaiser, taking in the Blattlalm and the Astberg Sonnenalm.
- 2.5 km
- Distance
- 108 m
- Ascent
- 51 min
- Duration
- 20
- Check-ins
Sonnseit Runde (Nr. 14)
Circuit from the centre of Ellmau on path 14 up to the Wochenbrunneralm and the Ellmauer stone circle, facing the Kaiser walls.
- 13.5 km
- Distance
- 539 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 29 min
- Duration
- 83
- Check-ins
Gruttenhütten Runde
Circuit from Ellmau to the highest hut on the Wilder Kaiser, returning by the Riedlhütte, 15.7 km with 870 m of climbing.
- 15.7 km
- Distance
- 868 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 10 min
- Duration
- 138
- Check-ins
Sölllandlradrunde
A rolling circuit on farm tracks and quiet lanes linking Scheffau, Ellmau and the villages west of it, past the Ellmauer Alm at 795 m.
- 38.0 km
- Distance
- 547 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 53 min
- Duration
- 21
- Check-ins
T2 | Kaiserradrunde
A signposted long-distance loop around the Kaisergebirge, running through Ellmau and the neighbouring villages on mostly gentle terrain.
- 85.3 km
- Distance
- 1 131 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 38 min
- Duration
- 28
- Check-ins
Rehbachrunde
Family round through the Rehbach gorge at Scheffau, with a Kneipp pool and the Hinterschießlingalm along the way.
- 5.5 km
- Distance
- 280 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 2 min
- Duration
- 14
- Check-ins
Wochenbrunn Winterwanderweg
Winter route through snowy forest up to the wildlife park by the Wochenbrunneralm above Ellmau.
- 9.0 km
- Distance
- 299 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 50 min
- Duration
- 80
- Check-ins
Adlerweg-Etappe 02: Gaudeamushütte - Kaindlhütte
Adlerweg stage traversing below the Kaiser walls from the Gaudeamushütte by the Gruttenhütte and the Walleralm to the Kaindlhütte, with the Hintersteiner See below.
- 15.1 km
- Distance
- 954 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 27 min
- Duration
- 135
- Check-ins
Radwanderweg Wilder Kaiser Nr. 14
A waymarked route along the southern foot of the Wilder Kaiser, from the Inn valley at Bruckhäusl up to Ellmau at around 800 m.
- 38.1 km
- Distance
- 473 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 46 min
- Duration
- 17
- Check-ins
Radtour um die Hohe Salve
A cycle-path circuit of the Salve massif through the SkiWelt villages, from Hopfgarten around to Brixen im Thale.
- 50.6 km
- Distance
- 607 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 4 min
- Duration
- 21
- Check-ins
Ellmauer Runde
Easy, nearly level walk at the foot of the Wilder Kaiser starting from the middle of Ellmau.
- 5.9 km
- Distance
- 66 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 32 min
- Duration
- 8
- Check-ins
Kaiserkrone - Alternativroute Umgehung Klamml
Bypass for anyone leaving out the Klamml via ferrata: the Gamswegl and path 825 lead from the Gaudeamushütte across to the Gruttenhütte.
- 3.2 km
- Distance
- 439 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 59 min
- Duration
- 56
- Check-ins
Kaiserblüte - Etappe Wasser
Water-themed stage linking the Hintersteiner See with mountain springs and the Rehbachklamm gorge, crossing the Walleralm and the Kaiser-Hochalm on the way.
- 21.6 km
- Distance
- 1 138 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 55 min
- Duration
- 81
- Check-ins
MTB-Tour 273 Kathenrunde
A loop between Going and Ellmau below the Astberg, climbing to the Sonnenschwendt chalets at around 1,100 m before dropping back.
- 17.6 km
- Distance
- 578 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 5 min
- Duration
- 13
- Check-ins
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Panoramarunde Brandstadl-Hartkaiser
Family-friendly high-level link along the panorama path from the Brandstadl above Scheffau to the Hartkaiser above Ellmau.
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