The Stubai Valley Seven Summits

10 days of hiking, scrambling and staring at beautiful views all over a famous Tirolian valley.

Charlie Boscoe

Images

Only 6 to go now! The view from the summit in snowy, autumnal conditions

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The Innsbrucker Hütte appearing out of the mist

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Descending the slabs as a helicopter swings in to complete a rescue

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Descending the summit ridge

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The Sulzenauhütte perched just below the high mountains and glaciers

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Looking at the Sulzenauhütte with the Stubai Valley glowing below

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Looking back at the south-east ridge of the Wilder Freiger from the descent of the south-west ridge

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Descending the south-west ridge of the Wilder Freiger

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The summit of the Zuckerhütl

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Climbing the east ridge of the Wilder Pfaff

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Moody views down to the Sulzenauferner Glacier from just below the summit of Zuckerhütl

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Descending down to the Franz Senn Hütte in the evening light

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Checking the map above the Rinnensee.

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Walking down to the lift with the Stubai Valley visible below. N.B. This photo was taken when doing this route the opposite way to how it's described here.

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Looking up towards the summit

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Looking down on the Elferhütte with the Stubai valley laid out below

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Looking into the Pinnistal valley shortly after starting the hike

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Moody views from the summit

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The summit cross watching bad weather approach

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Description

A few years ago the Stubai Tourist Board dreamt up the Stubai 7 Summits "challenge" in an attempt to attract more hikers and mountaineers to the region. They did an excellent job by selecting these wonderful mountains but why hikers weren't already flooding into the Stubai is a mystery.

The valley is home to several charming villages, a series of cable cars which provide excellent access to the mountains and, of course, some fabulous peaks. Ticking all 7 Summits will require you to be fit, confident scrambling on easy terrain and able to move safely through glaciated mountains. You'll also need a bit of luck with the weather, but that only adds to the satisfaction if you do manage to complete the challenge!

Doing all 7 in the space of a fortnight is a doable but challenging goal for those who really want to push themselves!

Adventures

Serles

The so-called “Altar of Tirol”, Serles is the most famous peak in the region, and rules the view above Innsbruck.

Gschnitz to the Innsbrucker Hütte

A long uphill trip which accesses a beautiful hut.

Habicht

A classic mountain day to one of Tirol's most famous and prominent peaks

Stubaital to the Sulzenauhütte

A great day hike on its own or the first part of an epic 3 day adventure.

Sulzenhütte to the Müllerhütte via the Wilder Freiger

A fantastic mountaineering day on the Austrian-Italian border

Wilder Pfaff and Zuckerhütl

A fabulous mountaineering day over 2 peaks (the second of which is the highest in the Stubai) and on to a cable car.

Rinnenspitze

A classic there-and-back hike to a dramatic peak

Elferkogel

A wonderful, mid-length, circular hike with impressive scenery through the dramatic peaks of the Stubai Valley.

Hoher Burgstall

A beautiful summit which is famous for being the first ever Alpine peak climbed by Sir Edmumd Hillary!