Eisgratbahn cable car to the Top of Tyrol

The start of the trip is at the bottom station of the Eisgrat cable car (1,695m). There is a huge parking lot nearby (free of charge). The station is located at the very end of the Stubai Valley, less than 40 kilometers from Innsbruck.

The first part of the cable car takes you to a significant terrain break 600 meters higher.

The view back is very beautiful as we get higher and higher above the Stubai Valley.

An interesting place is where the dirt road intended to supply the mountain hut Dresdner Hütte disappears in a short tunnel and right next to it is a pedestrian bridge crossing the narrow gorge of the Fernaubach stream. This place is only 400 meters from the intermediate station of the cable car, so you can run here and have a closer look at the gorge.

We finally arrive at the first intermediate station Fernau (2,300m). We are in a very picturesque place with lots of hiking opportunities. The iconic Dresdner Hütte is built above the cable car station

We continue towards the second intermediate station Eisgrat. The first look back at the Fernau intermediate station and the Dresdner Hütte standing next to it

Ahead are the rocks and the wild stream of Fernaubach

The highlight of this part of the climb is definitely riding over the lake. If you walk between the stations, it is definitely worth taking the path around this lake

Above the lake, a panorama of lower peaks above the Stubai valley opens up

We are slowly approaching the second intermediate station and a height of almost three thousand meters above sea level.

We arrive at the second intermediate station – Eisgrat (2,900m). There is a large slide in the form of a mammoth. You can also go to an ice cave from here

We are already in a high mountain environment and around us are towering giants with an obviously receding glacier

Now the last, shortest ride awaits us. We climb above the glacier in the direction of Schaufeljoch. We can already see the observation platform Top of Tyrol.