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Quaint mountain huts, superb pasturelands, bars and retail shops: Vent boasts an infinite variety of local companies and infrastructures.
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E-bike charging station at Natur- und Alpinhotel Post.
Opening Hours: Today: 00:00 - 00:00
On the first floor of the listed Widum, the 50 m² exhibition is dedicated to the diverse nature and cultural topics around Vent. An impressive photo gallery shows the traditional shaft drive between Vent and South Tyrol. The rich settlement history around Vent is excitingly told. These weighty topics are presented sensitively and unobtrusively, along with the tradition of field names or the history of the Alpine Club. Pictures from Ötztal Nature Park
Opening Hours: Today: 08:00 - 20:00
Discover and experience nature.In summer, Vent is a paradise for hikers and mountaineers. Wonderful high-altitude trails, magnificent sunrises, glacier-fringed high valleys, enjoy nature at its purest. Climb from blossoming alpine meadows up into the eternal ice! Gain impressions that will remain unforgettable. Eight alpine club and mountain huts await you.Countless marked trails invite you to extended hikes. The whole scenery is dominated by Tyrol's highest mountain, the Wildspitze at 3,768 m.Hiking & Mountaineering.Vent can confidently be called a place of longing for mountaineers and hikers. The original mountain village owes this reputation to its historical connection to alpinism. And therefore belongs to the illustrious circle of Austrian mountaineering villages. Time seems to stand still here, but you shouldn't. Challenging summit tours, seemingly endless long-distance hiking trails, hut tours lasting several days, leisurely family hikes and educational theme trails await you. The summer cable cars facilitate the ascent and descent to the mountain world and to the alpine pastures and huts, while the mountain guides of Venter will guide you safely across the fles, ice and snow.
The suspension bridge was built by the brothers Klotz in 1967 and 1984 renewed.The bridge is 46 m long and crosses the 31 m deep "Rofnerschlucht".Restaurant:Gasthof Rofenhof phone +43 (0) 5254 8103 (summer: monday restday, winter: sunday restday)
On the wide open plain between Vent and the historic Rofenhöfe Farms, deeply symbolic sculptures that enter into dialogue with attentive hikers are catching the eye. The artworks made of stone were created between 2007 and 2013 as part of the ARTeVENT international sculpture symposium. With the help of an audio guide that can be accessed with your own smartphone, this unique Art Trail becomes a lively narrated symbiosis between art, nature and people.
Opening Hours: Today: 00:00 - 00:00
- Starting point to the highest mountain in Tyrol, the Wildspitze (3,768 m)- ideal starting point for many hikes: Wildes Mannle (3,019 m), Breslauer Hütte (2,844 m), Sonnbergweg, Seuffertweg, and much more.- Stableinalm panoramic restaurantParking: Wildspitze chairlift valley stationBus stop: Vent Hotel Post (3 minutes walk)
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Personal encounters among visionary alpinists paved the way for the founding of the German Alpine Club. Vent’s Widum, described by Johann Stüdl as “the coziest base for high-altitude tourists,” was at the heart of this development.Franz Senn—pastor and innkeeper, fearless mountaineer, and progressive advocate of the Alps—became the driving force behind this movement.Today, the new Widum in Vent serves as an information center for Ötztal Tourism and hosts an exhibition by the Ötztal Nature Park. The Alpine Club Museum offers a glimpse into the preserved guestbook of Vent from that pioneering era.Open daily: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM Free admission
Opening Hours: Today: 08:00 - 20:00
Surrounded by the Ötztal Alps, Hotel Alt Vent Tyrol in Vent offers a spa area and a restaurant serving Tyrolean cuisine.
Opening Hours: Today: 12:00 - 20:00
Open from 17th june 2025 to 7th september 2025 (will close in the morning)The hut is the highest hut in the Ötztal Alps and is situated on 3272 m. It is also called the glacier palace. The lodge is accessible only by the glacier. High Alpine Mountain Tour - Mountain equipment required. For a suitable acclimatization training excellent.
Summer: open from 19th june to 21st September 2025 (in fair weather at midday about 03.00 pm, in bad weather in the morning).Winter: closed, winter house openFrom Breslauer Hütte you enjoy fantastic views of Ötztal's glacier world. Jovial hut evenings with traditional Alpine music. Group discounts. Mountain equipment rental, goods lift for rucksack transport available. Climbing wall next to the hut, practicing climbing garden at 15 minutes. Main base for climbing Wildspitze (3768 m).To Breslauer Hüttte: Vent via Wildspitze double chairlift to Stablein Alm 2.354 m, with the chairlift Wildes Mannle to 2.646 m and then to Breslauer Hütte, time: 1 h.Crossings: Sonnberg high-altitude trail to Vent, time: 3-4 h, Vernagthütte, time: 2.5 h, Hochjoch Hospiz, time: 4.5 h, Braunschweigerhütte, time: 6-7 h, Taschachhaus, time: 5-6 hPeak climbs: Wildspitze, Wildes Mannle, Urkundholm, Vorderer Brochkogel, Hinterer Brochkogel, Ötztaler Urkund, Taufkarkogel.
