Hiking with children: the best tips and tours, mountain worlds

We present you with a lot of interesting facts about "With children on the mountain": from touring and hut tips to inspiring stories to motivational recommendations and safety instructions. This makes the hiking season a great experience for young and old!

Tour tips: Family-friendly hikes

Not too long, eventful and close to the city: Below you will find some of the most beautiful hikes suitable for children in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

With children on the mountain

13 tours for the whole family

We present 13 family-friendly tours in Austria and Germany, which are ideal for young mountain climbers.

On the mountain with children

Summer tours for the whole family

Lush alpine pastures, 360-degree views and stalactite caves: six tours that will delight the whole family.

Hiking for little mountain lovers

On tours with children, the small discoveries on the edge of the path are usually the focus of interest: a merrily babbling mountain stream to marvel at, a puddle to jump in or a …

On the go with a stroller and toddler’s cabin

Family-friendly tours in the south of Vienna

If you want to make the mountains tasty for your city children, you don’t have to drive far from Vienna. Bergwelten portal manager Karin Gant presents three tours for the whole family.

3 huts – 6 tours

A summer on the mountain: with children on the Arlberg

A weekend on the Arlberg in summer? It works wonderfully – even with the whole family. We tested 3 child-friendly huts. Conclusion: The youngsters were enthusiastic – and so were we.

With children on the mountain

Children’s hiking in Schladming

The area around Schladming, in the Styrian Enns Valley, offers numerous opportunities to explore nature with the little ones. We have useful tips for trips and the most beautiful children’s tours.

On the way with small children

Walking with strollers around Munich

A few tips for leisurely hikes with small children around the Bavarian capital, for which you don’t even need a backpack.

Hut tips: Child-friendly accommodations on the mountain

Adventure playgrounds, swimming lakes and petting zoos: Small mountain lovers are more than welcome in these huts.

Fun and adventure: 8 child-friendly huts

Going hiking is probably the best way to combine exercise and nature experience. So that the mountain experience remains unforgettable for children in a positive sense, does not want …

Inspiration: family road trip in a camper bus

By bus and children through Corsica – sure, it works wonderfully! The Schön family from Upper Bavaria shows us how it’s done.

Parental leave road trip in a VW bus: The 5 protagonists

The Schön family from Upper Bavaria – consisting of parents, toddler and baby – say goodbye to everyday life and head for Corsica and Sardinia in a VW bus. The four adventurers let us on …

Parental leave road trip in a VW bus: Camping equipment – what you have to take with you?

Two children, two months, two islands – Kathy and Peter Schön escape everyday life and travel with their eight months and two and a half year old children in a VW bus through Sardinia and Corsica. Us…

Parental leave road trip in a VW bus: leisure, clothing, food – what has to go with?

Tips & Tricks: With children on the mountain

Motivation when walking, safely on the first via ferrata, bike fun off-road: we provide you with valuable tips.

Family on the mountain

This is how you motivate your children to go hiking

"Mom-Dad, how long?" – Which parent does not know this question ?! Of course, it is most beautiful on the mountain with the whole family. We have put together 9 helpful tips for you …

With children in the mountains

Anyone who goes up the mountain with children is sure to have a lot of fun, but is also very responsible. The children’s play instinct is more pronounced than their sense of security and parents have to …

5 tips for climbing with children

Climbing with children? Sure, it works! At least if some basic rules are observed. Mountain guide Walter Zörer reveals what to do respect, think highly of applies so that experience, fun and security are top …

Tips from the professional: With children up high mountains

It doesn’t have to be Mount Everest to talk about mountain climbing. Our body already shows the first effects of the "thinner" air at medium altitudes from approx. 2,000 – 2,500 m. But…

Mountain biking with children

8 tips for bike fun with kids

Werner Moser is relieved: his children love mountain biking as much as he does. A few tips so that other parents can do the same.

OUTDOORS: winning outerwear for children

Fashionable outdoor clothing for children, designed in Austria, produced sustainably and with meaning and understanding implemented? Yes, there is! We are giving away a cool outfit from DRAUSSEN – Kids…

2 comments

Tobias V. | 14.Yes 2020

I think you left out a very cool area. There’s still a pretty great way to hike with kids: long hikes with the whole family. We have been doing this with our three small children every summer for five years. And it’s actually addictive: a great experience every time! Sometimes we run from hut to hut, sometimes we travel with a tent. We almost always go to Scandinavia, because the hiking infrastructure there also makes long walks with family almost carefree. We recommend!

Here is some inspiration and a few tips on how to do it: