Crossing the Karwendel via its highest peak, this is an epic ski touring adventure by any standards.
Munich is one of the few cities in the World where - in the space of a week - you can combine a few days of city life with an epic multi day ski tour!
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For even the most cultured of mountain lovers, a week in a city can feel a long time. If you find yourself in Munich, the good news is that you can soak in some city culture and then, within a few hours, be strapping your skis on for a multi day adventure in the mountains!
Listed here are 4 famous ski tours, all of which can be reached in a few hours from Munich. There are the "big 3" of Austrian hut-to-hut tours - The Stubai, Silvretta and Ötztal traverses - and also a relatively short but utterly wild crossing of the Karwendel mountains from Innsbruck to southern Bavaria.
On the "big 3" traverses the mountain huts are staffed and well stocked with good, hearty food. In order to cross the Karwendel you'll need to be a little more self sufficient, but that only adds to the adventure.
If you tick all 4 of these tours you can consider yourself in an elite group of Munich ski tourers!
The 3 longer tours are described in individual guidebooks which can be found here -https://fatmap.com/guidebooks/37/big-mountains-big-views:-the-stubai-alps-ski-traverse
https://fatmap.com/guidebooks/38/climb-tirol's-highest-peak-on-the-otztal-ski-traverse
https://fatmap.com/guidebooks/36/bagging-big-peaks-on-the-silvretta-traverse
Crossing the Karwendel via its highest peak, this is an epic ski touring adventure by any standards.
The first half of a magnificent 2 day ski journey
Day 2: A beautiful and logical mountain journey
Day 3: A day tour from the Jamtal Hut
Day 4: Jamtal Hut to Wiesbadener Hut
Day 5: Ascent of the Rauhkopfscharte then final descent to the North
This is a mainly downhill day to get the ski legs in, with the option of a ski summit by going up a side valley.
A day tour up the classic Kuhscheibenspitze, 3189m
A long glacial skin to a short roped climb leading to one of two cols, before a long descent to the Franz Senn Hut.
An out and back trip to the summit of the Wildes Hinterbergel, 3288m.
A highpoint before descent from the Franz Senn Hut to the valley
Day 6: The jewel in the Otztal crown, the Wildspitze summit day.
Day 5: Less horizontal distance today but a solid ascent to the Fluchtkogel summit, then down through a col to the Vernagt Hut
Day 4: Day Tour from the Hospice up one of several possible peaks
Day 3: Similaun summit and Otzis memorial visit, before descent to the Hochjoch Hospice
Day 2: Day Tour up the Hinter Schwarzenjoch from the Martin Busch Hut.
Day 1: A positioning day to the Martin Busch Hut