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Grinzens
The highest village of Innsbruck's western terrace at 945 m, at the entrance to the Senderstal below the Kalkkögel and the Adolf Pichler hut.
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Highlights
14 from neighbouring places
Mooskapelle in Grinzens
A small chapel in the meadows near Grinzens, a wayside devotional stop in the villages on the terrace southwest of Innsbruck.
Schlickeralm 1.643m
4.7 km away, in Telfes im Stubai
A working pasture hut at 1,643 m in the Schlick 2000 walking area, serving its own dairy produce below the Kalkkögel.
Alpine Ventures
8.1 km away, in Telfes im Stubai
A guiding outfit based in Fulpmes offering sport-climbing instruction and guided routes on the Stubai valley's crags.
Pfarrkirche St. Viktor & Magdalena
8.1 km away, in Kematen in Tirol
The parish church of Kematen in Tirol (610 m), dedicated to St. Victor and St. Magdalene, near the mouth of the Sellrain valley.
"Der Spion" Escape Room
8.3 km away, in Kematen in Tirol
An escape-room game in Kematen in Tirol where teams unravel a spy story against the clock in a themed set of rooms.
Kampler Seestube 1.000m
8.6 km away, in Neustift im Stubaital
A restaurant at about 1,000 m on the shore of the Kampler See near Neustift, serving bathers and cyclists on the valley route.
Nürnberger Hütte
8.7 km away, in Neustift im Stubaital
An Alpine Club hut at about 2,280 m in the Langental at the rear of the Stubaital, a Stubai High Trail stage and a base for the Wilder Freiger.
Ausserwieserhof Kaser
9.7 km away, in Neustift im Stubaital
A rustic hut, or Kaser, belonging to the Ausserwieserhof farm above Neustift, rented out as a simple mountain retreat.
Panoramarestaurant Elfer 1.812m
10.6 km away, in Neustift im Stubaital
A panorama restaurant at 1,812 m by the Elfer lifts' top station above Neustift, with terrace views along the Stubaital.
Franz-Senn-Hütte
12.5 km away, in Neustift im Stubaital
A large Alpine Club hut at 2,147 m in the Oberbergtal above Neustift, a stage on the Stubai High Trail and a base for glacier tours and climbing courses.
Birgitzer Alm
4.7 km away, in Birgitz
An alpine pasture hut above Birgitz (859 m) on the slopes toward the Kalkkögel, a destination for walkers in summer and tobogganers in winter.
Galtalm
8 km away, in Fulpmes
A pasture hut on the slopes above Fulpmes in the Stubaital, a walkers' stop serving hut fare within easy reach of the village.
Starkenburger Hütte
8.2 km away, in Fulpmes
An Alpine Club hut at 2,237 m on the sunny side of the Stubaital, the customary first stage of the Stubai High Trail, reached from Fulpmes or Neustift.
Adventurepark Fulpmes mit Hochseilgarten
8.4 km away, in Fulpmes
A high-ropes adventure park at Fulpmes with courses of ladders, bridges and zip lines at varying heights among the trees.
Pfarrkirche Ranggen
9 km away, in Ranggen
The parish church of Ranggen (826 m), the landmark of a small farming village in the hills west of Innsbruck.
Nothing of this kind in Grinzens.
Routes
Kohlstatt - Untergrinzens - Mooskapelle
Easy meadow-and-lane loop from Kohlstatt through Untergrinzens to the Mooskapelle, a small chapel stop on the terrace above the Melach.
- 2.5 km
- Distance
- 92 m
- Ascent
- 50 min
- Duration
Salfainssee Wanderung
Climb from Grinzens to the Salfeinssee, a small tarn known for mirroring the Kalkkögel, topping out on the Salfeins with the Salfeins-Alm just below.
- 5.0 km
- Distance
- 550 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 20 min
- Duration
- 31
- Check-ins
Salfeins 2 000 m
Salfeinssee 1 984 m
Salfeins-Alm 1 738 m
Gipfelwanderung Salfainssee - Schaflegerkogel - Kemater Alm
Long ridge harvest above the Senderstal: from the Salfeinssee over the Grieskogel, Schaflegerkogel, Breitschwemmkogel and Angerbergkopf, descending to the Kemater Alm for the walk out.
- 14.8 km
- Distance
- 1 056 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 59 min
- Duration
- 40
- Check-ins
Grinzens Senderstal - Skitour Kemater Alm
Forest-road ski tour from Grinzens through the Senderstal to the Kemater Alm beneath the Kalkkögel, a reliable choice even shortly after fresh snowfall.
- 5.8 km
- Distance
- 669 m
- Ascent
- 669 m
- Descent
- 2 h 27 min
- Duration
- 8
- Check-ins
Grinzens Senderstal - Skitour Salfains
From Grinzens into the Senderstal, climbing past the Salfeins-Alm to the panoramic plateau at the Salfeinssee - a 1,000 m tour facing the Kalkkögel spires.
- 6.4 km
- Distance
- 1 013 m
- Ascent
- 1 013 m
- Descent
- 3 h 26 min
- Duration
- 31
- Check-ins
- Salfeins 2 000 m
- Salfeinssee 1 984 m
- Salfeins-Alm 1 738 m
Von Innsbruck nach Kühtai
A long road ride out of the Inn valley, climbing to the saddle at 2,017 m with the Dortmunder Hütte just below it.
- 106.6 km
- Distance
- 1 930 m
- Ascent
- 11 h 16 min
- Duration
- 86
- Check-ins
Auf zum Sonntagsköpfl - Familientour im Senderstal
Family summit round in the Senderstal from the Kemater Alm onto the Sonntagsköpfl, with the Adolf-Pichler-Hütte and the Kalkkögel towers as the backdrop.
- 6.1 km
- Distance
- 429 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 51 min
- Duration
- 14
- Check-ins
Schlickeralm - Adolf Pichler Hütte
A long Kalkkögel circuit from the Schlicker Alm over the Seejöchl to the Adolf-Pichler-Hütte, returning through the rocky notch of the Schlicker Schartl.
- 16.8 km
- Distance
- 1 686 m
- Ascent
- 10 h 22 min
- Duration
- 37
- Check-ins
Grinzens Senderstal - Skitour Sonntagsköpfl
Continuing past the Kemater Alm and the Adolf-Pichler-Hütte, this Senderstal ski tour climbs into the cirque below the Kalkkögel to a viewpoint summit.
- 8.5 km
- Distance
- 1 097 m
- Ascent
- 1 097 m
- Descent
- 3 h 54 min
- Duration
- 14
- Check-ins
Innsbruck - Lüsens
A long out-and-back from the Inn valley up the Sellraintal, past the Kaiser Ferdinand waterfalls to the Lüsener Alm at 1,631 m.
- 74.5 km
- Distance
- 1 654 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 10 min
- Duration
- 9
- Check-ins
Kemater Alm
Classic forest-road walk from Grinzens into the Senderstal to the popular alm at its head, where the Kalkkögel wall fills the view — moderate and family-friendly.
- 11.6 km
- Distance
- 678 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 44 min
- Duration
- 8
- Check-ins
Kammwanderung im Fotschertal(15)
Long ridge traverse above the Fotschertal taking in the Grieskogel, Schaflegerkogel, Breitschwemmkogel and Angerbergkopf, with alm huts for rest stops on the descent.
- 19.0 km
- Distance
- 1 431 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 21 min
- Duration
- 15
- Check-ins
Zum Papstkreuz
Short, steep pull from the Kemater Alm up to the Papstkreuz on the shoulder above the Senderstal — about 370 m of height gained in under two kilometres.
- 3.4 km
- Distance
- 373 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 16 min
- Duration
- 8
- Check-ins
Senderstal - Kemater Alm - Adolf Pichler Hütte
Valley approach through the Senderstal past the Kemater Alm to the Adolf-Pichler-Hütte, set directly beneath the Kalkkögel spires — a steady climb of about 1,000 m.
- 15.9 km
- Distance
- 1 007 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 53 min
- Duration
- 12
- Check-ins
No routes of this kind in Grinzens yet.
The region's own picks
Featured route
Kohlstatt - Untergrinzens - Mooskapelle
Easy meadow-and-lane loop from Kohlstatt through Untergrinzens to the Mooskapelle, a small chapel stop on the terrace above the Melach.
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Data sources
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