The Innsbruck Rock Climbing guidebook describes many 1000’s of routes across a wide varity of grades and rock types. It covers an area from Silz in the west, including Telfs, to Innsbruck and Hall in the East, plus south of Innsbruck to Steinach Am Brenner.
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The definitive Zillertal guidebook covers 33 sport climbing crags and 16 bouldering crags in the Zillertal Valley.
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Rock climbing around Innsbruck and Western Austria
Innsbruck is located in the Austrian state of Tyrol (Tirol in German) in the heart of the eastern Alps. This area is home to many 1000’s of single pitch sport routes and is regarded as Austria’s premier sport climbing area. There are routes to suit all styles across a wide range of grades from F3a to F9a+. The main rock type is limestone, but there is also conglomerate, gneiss and granite found in the area.
List of rock climbing areas around Innsbruck in Western Austria | |||
| No | Crag | Rock Type | No of sport routes |
| 1 | Innsbruck | Limestone, gneiss, and conglomerate | 2,000+ |
| 2 | Otztal and Pitztal | Granite | 560 |
| 3 | Imst | Limestone | 1074 |
| 4 | Reutte | Limestone | 354 |
| 5 | Zillertal | Granite | 496 |
| 6 | Rofan | Limestone | 136 |
(1) Around Innsbruck and Telfs there is a long tradition of sport climbing on limestone, gneiss and conglomerate rock. These different rock types and locations provide a great variety of climbing with over 2,000 sport routes across over 40 different areas. The largest and best-known crags in this area are Dschungelbuch and Ehnbachklamm.
(2) Rock climbing in the Otztal and Pitztal valley. This granite valley hosts 12 major crags, such as Niederthai and Nosslach, with over 500 routes.
(3) Rock climbing around Imst consists of 16 major limestone crags with over 1,000 sport routes. Two of the largest crags in this area are Starkenbach and Nassereith.
(4) Reutte is located close to the German border. Again there are a number of limestone sport crags here with Weißwand and Kraftwerkwand being the classic crags of this area.
(5) Zillertal is probably the most famous climbing area near Innsbruck. This granite valley is located in a beautiful alpine valley with tiny mountain rivers surrounded by plenty of high peaks. Granite block of all shapes and sizes are scattered all around the valley that provide plenty of sport routes and great bouldering. In total there are 33 sport crags, with Ewige Jagdgründe being the stand out classic crag. The routes at majority of the crags are single pitch, though there are also bolted multi-pitch routes as well. There are also 17 bouldering areas including the classic areas of Zillergrund, Sundergrund and Ginzling.
Map of the main rock climbing areas around Innsbruck and Western Austria
Beautiful iconic alpine bouldering at Sundergrund, Zillertal
(6) Rofan is located further east of Innsbruck, near Jenbach. Here there 7 sport climbing areas as well as some alpine style multi-pitch routes, all on great limestone rock.
To the north of Innsbruck and west towards Switzerland there are many areas that offer great alpine style multi-pitch routes at places such as Ratikon, Silvretta, and Wilder Kaiser.
Bouldering around Innsbruck
The Alpen en Bloc 2 guidebook covers the best of the bouldering found in Austria, including Zillertal, Felbertauern, Maltatal, and Saalachtal. Buy the Alpen en Bloc 2 guidebook from our shop.
The Innsbruck Rock Climbing guidebook describes many 1000’s of routes across a wide varity of grades and rock types. It covers an area from Silz in the west, including Telfs, to Innsbruck and Hall in the East, plus south of Innsbruck to Steinach Am Brenner.
Buy the Innsbruck Rock Climbing guidebook from our shop.
The definitive Zillertal guidebook covers 33 sport climbing crags and 16 bouldering crags in the Zillertal Valley.
Buy the Zillertal climbing guidebook from our shop.