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EN 2017 My Your Date Glacier With Nature Road From Alpine meadows to the eternal ice Adventure Tip: Mountain carting in Fendels – family fun at the start of the Kaunertal valley! kaunertaler-gletscher.at The Glacier Road Location Hiking & from 1,273 up to 2,750 metres above sea level Road Toll day TickeT 14-day TickeT At the corner of three countries, Mountaineering Car/Private mini bus up to 5 people 24.00 32.00 in South West Tyrol Each additional person 7.00 – Bus/Taxi per person 7.00 – Along The Motorbike max. 2 people 14.00 21.00 GERMANY Walker’s toll * 7.00 14.00 Glacier Road GRoup discounTs for coaches – bus drivers and tour guides travel free of charge. ski passes – The toll for the Glacier Road is included in the price of your ski pass. The TYROL toll charge is always valid for a return trip. Rental vehicles can only buy day toll tickets. Toll AUSTRIA You were only really there, B Hiking Path Over The Red Rocks D and lift tickets are not transferable. * In the case of a mixed vehicle (skiers and pedestrians) Innsbruck Mountain Hike To The pedestrians pay the walkers’ toll. KAUNERTAL if you were there on foot! 1,890 m – 2,148 m Weißseespitze The following is a selection of mountain experiences, which are Gentle hike, taking about 2.5 hours, with spectacular view of the Ge- 2,750 m – 3,518 m SWITZERLAND suitable as short walks with young children, longer mountain hikes, patschferner glacier tongue. The route takes you across alpine pastures ITALY Starting point is the glacier car park. You follow the trail of the The Karlesjoch Gondola also potentially with children who are already good on their feet, or to the red rocks, down to the snout in the glacier tongue and then conti- Weißseeferner lift over gravel and ski fields and cross the exposed Endless views at 3,108 m as more extreme adventures for those wanting to do some high Alpine nues on to Fernergarten. Bus back to the Ochsenalm car park at 9.40 am western ridge to the glaciated peak. We advise booking a mountain kaRlesjoch Gondola adulT child touring. To help you familiarise yourself with all the hiking and and 2.25 pm daily (bus stop: Oberbirg) guide! mountain tours available along the Glacier Road, we recommend Ascent and descent 19.00 13.00 buying a hiking map or exploring the Kaunertal valley mountains With the Summercard Gold or Hiking 6 14.50 Free with the assistance of a mountain guide. Getting Here Length: 6 km Families: yes Duration: 2,5 h Altitude difference: 258 m Length: 6.7 km Families: no Duration: 6.5 h Altitude difference: 765 m The Glacier Park Card FROM EURO From Innsbruck via the Landeck tunnel Discover the regions of Imst, Pitztal From Vorarlberg via Landeck 64.- and Kaunertal with one ticket! PER PERSON 4 DAYS FOR 3 IN Your date with nature – as often as you like: 10 cable cars, free entry to cultural partners and many more offers and discounts. Prices 3 in 4 days 5 in 7 days 10 in 12 days KAUNERTAL GLACIER adulT 64.00 86.00 109.00 child 39.00 52.00 65.00 PERIOD oF ValidiTy: 15.06 – 15.10.2017. Individual lift opening times may vary. DEPOSIT: A EUR 2.00 deposit will be charged for the Glacier Park Card. This will be GLACIER ROAD refunded upon return of an undamaged key card. KAUNERTAL FENDELS Age GRoups adulTs: born 2001 and older. Children: child rate for those born between 2002 and 2010, free for those born 2011 and younger. BamBini: Feichten A The Zirbenweg Trail C Hike To The Verborgener See Culinary Pleasures Along BAMBINI Fendels LIFTS Children up to 9 years (DOB from 1.1.2008 and younger) travel free of charge when accompanied by an adult. disaBled: the child rate applies (except Glacier Park FREE Reschenpass 1.786 m – 2.064 m 2,400 m – 2,679 m The Glacier Road Card) for guests with a disability certificate (disability level min. 60 % according to Prutz official ID). Photo ID is required for the purchase of discounted passes (bambini, After the dam wall, follow the road on the left bank for a further 2.5 The Krummgampental is a small side valley in a remote corner of the Ried Fresh air makes you hungry. And snack time is an essential part of children and disabled) without exception. In addition, children under 10 years also travel km (bus stop!). Turn left onto path no. 25 and go through the forest to Kaunertal valley. Set at lofty heights, the Verborgener See is a char- free of charge in winter! Tickets are issued to individuals and are non-transferable! Prices Fließ any relaxing trip into the mountains! You will find plenty of subject to change; errors and omissions excepted. All prices are in euros and include VAT. the hunting lodge. Cross the Oberer Hapmesboden towards Wurmetal, ming mountain lake, the “hidden lake”, which will enchant you with Landecker tunnel Landeck opportunities to stop for a bite to eat along the Glacier Road, whether houRs oF opeRaTion GlacieR Road: open June to August 7 am – 7 pm. All other A12 there change to alpine path no. 26 and continue to the site of the old its crystal clear water. The starting point for this hike is the panoramic months 7 am – 5 pm. at an idyllic picnic spot or an Alpine inn, hut or restaurant. kaunertal GlacieR: Karlesjoch gondola: 10 am – 4 pm daily. Innsbruck Vorarlberg Bliggalpe hut. Below the Gepatschhaus inn, you arrive back on the Glacier Road. Restaurant Weißsee: 8 am – 4.30 pm daily. Glacier Road. Return possible by bus. Seepanorama (1,772 m) kaunertaleR GleTscheRBahnen & GleTscheRstrasse 6524 Feichten im Kaunertal, Feichten 141 Nassereinalm (2,041 m) T +43/5475/55 66, [email protected] Gepatscherhaus (1,928 m) importanT Telephone numBeRs Experience your Glacier Road also on Alpine Emergency 140, Weather Information for the Kaunertal, Tel. +43/5475/340 Length: 8.1 km Families: yes Duration: 6 h Altitude difference: 752 m Length: 2.5 km Families: yes Duration: 2.5 h Altitude difference: 285 m Weißsee Glacier Restaurant (2,750 m) hapmeskopf 3.237 m bliggspitze 3.453 m ölgrubenjoch 3.044 m hint. ölgrubenspitze madatschkopf 3.295 m Gepatschferner 2.778 m Rauhekopfhütte geil-stange 2.731 m 2.723 m äusserer bliggkopf 2.897 m innerer bliggkopf Block- wurmetal 2.865 m gletscher stange 2.705 m Seepanorama 1.750 m feichten A The Zirbenweg Trail rauher kopf 1.273 m 2.989 m 10 8 5 Ibex Slope 27 9 Gepatsch Reservoir 11 Fernergarten/ Gepatsch Reservoir Hiking Path 3 4 14 Climbing Garden M 1 2 12 13 B Over The Red Rocks 6 toll station Glacial Pothole 15 Nassereinalm 16 fernergarten 2.150 m Gepatschhaus 1.928 m Zirbenwald 17 nörderberg fisslad (Stone Pine Forest) tal 2.870 m Glacier Crevasse kreuzkopf 18 249 weissseespitze kaiserbergtal 3.518 m 2.683 m plangerossspitze Trail Around atemkopf Rifflbach 19 the Weißsee 2.794 m hochgampe k. 2.942 m Waterfalls 21 2.749 m 23 Weißseeferner KARLESJOCH- 20 D atemkogel BAHN 3.010 m gratfernerkopf Hike To The C Glacier 22 Gletscher- 3.003 m ochsenkopf Verborgener See Polish restaurant 2.944 m Weißsee 2.750 m 3-Countries-View 25 Locandy – free app Glacier Road Waterfall Gentle hike Highlights on the Kaunertal Glacier Road for outdoor games Viewpoint Crevasse Stations Intermediate hike Dear visitor to the Kaunertal Glacier Road! Starting in the valley at an altitude of 1,270 metres, 25 exciting “stations” await you along the way up to the Glacier car park at 2,750 metres and on to the highest accessible point of the Kaunertal Glacier, at 3,108 metres above sea level. We have included 10 highlights of the Glacier Road in this brochure. Information about the other 15 stations is available via the Locandy app, which you can download to your mobile phone. Geocaching Hiking path Recommended stations Difficult hike GeoloGy Tip: ViewinG Tip: ViewinG Tip: GeoloGy Tip: adVenTuRe Tip: 4 Natural Monument, Glacial Pothole 9 Gepatsch Reservoir 17 Zirbenwald (Stone Pine Forest) 20 Glacier Polish 24 Frosty Path Through 1,445 m / km 3.0 1,750 m / km 8.1 1,970 m / km 17.3 2,350 m / km 22.4 The Glacier Crevasse In summer 2006, a sensational discovery was made after a mudslide The reservoir has a maximum area of 2.6 km², a storage capacity of The stone pine is the queen among conifers. They form the tree line Marvel at the tremendous power of the ice over the past thousands of 2,750 m occurred: a glacial pothole, more than 10,000 years old. Glacial 140 million m³ (about 700,000,000 baths-full) and is fed by streams at about 2,000 m altitude and have some amazing properties: They years, right from your car! In the rocks by the side of the road, you Take a frosty journey to the glacier crevasse on a secured path. The potholes were formed by melt water flowing onto the glacier bed in the Kaunertal and Pitztal valleys. When it was completed in 1964, can withstand temperatures as low as -50 degrees and their fragrant can see traces from the ice flow and the direction in which it moved. crevasse is illuminated, giving you the chance to admire the ice in through crevasses. This melt water combined to form streams and, the “rubble dam” was 600 metres long and 153 metres high, making resin in processed wood has antibacterial properties.