Austria’s internet celebrity bridge hiking guide: Brave people enjoy the world first
Take the train from Innsbruck to the Zillertal Valley, and arrive in the ski town of Mayrhoften in more than two hours. We stayed in Mayrhoften for three nights. Because of the thunderstorm warning, we went to the Speicher Zillergründl reservoir on the first day because there was a Little Tibet there that attracted us. my attention. I like it very much, far more than the Internet celebrity bridge hike.
✅Internet Celebrity Bridge Strategy:
Take bus 4102 from Mayrhoften to Schlegeis Reservoir, starting from the train station, 10 euros.
Austrian bus stations have an H sign, which makes people think they are hotels, but they are actually bus stations. Remember your location, walk 10 minutes ahead to another parking lot, and you will see a big sign introducing the hiking route here. Next to it is the 502 hiking trail.
The entire 3.8 kilometers climbs 500 meters, and it takes about two hours to reach the Olperer cabin, or a slower 2.5-3 hours. If you are driving by yourself, just navigate to Schlegeis.
For the loop route 502-526-532, refer to the orange route in Figure 14. If you start entering the mountain counterclockwise 532, the hiking entrance is opposite the information booth in Figure 6, the exit of the dam tunnel and next to Dominikushütte.
✅Now let’s talk about whether it is necessary to take the circular line:
502 goes straight up and down to the Olperer hutte (referred to as House 0), including 1-2 hours of queuing for meals and taking photos, and it takes 4-5 hours.
Cross the bridge and take 526 from Chalet 0 to Chalet Friesenberghaus
It takes 2-2.5 hours. The whole journey is on the mountainside. There is basically no climbing, but there are big rocks all the way. The road conditions are not good and it is easy to twist your feet. Looking at the reservoir all the way, you can see the panoramic view, as well as the top of the Alps, with a wide view.
After arriving at Cabin F, we started going down the mountain, which took 2 hours. The scenery was beautiful but not unique. It's a bit like TMB hiking, the scenery is a bit monotonous and the road conditions are not that good. But there is a bridge to release the film.
You may need to queue up to take photos at the Internet Celebrity Bridge, so you need a good photographer. Stand a little higher so you can frame yourself in the lake. The camera position is too low which is not conducive to composition. Try to stand in the middle of the fourth frame. The photographer can also adjust the camera position by himself, because the model may not be able to spot it.
We had the first bus at 8:07 in the morning, started hiking at 9:50, returned to the parking lot around 17:20, and waited for the last bus back to Mayrhoften. We often hike and take photos without stopping too much.
If you are not a regular hiker, I recommend you not to take the loop route. The entire hike alone will take 6-7 hours and may cause pain in the soles of your feet. Walking more than ten kilometers is still a challenge.