The best MTB trails around Reith bei Kitzbühel

There are 2 blue and one red line here for absolute beginners to practice turns. Once you reach the bottom, you go back up via a conveyor belt (probably from the children's ski school). Caution! At lunchtime, we bought a single ticket for the cable car up from Kirchberg, then rode the blue Sonnenrast trail down to the practice course (you have to ride it, you can't avoid it!). When we wanted to go back up with the lift later, it turned out that the single ticket was not valid here...!

Great view, magnificent panorama

Beautiful view over the reservoir

A lovely alpine pasture, perfect for a break.

Viewpoint overlooking the Wilder Kaiser mountain range with Brixental swing

To the pilgrims lingering before this small sacred monument with its special dedication as a "Cross of Peace"—what more could the world need in these times?—I would like to offer Pope Leo XIV's welcoming words as a small, personal encouragement to peace. Immediately after his election, before bestowing the traditional blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) upon the waiting faithful, he addressed the people gathered in St. Peter's Square, as well as those participating via radio, television, and online media, with these moving words: + "Peace be with you all! Dear brothers and sisters, this is the first greeting of the Risen Christ, the Good Shepherd... I too hope that this greeting of peace will enter your hearts, reach your families, all people, wherever they are, all nations, the whole earth. Peace be with you!" This is the peace of the risen Christ, an unarmed and disarming peace, humble and persevering. It comes from God, the God who loves us all unconditionally." (Robert Francis Prevost / Pope Leo XIV)

The original Hahnenkammbahn went into operation in 1929 and was one of the first cable cars in the Alps – a milestone in alpine tourism. It has been modernized several times over the years. Today, the Hahnenkammbahn is a modern 10-person gondola lift that takes visitors from the valley station at 762m altitude to the mountain station on the Hahnenkamm at 1,712m in just about eight minutes. It operates all year round and is ideal for hikers, skiers, and especially mountain bikers: bicycles can be easily taken along, making the lift a perfect starting point for numerous MTB tours in the Kitzbühel mountains.

City with history: A day in Kitzbühel It has been 750 years since Kitzbühel was granted city rights. What do you think of when you hear Kitzbühel? Of course, the Hahnenkamm race on the Streif, the stars and starlets who like to show up in the chamois city, elegant shops and fine restaurants. But that is by no means all that Kitzbühel has to offer: a visit to the "Stadtl", as the locals affectionately call their city, proves this. Kitzbühel is full of history, culture and has always been way ahead of its time. Because Kitzbühel was on the busy trade route from Chiemsee over the Felbertauern to Venice in earlier times, travelers have always been part of the city. That has not changed to this day: Kitzbühel is a sports and lifestyle metropolis and attracts visitors from all over the world. And today, me too! "If you're here for the first time, you don't feel the need to rush out of the city straight away, but want to stay for a while. It was like that 100 years ago, even then people were strolling here," says Pepi Treichl. The 70-year-old is a Kitzbühel veteran and city guide. My city exploration tour begins with him. During an extensive tour, he tells me why mining, art and an old prison in the middle of the city are just as much a part of Kitzbühel as the Streif. Text / Source: Tirol Info, Maria-Theresien-Straße 556020 Innsbruck https://www.tirol.at/blog/b-empfehlungen/kitzbuehel-entdecken