The Kitzbüheler Horn (also spelt Kitzbühler Horn) is a mountain in the

Kitzbühel Alps The Kitzbühel Alps (german: Kitzbüheler Alpen or ''Kitzbühler Alpen'') are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps surrounding the town of Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria. Geologically they are part of the western slate zone (greywacke zone) ...

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, whose western flank lies near the smart

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Kitzbühel Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol, Austria, about east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbühel district (). Kitzbühel ...

. With a height of it only just misses being a 'two-thousander'. At the summit is a 102 metre high TV tower belonging to the

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and known as the Kitzbüheler Horn Transmission Tower (''Sendeturm Kitzbüheler Horn''). The ''Harschbichl'' (1,604 m) is a sub-peak to the north which is also accessible.

Tourism

The mountain has several cable cars and

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s and there is a panoramic toll road from Kitzbühel. There are also several mountain inns on its slopes. The so-called ''Alpenhaus'' (,''Alpenhaus''
at www.alpenhaus.at. Austrian Map online
1:50.000 (ÖK 50) of the BEV) was in recent years the finish of the King Stage (''Königsetappe'') of the

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cycle race. An Alpine flower garden (''Alpenblumengarten'') has been laid out at a height of 1800 m which, despite its name, has mountain plants from all over the world. Every year in August the International Kitzbühler Horn Race takes place. The route runs along the 7.4 km long toll road to the Alpenhaus. Its maximum incline in the closing stages is 22.4%. The record time to the Alpenhaus is held by Beat Bräu who completed the race in a time of 29:11 minutes. Numerous lifts have been built to support

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in the ski region of the same name. On the side facing St. Johann there is a mountain cart route. There is a small mountain lake level with the half-way station on the cable car from the village. Both peaks are heavily frequented, not just by hikers, but also by mountain bikers due to its good paths. File:Kitzbühler-Horn-von-Norden.jpg, The Kitzbüheler Horn from the north File:Kitz1.jpg, View looking northeast from the Kitzbüheler Horn File:Kitzbüheler Horn.JPG, View looking south from the Kitzbüheler Horn File:Bergsee Kitzbueheler Horn.JPG, Mountain lake near the halfway station with a view of the Wilder Kaiser range File:Kitzbüheler H..JPG, The Kitzbüheler Horn seen from the Gampenkogel, in the background the

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range File:Kitzbühler Horn from Jochberg 1.jpg, The Kitzbüheler Horn seen from Jochberg to the south.

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Kitzbüheler Horn
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