Stubai High Trail emergency & health guide: hospital, mountain rescue, 140 and 112

Rescue numbers

The free SOS EU ALP app from the Tyrol control centre (Leitstelle Tirol) sends your GPS position with the alarm. Rescue and helicopter costs can be high: carry insurance that covers search and rescue, for example through Alpine Club membership or the Bergrettung Tirol supporter membership (36 euros a year per family, cover up to 30,000 euros per person).

Rules to know

• The Stubaier Höhenweg is a black (difficult) mountain path. Many exposed passages are secured with steel cables and iron rungs, like short, easy via ferrata: the descent from the Sendersjöchl (stage 2), the climb to the Peiljoch (stage 5), the descent to the Nürnberger Hütte (stage 6), and on stage 8 the chimney below the Bremer Hütte towards the Lauterer See (avoidable on the easier "Normalweg") and the climb over the Wasenwand. A harness and via ferrata set are not compulsory but helpful; stow your poles on the cables.
• No glacier is crossed, but steep old snowfields are common on the high passes early in the season. Microspikes and an ice axe help. Ask the hut staff about conditions before you set off.
• Book the huts ahead; most take bookings only online and bookings are binding. Cancellation rules differ: for example, the Innsbrucker Hütte allows free cancellation up to 7 days before, while the Franz-Senn-Hütte refunds only in exceptional cases. A hut sleeping bag (liner) is compulsory on Alpine Club huts.
• Dogs must be on a lead on the whole Stubaier Höhenweg and around the huts. The huts take dogs only if booked in advance and a dog room is free, from 12 euros per night; dogs are not allowed in dorms or beds. The narrow, cabled passages make the route unsuitable for most dogs.
• Wild camping is forbidden in Tyrol outside campsites; only a one-off bivouac above the tree line during a mountain tour (planned or in an emergency) is allowed. The trail runs through the Stubai Alps quiet zone (Ruhegebiet Stubaier Alpen). Drones over 250 g need registration with Austro Control; respect wildlife and other guests.
• EU, EEA, Swiss and UK visitors get public health care with an EHIC or GHIC card; everyone else pays in full, so travel insurance that also covers mountain rescue is a good idea.

Before each stage, check the mountain weather from GeoSphere Austria and ask at the hut. Afternoon thunderstorms are common in summer, and the stage from the Bremer to the Innsbrucker Hütte is a fair-weather route. The huts post current trail conditions on the Stubaier Höhenweg Facebook page.

Nearest hospital for each stage

Hospitals

Clinics and doctors

These doctors treat minor injuries and illness during surgery hours. They are not emergency departments. At night and at weekends call 141 for the doctor on call; the Tyrol medical association lists the weekend and holiday duty doctors for Neustift and Fulpmes. The health line 1450 tells you how urgent a problem is.

Pharmacies, cash and supplies

• Pharmacies: Neustift
• ATMs: Neustift, Neustift (Neder)
• Shops: Neustift
• Bus stops: Neustift, Neustift (Neder)

There are pharmacies in Neustift and Fulpmes. At weekends and on public holidays the duty pharmacy and doctor for the Stubai Valley are listed by the Tyrol medical association (aektirol.at). There are no shops or ATMs between the first and the last hut: carry cash, snacks and any medicine you need; the huts sell meals and lunch packs.

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