Eagle Walk (Adlerweg) emergency & health guide: hospitals, mountain rescue, 140 and 112

Rescue numbers

In Austria public health insurance pays only a small part of a mountain rescue; most of the helicopter and rescue cost, often several thousand euros, is billed to you. Alpine club membership or a supporting membership of the Bergrettung covers search and rescue, so carry one of them or travel insurance that covers mountain rescue.

Rules to know

• Wild camping is forbidden in Tyrol. Only a one-off bivouac above the tree line is tolerated, and not in nature reserves; in the Karwendel and other nature parks camping and bivouacking are allowed only on campsites. Plan to sleep in huts and inns.
• Book huts ahead. Most Alpine club huts take bookings only through their online system; the Kaiserjochhaus takes bookings in season only by phone, the Kaindlhütte only by email. A sleeping-bag liner is required in club huts, and several huts take cash only.
• The Loreahütte at the end of stage 17 is self-catering, with no food, and opens only with the Alpine club key; non-members can stay only with a member, and every night must be registered by email with the hut warden. The castle hotel at Fernsteinsee below it is closed for a business break; the nearest hotels are in Nassereith, 4 km south by bus.
• 2026 closures: path 601 between the Hintere Tarrentonalm and the Hinterbergjoch (stage 18, to the Anhalter Hütte) was closed after a rockfall in September 2026, and part of stage 24 was closed after mudflows, with a signed detour on the lower Höhenweg from the Leutkircher Hütte to the Kapall and over the Galzig to St. Christoph. Check the stage pages on tirol.at and ask the huts.
• Grazing cattle: keep your distance, do not feed or pet them, avoid mother cows with calves and keep dogs on a short lead; if cattle attack, let the dog go. Several huts, including the Falkenhütte, Kaindlhütte and Anhalter Hütte, do not take dogs overnight.
• Drones of 250 g or more, and lighter drones with a camera, must be registered with Austro Control; the Dronespace app shows where you may fly.
• EU, EEA and Swiss citizens get public health care with an EHIC card; everyone else pays in full. Rescue costs are billed separately, so insurance that covers mountain rescue is a good idea.

Before each stage, check the mountain weather from GeoSphere Austria or the huts. Afternoon thunderstorms are common in July and August, and early in the season hard snowfields can lie in the Schlauchkar (stage 11), below the Stempeljoch (stage 12) and in the Lechtal Alps.

Nearest hospital for each stage

Hospitals

Pharmacies, cash and supplies

• Pharmacies: St. Johann in Tirol, Kufstein, Innsbruck, Zirl, Ehrwald
• ATMs: St. Johann in Tirol, Kufstein, Innsbruck, Zirl
• Shops: St. Johann in Tirol, Kufstein, Innsbruck, Zirl
• Bus stops: St. Johann in Tirol, Kufstein, Pinegg, Steinberg am Rofan, Innsbruck, Zirl, Leutasch, Ehrwald, St. Christoph am Arlberg

At night and on Sundays one pharmacy (Apotheke) in each area is on duty; the Austrian Chamber of Pharmacists' finder on apotheker.or.at shows which, and every pharmacy shows the one on duty on its door. Pharmacies are in St. Johann, Kufstein, Brixlegg, Jenbach and Maurach, Innsbruck, Zirl, Seefeld, Ehrwald, Nassereith and St. Anton. Between the valley towns there are no shops: carry snacks, blister care and cash, as several huts do not take cards.

Pharmacies, ATMs, shops and stops: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Hospitals and health centres checked online.