Stubaital

I must have done a few hikes in Austria when I was younger with my dad, but honestly, I don't remember much. In recent years, we’ve traveled through Austria many times, but always just passing by on the way to somewhere else — never really stopping to hike. Doing more hiking in Austria is definitely high on my bucket list. Still, this blog wouldn’t be complete without at least one hike from each of the Alpine countries, and Austria can’t be missed. Luckily, we have friends living in Neustift, in the Stubaital valley near Innsbruck, and when we visit, we always manage to do a few little hikes. In this post, I’ll share a brief description of three of them. Mieders Download GPS file At the top of the Serlesbahn cable car in Mieders (1600m), there’s a well-kept hiking and amusement park. You can walk through the forest, and along the way, you’ll find playgrounds for kids, including a giant snake toboggan and a lake. After playing a bit, we continued hiking through the forest until we r...