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Hafelekar

Innsbruck  >  Austria

With cable car from Innsbruck you can very quickly reach this mountain top and see alpine birds like Kar serçesi, Sarıgagalı dağkargası Büyük dağbülbülü and more.

Added* by Helmut Schaffer
Most recent update 25 Haziran 2023

Description

The Nordkette mountain range is located near Innsbruck. The top of 2,300m-high Mount Hafelekar can be easily reached from the center of Innsbruck. In good weather you have a beautiful view of the Inntall and the mountain peaks. So if you visit Innsbruck you have the possibility to reach an alpine environment in a few minutes. Going in eastern direction for about 1 km. Birds like Kar serçesi, Büyük dağbülbülü, Dağ incirkuşu and Sarıgagalı dağkargası are very easy to be found.

Details

Access

Starting at the city center you take the Hungerburgbahn from Station Congress to Station Hungerburg (there ist also a parking lot, see the P in the map). With the Nordkettenbahnen cable car you are in a few minutes at the top (about 2300m). See the link below for schedule and tickets for the cable car. There is a restaurant in the mountain station with a terrace and there are several beautiful hiking trails to various mountain peaks in the area.

Terrain and Habitat

Mountain

Conditions

Mountainous , Rocky

Circular trail

No

Is a telescope useful?

No

Good birding season

Summer , Spring

Best time to visit

Summer

Route

Narrow trail

Difficulty walking trail

Average walk

Accessible by

Foot

Birdwatching hide / platform

No

Extra info

Photo Sarıgagalı dağkargası on Hafelekar by Mbdortmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons

Links

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