My Tirol: Stubai alpine valley
(Spring 2018.)
After the morning to and from Scharnitz, I returned to Innsbruck, and immediately headed south into the Stubai valley for the afternoon and early-evening. I had enough time to make a short walk in each of the towns Neustift and Fulpmes, but truth told, I would’ve preferred a minimum of one full day to appreciate more fully the spring-summer rhythms in the river valley and ascend the cable cars up both Kreuzjoch and Elfer, plus another day to the very end of the Stubai valley to Mutterbergalm, and up Schaufelspitze for views of the Stubaier Gletscher (Stubai Glacier) at “the top of Tirol.”
Neustift im Stubaital
From Innsbruck’s central station, I hopped on bus 590 (590A also valid) to Neustift im Stubaital. I stepped off the bus at stop “Ortsmitte” and spent some time wandering the compact town’s streets up the meadowed slopes where I was accompanied by cows and goats.
Crossing the Ruetz river on approach to Neustift from the northeast (X70).
Paragliding over Neustift, in front of Hotel Alpeiner and Elferbahnen gondola (X70, FF).
Centre of town: southbound-only stop “Ortsmitte” for regional bus 590A, 590B service to Mutterbergalm (6D1).
Cemetery next to St. George parish church, with that view for the buried (X70).
Southeast to town’s St. George parish church; Elferhütte at upper right (6D1).
Southwest, deeper into Stubai valley (6D1).
Valley head, towards Zuckerhütl, the Austro-Italian frontier, and the Sulzenauferner glacier (6D1).
A seat, for one final glance (6D1).
Alpine residences (6D1).
Der Hoferwirt, hotel and restaurant with daily offerings shown in placard at entrance (6D1).
Haus der Berge, “Bergführerdorf Neustift” (6D1).
Ski shop at left, St. George parish church at right. With the ubiquitous green H in a yellow circle for a transport stop or Haltestelle, this bus stop “Ortsmitte” is for northbound-only regional bus 590A, 590B service to Innsbruck (6D1).
Fulpmes
From Neustift, I’m on bus 590, northbound towards Innsbruck. I hop off the bus in Fulpmes, where I catch up on “Kaffee und Kuchen” (coffee and cake) at Café Premm. I have a quick look in town before catching the Stubai valley tram (Stubaitalbahn, STB) for the trip back to Innsbruck.
Departing Stubai to Fulpmes, facing east-northeast (6D1).
Riehlstrasse at Kirchstrasse, facing west-southwest. The mountain station for the Kreuzjoch cable car is in the background at upper centre. At right is the steeple of Pfarrkirche Heiliger Vitus (1747), or the Holy Vitus parish church (6D1).
Riehlstrasse at Doktor-Kofler-Strasse, facing southwest. Bäckerei Konditorei Café Premm has some delicious cake to go with coffee (6D1).
Am Bichl: facing north-northeast.
Am Bichl: southbound STB tram arriving in Fulpmes.
Am Bichl: southbound STB tram arriving in Fulpmes; Patscherkofel mountain (2246 m) at upper-centre.
Am Bichl: facing south-southwst.
Schottenhof. Looming behind is the Ampferstein (2556 metres). Photo with 6D1.
A family near Haus Wendelin; two goats have wattles or “tassels” (6D1).
Bahnstrasse and Am Bichl, facing southwest (6D1).
Endbahnhof or terminus station for the Stubaitalbahn tram (6D1).
The beginning of the end of the day, time to hop on for the STB tram’s return to Innsbruck.
Getting there
Public transport with Innsbruck IVB, Tirol VVT:
• Innsbruck to Neustift, about 1 hour with regional bus 590a/b with service every half-hour.
• Fulpmes to Innsbruck, about 1 hour with STB Stubai valley tram with service every hour, or with regional bus 590a/b with service every half-hour.
I made all photos above on 12 May 2018 with a Canon EOS 6D mark1 (6D1) and a Fujifilm X70 fixed-lens prime (X70). This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-cc4.
My Tirol, in 1-day trips:
• Alpbach valley.
• Brenner Pass.
• Scharnitz & Porta Claudia.
• Stubai valley.
• Wilder Kaiser.
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12 Responses to “My Tirol: Stubai alpine valley”
Beautiful, indeed. The valley reminds me the valley in Dolomittes.
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Thanks, Amy. That’s an interesting comparison, and you will not be surprised to know that the Stubai valley and the Dolomites aren’t all that far apart. The Stubai valley is next to the Wipp valley which leads south to Brenner Pass. Beyond the pass is Italy, South Tyrol, and Bozen/Bolzano, from which the Dolomites are within reach. At Brenner Pass, I was very tempted to hop on a train to Bolzano, but that will have to wait for another time. Thanks for stopping by and for your comment!
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Bolzano is a charming town. We also took the local train to the places nearby. Thank you for the info.
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Henry, your posts from Bavaria, always open up such wonderful memories of my life back than in Germany. I used to go skiing in Stubaital. You know my father was a passionate mountain hiker and climber and he introduced me to the beautiful world of our mountains. As always thank you for sharing.
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Hi again, Cornelia. I’m not surprised at all you would’ve spent a lot of time in the alpine valleys around Innsbruck, which is easy to reach by car or train from Garmisch-Partenkirchen / Mittenwald. It’s amazing to know I might have passed by one or more of the mountains you and your family used to ski in past years. The 1-day trips were fun to do, photograph, and describe; I’m glad to provide some recent glimpses of these places you’ve known so well.
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Thank you so much, Henry, indeed there are many places we share having been there at different times.
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