Kitzbühel in the summer
Cycling and mountain biking
Kitzbühel is the place to be for cyclists. Cycling opportunities here are multi-faceted, diverse and suitable for all ages and performance levels. Road racers appreciate our 14 brand-new courses covering all difficulty levels and a total of 1,200 kilometres. If you like mountain biking or cycling tours, you will be delighted with our 800 kilometres of cycling tours and mountain biking paths, located alongside romantic rivers, on Alpine service roads or on challenging trails. The scenic street leading up to Kitzbüheler Horn is Austria's steepest cycling road and has become a classic road cycling street for cyclists around the world.
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Swimming
Discover Kitzbühel's large selection of aquatic recreational activities. Schwarzsee lake, located between Kitzbühel and Reith, is one of the most beautiful and warmest swimming lakes in the Alps. Thanks to its high mud content, this lake warms up quickly in the spring, thus making its soothing and relaxing effects easily accessible early on in the year. We also recommend Gieringer Weiher, another mud lake, the covered water park Aquarena and the swimming pool in the Jochberg woods.
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Tennis
Kitzbühel and tennis: what a legendary match! People have played tennis in Kitzbühel since 1889. The first international tournament ever in Kitzbühel was the Alpine Country Trophy that took place in 1945. No other place in Austria has such a long tennis history.
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Triathlon
In 2011, Kitzbühel will host the "Dextro Energy Triathlon," a triathlon world championship series. Thanks to this major international event, Kitzbühel joined the ranks of large cities and Olympic Game host cities such as Sydney, Beijing, Madrid, London and Hamburg for the second time. Since the early days of the triathlon boom in the 1980s, Kitzbühel had already been on the forefront of this development. This tradition continues to this day, especially thanks to Kitzbühel's support of up-and coming young triathletes.
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Kitzbühel is the place to be for cyclists. Cycling opportunities here are multi-faceted, diverse and suitable for all ages and performance levels. Road racers appreciate our 14 brand-new courses covering all difficulty levels and a total of 1,200 kilometres. If you like mountain biking or cycling tours, you will be delighted with our 800 kilometres of cycling tours and mountain biking paths, located alongside romantic rivers, on Alpine service roads or on challenging trails. The scenic street leading up to Kitzbüheler Horn is Austria's steepest cycling road and has become a classic road cycling street for cyclists around the world.
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Swimming
Discover Kitzbühel's large selection of aquatic recreational activities. Schwarzsee lake, located between Kitzbühel and Reith, is one of the most beautiful and warmest swimming lakes in the Alps. Thanks to its high mud content, this lake warms up quickly in the spring, thus making its soothing and relaxing effects easily accessible early on in the year. We also recommend Gieringer Weiher, another mud lake, the covered water park Aquarena and the swimming pool in the Jochberg woods.
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Tennis
Kitzbühel and tennis: what a legendary match! People have played tennis in Kitzbühel since 1889. The first international tournament ever in Kitzbühel was the Alpine Country Trophy that took place in 1945. No other place in Austria has such a long tennis history.
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Triathlon
In 2011, Kitzbühel will host the "Dextro Energy Triathlon," a triathlon world championship series. Thanks to this major international event, Kitzbühel joined the ranks of large cities and Olympic Game host cities such as Sydney, Beijing, Madrid, London and Hamburg for the second time. Since the early days of the triathlon boom in the 1980s, Kitzbühel had already been on the forefront of this development. This tradition continues to this day, especially thanks to Kitzbühel's support of up-and coming young triathletes.
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Running & Walking
Kitzbühel is THE running mecca of the Alps. Discover the endless opportunities for running and walking in and around Kitzbühel. All kinds of surfaces and difficulty levels are available, ranging from hilly trail running paths, tough mountain trails and hiking paths to asphalted streets and even easy paths along the banks of Kitzbüheler Ache river. A total of 23 trails covering 170 kilometres with 11 different starting points have been equipped with markers.
Both visitors and locals will be delighted to find a wide range of distances and difficulty levels that will allow them to run through Kitzbühel's most beautiful places. Overall, "Kitz Running" offers 23 trails covering 170 kilometres and 11 different starting points, which makes for a well-balanced selection of opportunities for hiking, nordic walking and running.
While Kitzbühel has perfect training conditions for recreational runners, it is also the place to be for top international athletes. The Kitzbüheler Horn race has been taking place since 1979, making it one of the world's most prestigious and toughest mountain running races. In 2009, the Austrian Mountain Running Championships were held in Kitzbühel.
NEW since 2010: "Kitz Running" on Jochberg mountain has been extended to include eight brand-new trails covering 65 kilometres and three different starting points.
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