Useful tips for a perfect walking day!

Appropriate equipment guarantees even more walking and hiking fun.

Before starting a walk, think about your walking equipment for a couple of minutes! A walking trail map helps to plan the tour in a more detailed way. The course of the route is important to prepare the right equipment.

Take a closer look at our check list: 

• Light rucksack for one-day tours
• Sturdy hiking boots up to the ankle, with grip sole (for some tours sports shoes are not suitable!)
• Appropriate hiking clothes
• Rainwear; gloves and cap depending on the season
• Sunscreen and sun glasses
• Drinking bottle (min. 1 liter)
• Telescopic hiking poles (winter hiking)
• Snack/food if necessary

The staff at Kitzbühel Tourismus is looking forward to helping you in planning your tour. Numerous sports shops within the holiday region can also provide you with all the necessary information. Local experts know best what you need for a perfect day in the mountains!

Reading maps & categorisation of walking trails:

In the map sections the tended walking routes are indicated in RED, the theme walks in YELLOW and the circuit tours in BLUE. For each suggested walk, the length of the route, the approximate walking time and the degree of difficulty are indicated. The time indicated is a guideline and is shown without any breaks. We recommend planning a break after round one to two hours. When walking with little children please calculate double the time. The calculation of the times for walking from the map is derived  from standard times for average walkers: basically you should calculate approximately one hour for a 300 metre ascent, as well as for a 500 metre decline or 4 kilometres on flat routes.

Degree of difficulty of routes:

The authority of the Tyrolean Provincial Government classifies walking and mountain routes according to their degree of difficulty as red or black.


What classifies RED is as follows:

demands Alpine experience, a good physical constitution and the sure-footedness of all those participating in the walk as well as minimum mountaineering equipment.


BLACK routes demand the following:

in addition to the usual pre-requisites for red walking routes, hill-walkers undertaking these routes should not suffer from vertigo.
Between the individual sign-posts you will find markings which are normally attached to stones or trees. These also serve as an orientation guide and are generally in red-white-red. Very often there are orientation or panorama boards or site boards at various points along the theme walks which provide additional information about the progress and content of the route itself.