Hohe Salve

This circular ride leads along forest trails and quiet roads around the 1,828-metre-high Hohe Salve mountain. It begins in Hopfgarten in the Brixental Valley and passes Brixen im Thale before leading through the Kitzbühel Alps into the ski resort on the Salvenberg mountain offering wonderful views of the Wilder Kaiser Mountains. Riders then return via Söll and Itter back to the starting point. There are plenty of huts and mountain restaurants along the way serving food and drink. The ride is 37 kilomtres in length and has 1,120 vertical metres of elevation gain, meaning riders must have good overall fitness.
Leaving from the car park at the bottom of the Salvena Bergbahn cable car in Hopfgarten, riders head along the Brixentaler Straße road for 500 metres towards Kitzbühel. They then turn off right into the settlement of Elsbethen and follow the cycle path through the settlement all the way to the turning marked bike trail number 274. It is here that the climb begins, leading along the tarmac road past the reservoir and through forests onto the Gruberberg mountain. After 2.8 kilometres, turn left onto route number 206 towards Schwaigerberg fahren and complete a short descent towards Westendorf and Lendwirt as far as Unterwindau. In Unterwindau, cross over the Windauer Ache river and ride for a short section heaidng out of the valley. Before you get to the Lendwirt guesthouse, the route branches off to the right towards Westendorf. After a short climb of around 100 vertical metres through fields and pastures near Westendorf, continue straight on through the centre of the village. At the municipal building ("Gemeindeamt") in the centre of the village turn right and take first the Dorfstraße and later the Bichling Straße to Bichling. Ride past Achenberg and then head in a north-easterly direction to Brixen im Thale. After reaching the Erlensee lake, cross under the railway line and continue as far as the Dorfstraße in Brixen. Turn left onto the Dorfstraße and at Bahngraben turn right onto Unterer Sonnberg and route number 265 taking you to Hochbrixen-Hochsöll. Continue along a tarmac road, later a forest trail, via Oberer Sonnberg and Jodlgraben into the ski resort.