Hikes near Rifflsee
Rifflsee (1640 m) sits in Tyrol (Tirol), Austria. MR. ALPS lists 17 waymarked hiking trails starting from or crossing the area, 243 km of marked route in total. They run from 5.7 km to 36.9 km, the longest being Via Alpina Yellow B35. 17 of them record their elevation gain, between 206 m and 3555 m.
The trail network at a glance
- Waymarked trails
- 17
- Total marked distance
- 243 km
- Shortest route
- 5.7 km
- Longest route
- 36.9 km
- Elevation gain
- 206–3555 m (on 17 trails)
- Route maps available
- on 17 trails
Walking times are estimates calculated from distance and elevation gain using Naismith's rule, and exclude stops.
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Wanderweg 927
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Wanderweg 926
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Ötztal Trek Etappe 19
Rüsselsheimer Hütte → Hauerseehütte
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Ötztal Trek Etappe 18
Braunschweiger Hütte → Rüsselsheimer Hütte
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Via Alpina Yellow B35
The trail descends beside the glacier tongue of the Mittelbergferner and the roaring Pitze river, leaving the world of glaciers behind. From the valley, a Postbus carries walkers along the Pitztal back into civilisation.
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Wanderweg 925
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Wanderweg 924
This panoramic trail in Tyrol begins at a parking area near a *Herberg* (inn) and follows the Taschachbach, set within the high-alpine terrain of Kaunergrat Nature Park.
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Cottbuser Höhenweg
From Riffelseehütte to Kaunergrathütte
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Fuldaer Höhenweg
From Rifflsee to Taschachhaus
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Offenbacher Höhenweg
From Rifflsee to Taschachhaus
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Mainzer Höhenweg
The Mainzer Höhenweg is a demanding multi-day alpine trail (rated T6) traversing rugged terrain between the Rüsselsheimer Hütte in the north and the Braunschweiger Hütte in the south, through the Geigenkamm subgroup of the Ötztal Alps. Its highest point is the Wassertalkogel at 3,252 m, near which sits the Rheinland-Pfalz-Biwak emergency bivouac at 3,247 m — a nine-bunk shelter amid dark rock and scree — with views stretching to the Wildspitze.
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Via Alpina Yellow B33
Vent - Zwieselstein
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Ötztal Trek Etappe 17
Breslauer Hütte → Braunschweiger Hütte
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Venter Höhenweg
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Sonnberg-Höhenweg
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Aachener Höhenweg
From Anton-Renk-Hütte to Gepatschhaus
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Panoramaweg
More hiking near Rifflsee
Other walking bases within 40 km of Rifflsee, each with its own trail list:
- Pitztaler Gletscher, Tyrol (Tirol) — 20 trails, 5.2 km away
- Kaunertal Glacier (Kaunertaler Gletscher), Tyrol (Tirol) — 10 trails, 8.3 km away
- Feichten, Tyrol (Tirol) — 11 trails, 10.6 km away
- Sölden (Soelden - Solden), Tyrol (Tirol) — 16 trails, 12.1 km away
- Vent, Tyrol (Tirol) — 17 trails, 12.7 km away
- Kaunertaler Gletscher, Tyrol (Tirol) — 5 trails, 15.5 km away