Kitzbüheler Horn

The Kitzbüheler Horn, northeast of Kitzbühel (1,998m/6,555ft; house on the summit (Gipfelhaus), chapel, restaurant, radio mast), can be easily reached by cableway via the Pletzeralm (1,273m/4,177ft) or climbed from Kitzbühel in four to five hours. From the summit there are glorious views - to the south from the Radstädter Tauern to the Ötztal Alps, to the north the nearby Kaisergebirge, away in the west the Lechtal Alps and to the east the Hochkönig. To the south of the Kitzbüheler Horn rises the Hornköpfli (1,772m/5,814ft), also reached by cableway.

During the skiing season the mountains in the immediate vicinity of Kitzbühel are thronged with skiers from all over the world, who are catered to by numerous cableways and ski lifts on the slopes of the Kitzbüheler Horn, above St Johann to the northeast, and the Hahnenkamm (1,655m/5,430ft) and the Steinbergkogel (1,970m/6,464ft) to the southwest.