Innsbruck Ultra Trail - Epic 70-Kilometer Trail-Run Around Innsbruck

THe Innsbruck Ultra-Trail is a beast of a trail-run! Over 70km we surround the alpine City. All Infos, map and ideas for your variations in the blog post.

Partake in real life “connect the dots” game in the mountain-infested Innsbruck. It takes about 70 kilometers to get once around the metropolis, and this gave birth to the idea of the Innsbruck Ultra Trail, one of the Mountain Moment’s favorites. Are you ready to join us? Find out all important information about this route, and then decide.

With the exception of short transfer stages through the Inn Valley at around 575 meters above sea level, you always stay in the alpine territory and can almost touch the magic 3000-meter altitude mark if you put your mind to it.

There are many variations of this city tour. Most variations have one thing in common: you don’t move on monotonous roads and paved paths. Tight turns, roots, earth stairs, gravelly paths, stony paths. Through a ravine, in the humid northern forest, through the hot, sunlit southern slope. Small alleys and along epic contour lines. This tour is an adventure.

Since about 2018, the circumnavigation of Innsbruck can be run together and organized in an event called “Innsbruck Alpine”. Or, for independent runners, just like that. Refreshment stations (supermarkets, huts, inns or parking lots for personal support) are available in abundance along the way

Route description  – this is how your Innsbruck adventure looks like on a map

Due to the length of the tour, only the rough stages can be given here. For detailed route finding, please use the GPS track.

Route: Innsbruck Center – Hötting – Stangensteig – Kranebitten – Airport – Völs – Nasses Tal – Akademikersteig – Natterer See – Eichhoftrail – Natter Boden – Natters Gärberbach – Sillschlucht – Bretterkeller (Innsbruck) – Lanser Kopf – Seerosenweiher – Mühlsee – Rans – Herzsee – Asten – Rinn – Judenstein – Kienberg – Hall in Tirol – Thaur – Thaurer Schloss – Thaurer Alm – Vintl Alm – Rumer Alm – Arzler Alm – Umbrüggler Alm – Höttinger Bild – Innsbruck center.

The tour is a unique contrast between city and mountains in one. For mountain runners, it will probably soon become – in this still quite young sport – one of the world’s trail run classics. As you can see here, there are plenty of stops

Alternatives

Many variants of this trail are conceivable. The “shortest” reasonable route around Innsbruck has about 60 kilometers and 1700 meters of altitude (“Mittelgebirgs-Runde”). The sportier variants reach up to a distance of about 150 kilometers with about 8000 meters of altitude (“High Alpine” variant), which combines the immediate mountains around Innsbruck.

Tip: In the High Alpine variant, don’t miss the Goetheweg and Zirbenweg (see Hiking category).

Photo tips  Trailrunning in Innsbruck

There are various varied photo spots along the 70 kilometers in total. Sill gorge, hilly meadow landscapes, deep views from the Nordkette to Innsbruck as well as the picturesque old town in Hall.

If you want more views, you can get them by climbing more meters in altitude and distance on the Nordkette, Mutterer Alm or Patscherkofel. — *If you want more views, you can get them by climbing more meters in altitude and distance on the Nordkette, Mutterer Alm or Patscherkofel*

With good planning, the Innsbruck circumnavigation can also be done as a multi-day hike with overnight stays in mountain huts. — *On top of Nockspitze – a classic photo spot on Innsbrucks mountains. With good planning, the Innsbruck circumnavigation can also be done as a multi-day hike with overnight stay*s *in mountain huts*

More information about your 70-kilometer Trailrun in Tyrol

Arrival: Innsbruck City Center

How to get there by public transport: return possible at various points by bus, streetcar or train.

Difficulty level: difficult

Duration/distance: 10h, 70km  

Ascent/descent: 2600m/2600m  

Highest/lowest point: 1600m/555m 

Possible stops: Innsbruck, Völs, Götzens, Mutters, Rinn, Hall in Tirol, various huts

Start/finish: Innsbruck market square (coordinates: geogr. 47.267888,11.390580)

Best time: May-Sept

Tips: GPS-enabled device and smartphone for navigation recommended. Alternatives according to taste. Circumnavigation also doable as a multi-day hut hike.

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