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Mühlbachl
A former Wipptal municipality around Statz on the Brenner road, merged into Matrei am Brenner in 2022, below the Maria Waldrast pilgrimage house under the Serles.
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- 20Routes
- Featured summit · Serles
Highlights
13 from neighbouring places
Maria Waldrast 1.640m
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
A mountain inn beside the Maria Waldrast monastery below the Serles, reachable on foot or by toll road from Mühlbachl.
Ochsenhütte Mieders 1.582m
2.5 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.
Alpengasthof Sonnenstein 1.400m
3.5 km away, in Mieders
A mountain inn at about 1,400 m above Mieders, sitting on a sunny terrace of the lower Stubaital.
Gullenhütte
4.1 km away, in Mieders
A small hut on a farm above Mieders in the lower Stubaital, offering simple refreshment and farm-holiday lodging.
Stubaier Bergführer GesbR
4.9 km away, in Mieders
The Stubai mountain guides' association in Fulpmes, arranging guided climbing, via ferrata and high-alpine tours across the valley.
Bremer Hütte
5.2 km away, in Steinach am Brenner
An Alpine Club hut at 2,413 m at the head of the Gschnitztal, crossed by the Stubai High Trail on its stage to the Nürnberger Hütte.
Adventurepark Fulpmes mit Hochseilgarten
5.3 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.
Starkenburger Hütte
5.5 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.
Schloss Schneeberg
5.5 km away, in Trins
A historic castle in the Wipptal, the Tirolean valley running south from Innsbruck towards the Brenner Pass, counted among the area's sights.
Galtalm
5.8 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.
Kampler Seestube 1.000m
6.6 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.
Panoramarestaurant Elfer 1.812m
8.1 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.
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.
Alpenvereinshütte Meissner Haus
10.2 km away, in Ellbögen
An Alpine Club hut in the Viggartal above Ellbögen, south of Innsbruck, offering meals and beds to walkers below the Glungezer ridge.
Nothing of this kind in Mühlbachl.
Routes
Maria Waldrast: Bergstation Koppeneck - Maria Waldrast
A short, gentle walk from the Koppeneck top station of the Serlesbahnen to the monastery of Maria Waldrast, passing the small Serlesseen ponds.
- 2.6 km
- Distance
- 134 m
- Ascent
- 58 min
- Duration
- 19
- Check-ins
Auf das Waldraster Jöchl
From Mieders via the Koppeneck up past Maria Waldrast to the Waldraster Jöchl, a moderate climb through pine woods on the lower ridges of the Serles.
- 8.9 km
- Distance
- 537 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 43 min
- Duration
- 31
- Check-ins
Maria Waldrast - König Serles
A long summit day from the monastery at Maria Waldrast onto the Serles, the free-standing pyramid above the Stubai valley entrance, approached via the Serlesjöchl.
- 20.6 km
- Distance
- 2 265 m
- Ascent
- 13 h 42 min
- Duration
- 88
- Check-ins
Kalbenjoch (2.225 m)
A moderate ski tour from Maria Waldrast past the Matreier Ochsenalm to the Kalbenjoch, a saddle objective with a long, gentle approach and open final slopes.
- 3.5 km
- Distance
- 664 m
- Ascent
- 664 m
- Descent
- 2 h 10 min
- Duration
- 9
- Check-ins
Serles (2.717m)
A committing ski tour from the Kloster Maria Waldrast over the Matreier Ochsenalm to the Serlesjöchl and up the steep summit slopes of the Serles.
- 7.1 km
- Distance
- 1 555 m
- Ascent
- 1 555 m
- Descent
- 4 h 55 min
- Duration
- 48
- Check-ins
59 BIKE TRAIL TIROL: Matrei - Maria Waldrast
A stage of the Bike Trail Tirol, climbing from the Wipptal floor at Matrei past the Serlesbahn to the hut at 1,635 m.
- 13.4 km
- Distance
- 711 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 56 min
- Duration
- 16
- Check-ins
Radroute 30a Schönberg bis Matrei
A short valley cycle route up the Wipptal from Schönberg to Matrei am Brenner, south of Innsbruck.
- 8.9 km
- Distance
- 404 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 10 min
- Duration
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
Schöpfungsweg - Maria Waldrast
A themed pilgrimage path to the monastery of Maria Waldrast, where stations on the creation story line the gentle climb past the Matreier Ochsenalm.
- 2.7 km
- Distance
- 104 m
- Ascent
- 53 min
- Duration
- 17
- Check-ins
Serlesbahnen - Gleinser Mähder - Mieders
Lift-assisted round from the Serlesbahnen over the Gleinser Mähder meadows and the Gleinser Berg to Mieders, passing the Serlesseen and the monastery of Maria Waldrast.
- 13.3 km
- Distance
- 390 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 5 min
- Duration
- 23
- Check-ins
Seven Summits - Serles (Variante 2 ab Koppeneck)
One of the Stubai Seven Summits routes: from the Koppeneck top station via Maria Waldrast and the Serlesjöchl onto the Serles, whose isolated summit overlooks the Inn and Stubai valleys.
- 7.9 km
- Distance
- 1 271 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 15 min
- Duration
- 67
- Check-ins
Weißes Wandl (1.830m)
Compact ski tour above Matrei am Brenner from Obfeldes to the Weißes Wandl, 730 m of climbing on mostly open slopes over the Navistal entrance.
- 3.0 km
- Distance
- 730 m
- Ascent
- 730 m
- Descent
- 2 h 17 min
- Duration
- 1
- Check-ins
508 Mountainbike Maria Waldrast
A short but steep forest-road climb from Matrei am Brenner in the Wipptal up to Maria Waldrast at 1,635 m.
- 7.7 km
- Distance
- 671 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 37 min
- Duration
- 13
- Check-ins
Kapellenrundweg Maria Waldrast
A short circuit around the monastery of Maria Waldrast, linking its chapels and stations on a gentle woodland loop at the foot of the Serles.
- 1.4 km
- Distance
- 118 m
- Ascent
- 45 min
- Duration
- 12
- Check-ins
Quellenweg zur Maria Waldrast ab Matrei Bhf
From Matrei's railway station up the springs-lined path to the monastery of Maria Waldrast, a public-transport-friendly climb past the Matreier Ochsenalm.
- 8.9 km
- Distance
- 673 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 24 min
- Duration
- 18
- Check-ins
Serles (2.717m)
Summit route from the monastery of Maria Waldrast over the Serlesjöchl to the Serles, the pyramid that presides over the lower Stubaital — steep scree and secured steps near the top.
- 5.0 km
- Distance
- 1 173 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 26 min
- Duration
- 48
- Check-ins
Quellenweg zum Kloster Maria Waldrast
The springs path from Matrei via Mützens up to the Kloster Maria Waldrast, a steady climb past the Matreier Ochsenalm to the high-lying pilgrimage monastery beneath the Serles.
- 11.2 km
- Distance
- 592 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 15 min
- Duration
- 17
- Check-ins
Maria Waldrast - Kesselspitze
A long climb from Maria Waldrast over the Kalbenjoch onto the Kesselspitze, a quieter 2,700 m summit above the Serlesseen with wide views into the Wipptal.
- 14.3 km
- Distance
- 1 371 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 30 min
- Duration
- 29
- Check-ins
Rundtour Ochsenalm-Peilspitze-Blaser
Round from the Matreier Ochsenalm over the Kalbenjoch to the Peilspitze, descending past the Blaser Hütte across the flower-rich slopes the Blaser is known for.
- 9.0 km
- Distance
- 910 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 35 min
- Duration
- 26
- Check-ins
Kesselspitze (2.728 m)
Steep, rewarding climb from the Matreier Ochsenalm over the Kalbenjoch onto the Kesselspitze, one of the Wipptal's great viewpoint summits at 2,728 m.
- 5.6 km
- Distance
- 1 169 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 29 min
- Duration
- 10
- Check-ins
No routes of this kind in Mühlbachl yet.
The region's own picks
Featured route
Maria Waldrast: Bergstation Koppeneck - Maria Waldrast
A short, gentle walk from the Koppeneck top station of the Serlesbahnen to the monastery of Maria Waldrast, passing the small Serlesseen ponds.
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Data sources
- Official website: wipptal.at ↗
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