Intermediate Tours
Why choose between a great ride and a great meal? Pedal through Alpine scenery and reward yourself with a meal at one of the region’s finest mountain huts. The best excuse to get on a bike.
Gamskogelhutte - Westendorf
The Windautal is considered a nature jewel with its many refreshing stops, beautiful views and different tours in the Kitzbueheler Alpen. Its view consists of meadows, trees, mountains and huts. Futhermore, the road or gravel is slightly ascending along the Windaur River, which cools you down on hot days. After an hour bike ride you can smell a mile away the tempting delicacies from the Gamskogelhutte. With new energies in your legs, it is slightly descending easy ride along the Windaur river back to Westendorf.
Distance: 29,4 km
Altitude: 550 m
Level of difficulty: Easy
Labalm - Kirchberg
From Westendorf, you head up through the Kitzbüheler Alps via wide mountain trails. Along the way you pass an impressive waterfall, offering a welcome refreshment along the route. The trail climbs over 900 metres in elevation, through lush alpine meadows with spectacular views of the Hohe Salve and the Grosse Rettenstein. After a challenging but manageable climb, you reach the cosy Labalm in Kirchberg — perfect for a well-deserved Brettljause.
Distance: 42,8
Altitude: 570
Level of difficulty: Easy – Medium
Tour 205. Klooalm - Gauxerstadl
This tour is perfect for families with sporty children. It offers a challenging workout for the whole family, exactly as it should be. Under the motto “first the work, then the fun”, the reward for the ascent in the first half of the tour is double: first enjoy delicious cake on the Klooalm and then the descent back to Kirchberg.
If you and the kids still have energy left at the end, a short diversions to the Bike Skill Park behind the valley station of the Fleckalmbahn is well worth it. Here, the whole family can expend their energy for the rest of the day on the course created especially for cycling beginners.
Distance: 45,5 km
Decent: 780 m
Level of difficulty: Medium
Kienzling Tour No. 206
The Windautal area has been called ‘jewel of nature’, and this tour will show you why. It crosses a small river, leads past ancient oak trees and through alpine meadows. Once you’re at the top, the view over the valleys is spectacular. Yet, the best part is yet to come: a relaxing (or thrilling, depending on how you use the breaks) descent on an asphalt road past calmly grazing cows back to town.
Distance: 24,3 km
Altitude: 790 m
Level of difficulty: Medium
Salvenrunde
This tour will take you past every village in the Kitzbueheler Alpen. Cycle trail no. 21 from there to Brixen im Thale and Kirchberg – always on a very pleasant incline and away from the busy traffic routes. In Kirchberg, the trail continues north past the Kitzbühel-Schwarzsee golf course to Reith bei Kitzbühel. Follow the signs through the village, uphill towards Astberg and downhill again on the Schösserweg until you reach the L202. This leads in a few hundred metres to the well-known Stanglwirt in Going. At the junction, turn onto the B178 and turn left onto the Aupromenade. Cycle along cycle path no. 14 through the villages of Going, Ellmau, Scheffau and Söll at the foot of the Wilder Kaiser to the valley station of the Salvista gondola lift. After crossing the village, this leads south into the Windautal valley and from there back to Westendorf in a loop.
Distance: 63,1 km
Altitude: 870 m
Level of difficulty: Medium
