Tirol’s Eagle Walk: Make Way for Emotions

What a wonderfully walkable country!

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If walking is your great love, you’ll meet your match on Tirol’s Eagle Walk.

“Those who walk a lot know their way around,” the German poet and aphorist Peter Sirius (1858-1913) once said. And right he is. Hiking is the best way to experience, enjoy and appreciate a country and its people, to discover its charm and character. Hiking in Tirol’s mountains allows you to discover the country’s soul. Those who do the Eagle Walk truly explore Tirol’s beauty. Consisting of 126 stages over a distance of 1480 kilometers with a total elevation gain of 87,000 meters, this walk of a lifetime takes you to Austria’s nooks and crannies, it’s most beautiful spots and most valuable cultural treasures.

Osttirol has joined the Eagle Walk!

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Since 2007 Osttirol also boasts its own small Eagle Walk. One part of Osttirol’s Eagle Walk takes you to the foot of Austria’s highest mountain, the Grossglockner. Grossglockner is centrally located on the trails that lead from Matrei in an easterly direction towards the famous Kals region, and has always held a special allure for hikers and mountaineers. The other part of the Eagle Walk leads from the National Park town of Matrei in a westerly direction to Virgental and the magnificent Umbal Falls, where the water of the Isel River cascades down the rocks. Leisure walkers can stick to the trails in the valley while more experienced hikers will prefer the hut-to-hut walks high above Virgental and near the ice world of the Venediger group.

The Eagle Walk trail is finished!

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With the opening of the regional routes in the southern valleys of the Inntal in the summer of 2007 the Eagle Walk is now complete and it has been a great success since its opening.

You can now find Eagle Walks in Paznaun, Kaunertal, Pitztal, Ötztal, Stubaital, Zillertal and Tannheimer Tal. Other routes give access to Kaiserwinkel, the Kitzbühel Alps, the Tuxer Alps and Osttirol. The nice thing about the Eagle Walk is that it is as easy or as difficult as you want it to be. Both the young and old, the fit and not so fit can enjoy hiking as it is a joyful, healthy and an invigorating activity.

The Eagle Walk Stamp Card

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Join in the hiking fun: no matter where in Tirol you are you will be near an access point to the Eagle Walk!  In order to earn the popular Eagle Walk Pin you need to collect a minimum of 5 stamps (= 5 Eagle Walk stages) in your stamp book. Every year, enthusiastic

Eagle Walkers have the chance to win one of 100 short break stays in the Heart of the Alps which are raffled off by Tirol’s hiking specialists, the Tirolean Hiking Hotels.

The Eagle Walk Folder of the Tirol Tourist Board

The Tirol Tourist Board published a new 87-page Eagle Walk brochure which provides detailed information on the hikes and includes a foldable map with data on the individual stages, the stamp card for the quiz of the Tirolean Hiking Hotels and a short description of each hike. The “Eagle Walk – Hiking in the Realm of the Eagle” brochure leads you to all the wonders and treasures Tirol has to offer and whets your appetite for hiking. Information: www.adlerweg.tirol.at

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