Summit tour: Sonnkarköpfl – Innsbruck Region
Summit tour: Sonnkarköpfl
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Starting point
Pfaffenhofer Alm (1.694 m)
Endpoint
Pfaffenhofer Alm (1.694 m)
Road quality
trail, gravel trail
This hike starts behind the Pfaffenhofer Alm mountain hut (=Widdersbergalm) and zigzags ever higher up the mountain. After about 45 minutes, you will come to a turnoff. Follow the signs towards Sonnkarköpfl. Once the trail leaves the forest, it continues over barren terrain, first on a north-facing slope and later through a corrie on a south-western slope up to the summit. From the Sonnkarköpfl peak, hike back the same way until you reach the turnoff that leads east to the "Oberhofer Melkalm". This section takes you downhill over vast fields of alpine roses to the Sonnkarhütte mountain hut (not open to the public) and then over alpine meadows to the Oberhofer Melkalm mountain hut. Finally, take the Bettlersteig trail that starts behind the hut and follow it back to the starting point at the Pfaffenhofer Alm mountain hut (=Widdersbergalm).
Tips | notes: It is possible to get a driving permit (fees apply) from the local authority in Pfaffenhofen. This saves you about 2.5 hours of walking time. The journey is possible in a normal car. Please note: after heavy rainfall, the road is difficult to drive and an all-terrain vehicle is recommended.
In the surrounding area
Elevation profile
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Forecast
Yesterdays cloudy remnants will clear away quickly on Friday. The day will then be fair to cloudy and mostly dry. Only very short and weak thunderstorms may occur.
It will not be very warm today.
Tendency
The weather forecast for the next few days is fairly promising: It will be sunny with cloudy intervals. Thunderstorms may occur.
12°C/54°F
Tomorrow
15°C/59°F
