All mentioned hours are without rest! As the Karwendel has many possible entries/exists the tours can be adjusted at will. From the five selected tours it is clear the Karwendel is there for everybody.
Starting point: Innsbruck
day 1: Ascend with cable-railway to Seegrubbe or Haflekar -
walk to Pfeishutte
3-4hrs
day 2: Pfeishutte - Mosalm
2-3hrs
day 3: Mosalm - Scharnitz (make reservations!)
3-4hrs
day 4: Scharnitz - Karwendelhaus
4-5hrs
day 5: Karwendelhaus - Falkenhutte
2-3hrs
day 6: Falkenhutte - Lamsjochhutte
4-5hrs
day 7: Lamsjochhutte - Schwaz - Innsbruck (by train)
3-4hrs
Starting point: Schwaz
day 1: Schwaz - Lamsjoch hutte
4-5hrs
day 2: Lamsjoch hutte - Karwendelhaus, skip Falkenhutte
6-7hrs
day 3: Karwendelhaus - Hallerangerhaus, via Birkar spitze
7-9hrs
day 4: Hallerangerhaus - Pfeishutte
3-4hrs
day 5: Pfeishutte - Solsteinhaus
6-8hrs
day 6: Solsteinhaus - Nordlinger hutte
4-5hrs
day 7: Descend to either Reith or Seefeld
2-3hrs
Starting point: Kranebitten
day 1: Kranebitten - Solsteinhaus, skip N. Magdenburger hutte.
4-6hrs
Day 2: Solsteinhaus - Karwendelhaus, take the high road
via Zirmalm, descend to Angelre and do the
Geierschbachklamm. Great and mostly lonely (at first)!
10-12hrs
day 3: Karwendelhaus - Lamsjochhutte, skip the Falkenhutte.
6-8hrs
day 4: Lamsjochhutte - Hallerangerhaus, do not climb
Lamsenspitze! No time for that. Long but great.
10-12hrs
day 5: Hallerangerhaus - Seegrubbe berghotel, skip Pfeishutte
(make reservations in the hotel)
7-8hrs
day 6: Seegrube - Neue Magdenburger hutte, via Kemacher
and frau Hitt
5-7hrs
day 7: Neue Magdenburgerhutte - Nordlinger hutte skip
Solsteinhaus
7-9hrs
day 8: Nordlinger hutte - Scharnitz
4-5hrs
Starting point: Schwaz
day 1: Schwaz - Lamsjochhutte, climb Lamsenspitze
6-8hrs
day 2: Lamsjochhutte - Falkenhutte, via Hahnkampl spitze
and optionally Sonnjoch.
5-9hrs
day 3: Falkenhutte - Mahnkopf - Steinfalk - return to
Falkenhutte - Karwendelhaus
6-7hrs
day 4: Karwendel hohen tour: Karwendelhaus - Birkarspitze -
Odkarspitzen - Marxenkarspitze - Breitgriesskarspitze -
Pleisenhutte. Only for experienced and steady walkers!
Don't try in spring when there is still snow!
9-11hrs
day 5: Pleisenhutte - Solsteinhaus, in afternoon climb
Erlspitze
6-8hrs
day 6: Solsteinhaus - kl and gr Solstein - Neue Magdenden
burger hutte
4-6hrs
day 7: Neue Magdenburger hutte - Hohe Warte - Vord Brandjoch
(descend from Hohe Warte first!) - Frau Hitt -
Kemacher - Haflekarspitze - Seegrube Berghotel
6-8hrs
day 8: Seegrube - Mannspitze - Rumerspitze (II!) - Pfeishutte
5-7hrs
day 9: Pfeishutte - Thaurerjoch spitze - Stempeljoch spitze -
Speckarspitze - Betelwurfhutte
6-8hrs
day 10:Betelwurfhutte - kl (III!) and gr (I) Betelwurf
- Schwaz
6-8hrs
Starting point Schwaz
day 1: Schwaz - Lamsjochhutte, climb Lamsenspitze
6-8hrs
day 2: Lamsjochhutte - Falkenhutte, via Hahnkampl
4-6hrs
day 3: Falkenhutte - Tolzerhutte
Depending on the road taken 7-10hrs.
day 4: Tolzer hutte - Karwendelhaus
7-8hrs
day 5: Karwendelhaus - Krinner Kofler hutte
5-7hrs (careful on the gjaidsteig when it rains!)
day 6: Krinner Kofler hutte - hochland hutte -
Mittennwalder hutte
6-8hrs (One can also stay in the hochland hutte)
day 7: Mittenwalder hutte - Brunsteinhutte
depends on the selected road: 3-7hrs
day 8: Brunsteinhutte - Brunnensteinspitze -
Hallerangerhaus
8-9hrs
day 9: Daytrip to Betelwurfhutte, and/or climb a peak at
will
min 3hrs
day 10:Hallerangerhaus - Pfeishutte (do the pleisenspitze
and thaurer joch spitze if desired)
min 4hrs
day 11:Pfeishutte - Solsteinhaus
6-8hrs
day 12:daytrip Neue Magedenburger hutte and/or climb
peaks at will. Do not under-estimate the
schutzsteig, you will need your hands
min 3hrs
day 13:Solsteinhaus - Nordlinger hutte
5-7hrs
day 14:Nordlinger hutte - Reith - Innsbruck - Hafelekar
round-trip at desire on the Innsbucker nordkette.
2-3hrs to get to Reith.
starting point: Hotel Seegrube (Innsbruck)
day 1: Hotel Seegrube -> Solsteinhaus, via Innsbrucker klettersteig
and gipfelsturmers weg
6-8 hours
day 2: Solsteinhaus -> Nordlinger hutte, via Freiungen hoheweg
5-7 hours
day 3: Nordlinger hutte -> Brunnsteinhutte, via Epzirl-alm,
Scharnitz
7-9 hours
day 4: Brunnsteinhutte -> Hochland hutte, via Brunnsteinspitze
and Mittenwalder hoheweg. Descend via Pfredigstuhl is
tricky!
7-9 hours
day 5: Hochland hutte -> Karwendelhaus, via Gjaidsteig
5-7 hours
day 6: Karwendelhaus -> Hallerangerhaus, via Birkarspitze
8-10 hours
day 7: Hallerangerhaus -> Innsbruck, via Betelwurfhutte, climb
Grosser Betelwurf(I) without backpack and descend to
Absam. The bus to Innsbruck you can find the first street
left when you leave the Halltal.
8-10 hours