Details about the hike

Hiking time: approx. 18 hours

Distance: approx. 49 kilometers
Fee: EUR 28,00 per person

Requirements to take part

To be able to take part in this year’s 24 hour hike, you must be perfectly fit!
Hiking Programme
One needs ankle-high hiking boots, a torch (either a hand torch or head and 4th Mai to 30th October 09
torch), rainproof clothing and telescopic sticks are recommended. It is also
recommended that you have time here to acclimatise before starting the hike guided hiking tours from Monday
and for this reason there are package deals offered!
to Friday free of charge with your
Achensee visitors card
Registration
www.achensee.info
Registration is necessary before 27th June, for this years hike as there is limi-
ted places - 100 hikers. This must be done on the internet:
www.24-stunden-wanderung.at

Please take note that a telephone no. or internet address must be given. The
Achensee Tourist Board will confirm all applications. If there are more than
100 hikers, there will then be a waiting list until 30th June.

Fee
The fee of EUR 28,00 must be paid at the meeting point - 06:15 a.m. before
the hike. Please note, that all registered hikers must pay the fee, even if they
do not take part!

Names must be given to the Achensee Tourist Office, if the free transport
before and after the 24 hour hike is required.

24 Hour Hike
4th to 5th July 2009 “The Heart of the Karwendel Mountains”

Planned route:
06:15 a.m.: Registration and payment in the Tourist Office in Pertisau
07:00 a.m.: Start of the 24 hour hike.
The hike starts in Pertisau and leads through the Karwendel Park Nature
Reserve by passing the mountain hut “Pletzach” and “Schleimsattel”
(1.556 m above sea level) and onwards into the heart of the Karwen-
del mountains. Hiking through the Bächental (Bächen valley) then up-
wards and over the mountains to the “Rotwand” mountain hut and then Achenkirch • Maurach • Pertisau • Steinberg • Wiesing
“Lämperer” mountain hut before descending down towards the village
of Achenkirch where the hike ends, the next morning at approx. 07:00 Achensee Tourismus • Im Rathaus 387 • 6215 Achensee
a.m., in the Hotel Achentalerhof. Here all hikers can enjoy a well earned Tel.: +43/(0)5246/5300 • Fax: +43/(0)5246/5333
breakfast. Certificates will be awarded to all hikers finishing the hike! info@achensee.info • www.achensee.info

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 Monday Meeting point: at 8:40 a.m. at the Spar supermarket opposite the crossroads
leading into the Christlum ski lifts.
Guided information walks in the various villages in the Achensee Return: between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. at the Spar supermarket.
Region. Here one can gain information and learn interesting tips about
the village from the guide - they are keen to share their local knowledge!
Wednesday
Meeting points:
Hiking tour to the peak of the Rofan Mountains and enjoy the view as an
Achenkirch: 09:30 a.m. Christlum ski lift (bus stop in the parking area)
Eagle does!
Maurach: 09:30 a.m. outside the Tourist Information Office in Maurach
The tour takes you from the bottom of the Rofan cable car to the peak of the
Pertisau: 09:30 a.m. outside the Tourist Information Office in Pertisau
Rofan mountains (2259 m). On this full-day tour you will gain insight infor-
Wiesing: 10:00 a.m. outside the Tourist Information Office in Wiesing
mation about the flora and the fauna. Please note that this tour is dependent
on the weather and, therefore, the route can be changed at short notice.
It is necessary for groups of more than 20 people to register not la-
ter than 08:30 a.m. on Monday morning. Achensee Tourist Board:
Meeting point: 9:25 a.m. at the bottom of the Rofan cable car (about 2 mi-
+43/(0)5246/5300. Apart from groups there is no registration necessary!
nutes from the bus stop Maurach-middle school, resp. Maurach cable car)
Return: between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. at the bottom of the Rofan cable car.

Thursday
Guided Shale-Oil Hike. All day hike!
The hike leads through the “Unterau” valley then upwards passing
the “Bründl” mountain hut (1.216 m) onwards to the “Joch” mountain
hut (1.483 m) and then further onwards to the “Seewald” mountain hut
(1.640 m). From here the hike continues along a mountain pathway to the
mountain peak - “Hochplatte” (1.813 m). The total hiking time (there and
back) is approx. 5 ½ - 6 hours.
Registration
From the middle of July (when the Shale-Oil mine is reopened) the hike varies.
Registration is necessary for all the hikes apart from Monday. Re-
It starts as before and leads through the “Unterau” valley then up and over the
gistration can be made in any of the Information Offices un-
“Gröbner Hals” (1.650 m) then downwards to the Shale-Oil mine in “Bächen”
til 5:00 p.m. or by phoning the Call Centre under the telephone no.
valley. Included is an excursion of the mine.
+43/(0)5246/5300 until 8:00 p.m.. It is also possible to write an e-mail
Hiking time approx. 3 hours. The hike then continues on through the valley to
(wanderprogramm@achensee.info) until 8:00 p.m.. This must be done
bus. Free bus transfer back to the Christlum ski lift in Achenkirch.
not later than the previous evening.
Approx. 1 - 1 ½ hours.
Tuesday
Panoramic hike in Achenkirch Meeting point: 8:45 a.m. at the Christlum ski lift parking area. Information
The hike starts at the Spar supermarket (near Christlum ski lifts) and con- Return: approx. 5:00 p.m. at the outgoing point.
For all hikes sturdy walking/hiking shoes/boots are a must, rainproof
tinues from here along the panoramic pathway to the “Sonnberg” parking
clothing or sun cap (depending on the weather), a sports bottle and a
area - passing the wildlife reserve. From here the hike continues onwards Friday small snack. Telescopic hiking sticks are recommended. It is important
an upwards on a forest road to the mountain hut “Adlerhorst” (1.230 m
that you are fit! In case of accidents we claim no responsibility. Please
above sea level). From here upwards on a narrow mountain pathway to “Hike to the “Bärenkopf”
note that the daily programme can be changed at short notice due to
reach the mountain hut “Zöhreralm” (1.334 m above sea level) where a Hike to the “Bärenkopf” (1.991 m) with a fantastic view over the lake Achensee.
the current weather situation!
short break is planned! The journey downwards back to the village is on Further on to the “Weißenbachsattel” (1.695 m) the onwards and downwards
a wide forest road. The hike continues back to the starting point on the to the bottom of the Karwendel cable car. Please note that this tour is depen-
The Achensee hiking programme is daily, from Monday until Friday and
“Karwendel” pathway. dent on the weather and, therefore, the tour can be changed at short notice.
is free of charge to all visitors with a valid visitors card. For those
The cable car ticket is not included in the programme!
without a visitors card the fee is EUR 27,00 per hike! The cable car
tickets are not included in the programme and therefore, must be paid
Meeting point: 8:40 a.m. Karwendel cable car in Pertisau.
separately.
Return: approx. 3:00 p.m.

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