Kühtai Travel Guide

 lotharlerch Says:  Kühtai is situated at an altitude of 2000 m (quite exactly where the uppermost trees (pinus Cembra) are fighting for survival. This means snow from November until May, the best time being March and April. And such a long season should be enough to avoid the ecologically more... 

 lotharlerch Says:  The whole Kühtai consists almost entirely only of hotels of all categories, guesthouses and restaurants. There is virtually no permanent all the year round settlement there which means that the place looks almost dead in the periods between the winter and summer seasons. 

 lotharlerch Says:  Kühtai is reached on a good road both from Innsbuck via the Sellrain valley and steeper from Ötz near the entrance of the Ötztal valley. From both places are busses going to Kühtai. 

 lotharlerch Says:  When climbing by bus or car the road up the Sellrain valley towards Kühtai you pass lots of impressing galleries along the way. While those in the lowest part protect the road from stonefall (some parts of these galleries are still under construction) the higher parts of the... 

 lotharlerch Says:  All along the Sellrain valley up to the top at Kuehtai you find innumerable but often crowded opportunities for ski alpinism, i.e. you climb yourself with the skis (skins prevent them from gliding back) apart from all funiculars and skilifts to frequently or sometimes even...