What's on in Kitzbühel, Austria through the year

Peak crowds — Hahnenkamm races, Christmas holidays in Austria

• Festival

  Hahnenkamm races

  14–27 Jan · usuallyMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  The Streif downhill is the hardest race on the circuit and the town takes about 100,000 people for the weekend. Rooms are booked a year out and priced accordingly. Source ↗

Still on: Ski season (25 Nov – 10 Apr (usually))

Busy — Semester (winter) holidays in Austria, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Ski season (25 Nov – 10 Apr (usually))

Busy — Easter holidays in Austria, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Ski season (25 Nov – 10 Apr (usually))

Busy — Easter holidays in Austria, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Ski season (25 Nov – 10 Apr (usually))

Busy — Pentecost (Whitsun) holidays in Austria, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Walking and golf season

  25 May – 10 Oct · usuallyTrail season

  The Kitzbueheler Horn road and the lift-served walking open from late May, and the town has more golf courses than a place this size has any business with.

Quiet — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: Walking and golf season (25 May – 10 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — Generali Open tennis, Summer holidays in Austria

• Festival

  Generali Open tennis

  17–24 JulMajor festivalCrowded

  An ATP clay tournament in a mountain stadium in mid-to-late July, which fills the town in a week that would otherwise be quiet. Ground passes are easy, the finals are not. Source ↗

Still on: Walking and golf season (25 May – 10 Oct (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Austria, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Walking and golf season (25 May – 10 Oct (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Austria, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Almabtrieb cattle drives

  10 Sep – 5 Oct · usuallyHarvest

  The herds come down off the Kitzbueheler Alpen pastures through September, decorated if the summer passed without a loss and plain if it did not. Dates are set a week or two ahead. Source ↗

Still on: Walking and golf season (25 May – 10 Oct (usually))

Busy — Autumn holidays in Austria, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Walking and golf season (25 May – 10 Oct (usually)), Almabtrieb cattle drives (10 Sep – 5 Oct (usually))

Busy — Kitzbuehel Advent, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Kitzbuehel Advent

  18 Nov – 27 DecChristmas & New YearCrowded

  Markets in the Hinterstadt and the Stadtpark for six weeks, running past Christmas into the ski season. Weekends are the Munich day-trip crowd, weekdays are the town's own. Source ↗

• Season

  Ski season

  25 Nov – 10 Apr · usually

  A big linked area for a low resort: the top station is only 2,000 metres, so the season depends on snowmaking at both ends and the spring runs go to slush by lunchtime.

Peak crowds — Kitzbuehel Advent, Christmas holidays in Austria

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Kitzbuehel Advent (18 Nov – 27 Dec), Ski season (25 Nov – 10 Apr (usually))