High Alps Nature Park Zillertal Alps

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Zillertal

The High Alps Nature Park Zillertal Alps is a high mountain nature park in the truest sense of the word. It extends from the mountaineering village Ginzling up to the Hochfeiler. All altitudinal levels are thereby part of the nature park, which is characterised by exceptionally high biodiversity. Together with other nature reserves in North, South and East Tyrol, the Zillertal Alps High Mountain Nature Park forms the largest association of nature reserves in the Alps!

Deep gorges form the entrance into the total of five side valleys in the nature park, which are called “Gründe” in the Zillertal and open up into wide grazing areas at the end. The valuable cultural landscape is closely linked with the rugged high mountains, glaciers and summits of the main ridge of the Zillertal Alps such as Löffler, Schwarzenstein, Möseler or Hochfeiler.

High Alps Nature Park
Zillertal
Long-distance hiking in Zillertal
One of the most beautiful ways to get to know the Zillertal is on one of the many long-distance hiking routes. Long-distance hiking means getting to know the region and yourself while you’re walking.
to the long-distance hiking trails

High Alps Nature Park
Zillertal
Summer Programme
on trek with our Nature Park guides
From May to October, the Nature Park summer programme offers more then 200 guided hiking tours led by our Nature Park guides. There are more than thirty various themes for these treks.
Programme & Registration

Facts

Size:	422 km²
Altitude above sea level:	from 1,000 m in Ginzling up to 3,509 m at Hochfeiler
Glaciers:	about 85 glaciers with an area of approx. 40 km²
Nature reserve category:	protected area of the main ridge of the Zillertal Alps; placed under protection by the Tyrolean provincial government since 1991
“Nature Park” title:	bearer of the title and member of the Association of Austrian Nature Parks (VNÖ) since 2001
Nature park municipalities:	market municipality of Mayrhofen, municipalities of Brandberg, Finkenberg and Tux (since 2007) as well as the administrative village Ginzling
Number of inhabitants in the nature park municipalities:	approx. 8.000