The scariest hike I have done so far - Berliner trail in Tyrol, Austria

This hut-to-hut trail is located in Zillertal Alps Nature Park, Austria. It is almost circular, starting from Finkenberg and finishing in Mayrhofen, amounting to 85km and more than 6500m in elevation gains/losses. Given the crazy profile of this area, it usually takes 7-8 days to hike it.

I had this trail on my hiking bucket list for a while. So when there was an opportunity to spend some time in Austria, I could not resist squeezing this hike into our plans. Given the limited time we had, we hiked a section of the trail, starting from Olpererhütte until Grüne Wand Hütte.

During this hike we got everything we wanted and more!… Mountains, glaciers, lakes, rivers, sun, hail, rain, snow… :) Of all the hikes I’ve done so far (e.g. TMB, Walker’s Haute route, GR5), this was by far the scariest. Some of the rope sections were very steep and a few hikers even used harnesses. We didn’t have any equipment and relied on our past climbing/bouldering experience. This trail is meant for experienced hikers and I definitely understood why!

If you’d like to know more about this hike, check out the guide page I wrote on my blog: [https://intothehike.com/berliner-hohe...](https://intothehike.com/berliner-hohe.... On this page you’ll find our itinerary, elevation profile of each day, accommodation, gear, budget, and, of course, the pictures 🙂

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