Feichten im Kaunertal is the main village of the Kaunertal and the start of the toll road up to the glacier ski area. Homes are mostly small, for two to four, in a narrow, quiet valley where evenings are very low-key.
Feichten lies at about 1,287 metres in a narrow valley in the Ötztal Alps, with only around 640 residents in the whole municipality. The village has a parish church and a permanent exhibition on climate, glaciers and water, and the Talmuseum in Platz covers local history and mining. Here the Kaunertaler Gletscherstraße begins, 26 kilometres and 29 hairpins up to the Weißseeferner glacier. The homes are mostly small, with a minority larger, and around half have a garden. The road is open all year, and the ski area at its top has run since 1980.
A reservoir about six kilometres long, built between 1961 and 1964, which the glacier road passes on its way up.
The end of the glacier road at about 2,750 metres, where the Kaunertal glacier ski area sits.
The pilgrimage church of the Assumption at Kaltenbrunn, about 1,260 metres up in the front part of the valley.
The valley village with the Talmuseum, which covers local history and mining.
Innsbruck Airport is about an hour away by car. A car is the practical choice for the valley and the glacier road, which starts in Feichten itself and is tolled for drivers without a ski pass. Plan on driving.
The glacier road is open all year and leads to a ski area at around 2,750 metres, well above the village at 1,287 metres. In summer the same road takes you up to the glacier by car, and the valley itself works as a quiet walking base.
Yes. The Kaunertaler Gletscher ski area sits at the top of the glacier road at around 2,750 metres, and the road starts in Feichten. It is now run jointly with the smaller ski area at Fendels.
Yes, motor vehicles pay a toll on the Kaunertaler Gletscherstraße, but ski pass holders are exempt. The road is 26 kilometres long with 29 hairpin bends, and it stays open all year.
The parish church of the Holy Trinity, a permanent exhibition on climate, glaciers and water, and the Gepatsch reservoir on the way up the valley. The Talmuseum in Platz covers local history and mining.
The village is at about 1,287 metres. The glacier road starts there and climbs to 2,750 metres at the Weißseeferner glacier, so the ski area sits well above the valley floor.
Written by the TrustedVillas team. Last reviewed October 2026.
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