A summer card without partner accommodation: cards to buy for camping, cabins and day trips

You only get most summer cards in Austria at partner accommodation. But if you are going camping, staying with friends, in a holiday cabin or in a hotel that is not part of the card scheme, you don’t have to pay for every cable car separately. Eight cards can be bought by anyone, wherever you sleep.

Cards to buy and their 2026 prices

High-season prices, adult / child:

Card	Region	Shortest	About a week
Kärnten Card	all of Carinthia	7 days: €69 / €37	7 days: €69 / €37
Lech Card Sommer	Lech Zürs	2 days: €46	7 days: €105 (children free)
Zillertal Activcard	Zillertal	3 days: €95.50 / €48	6 days: €137 / €68.50
Stubai Card	Stubaital	5 days within 7: €99 / €49.50	5 days within 7: €99 / €49.50
Ötztal Summer Card	Ötztal	3 days: €89 / €53	7 days: €159 / €96
SalzburgerLand Card	all of Salzburger Land	6 days: €103 / €52	6 days: €103 / €52
Kitzbüheler Alpen Summer Card	Kitzbüheler Alpen	2 days: €79 / €39.50	7 days: €139.50 / €70
Montafon Brandnertal WildPass	Montafon, Brandnertal	3 days: €83 / €47.50	7 days: €142 / €81.50

What a family of four pays

Example family: two adults, children aged 8 and 11, a card for about a week:

Card	For the family	Why
Lech Card Sommer (7 days)	€210	children under 14 free with a parent
Kärnten Card (1 week)	€212	cheapest child card
Zillertal Activcard (6 days)	€274	family discount: children free
Stubai Card (5 days within 7)	€297
SalzburgerLand Card (6 days)	€310	each attraction only once
Kitzbüheler Alpen Summer Card (7 days)	€419	40 cable cars
Montafon Brandnertal WildPass (7 days)	€447
Ötztal Summer Card (7 days)	€510

The catalogue works out the exact price for your group and number of days. Just enter your children’s ages and the number of days with a bought card.

What to watch out for

• Consecutive days. The Zillertal, Kitzbüheler Alpen and Kärnten cards are only valid on consecutive days. The exception is the Stubai Card: any 5 days within 7.
• The Kärnten Card starts on first use. The week counts from your first visit and must be used in one go.
• Not everywhere is unlimited. The Zillertal Activcard gives one cable car a day, the SalzburgerLand Card each attraction only once during its validity, the Kärnten Card each destination once a day.
• Family discounts differ. In the Zillertal children only travel free if the parents buy two adult cards. In Lech it is enough for one parent to have the card.
• Hybrid cards. The Ötztal Summer Card and the Stubai Super Card are included at partner accommodation. If you stay with a partner, you don’t need to buy them.

Cards you can’t buy

The JOKER CARD Saalbach, HochkönigCard, Schladming-Dachstein Card, Nationalpark SommerCard and other cards that are free with accommodation cannot be bought. If you stay in the region outside the partners, you pay normal cable car fares. In Schladming there is a paid seasonal Freizeitcard, which we do not yet compare in the catalogue. How to find partner accommodation is explained in our article on accommodation with a summer card.

How to choose a card you can buy

1. How many days will you actually ride the lifts? A shorter 2–3-day card often works out better than a weekly one if you spend the other days at the lake or on trips without lifts.
2. Unlimited or one lift a day? If you want several lifts in a day, go for a card without a daily limit.
3. Your children’s ages. Family discounts vary from card to card, and with young children the difference can run to hundreds of euros.
4. Ask at the campsite. Before buying, check whether your campsite or host is a partner of the card. Some campsites and apartments hand it out for free too.
5. Do the maths. Add up the fares for the lifts you really want and compare them with the card price. The catalogue works it out for you.

Summary

For camping or a cabin, the cheapest is the Kärnten Card (all of Carinthia, €69 a week). For families, the Lech Card and the Zillertal Activcard pay off, as children travel free. If you want as many cable cars as possible, go for the Kitzbüheler Alpen Summer Card with its 40 cable cars. All cards you can buy are in the catalogue under the “Can be bought” filter.

Sources

1. Kärnten Card – weekly card prices
2. Zillertal Activcard 2026 – first information (PDF)
3. Lech Card – summer 2026 price list (PDF)
4. Stubai Super Card / Stubai Card – leaflet 2026 (PDF)
5. Ötztal Inside Summer Card – official page
6. Kitzbüheler Alpen Summer Card – price list 2026
7. SalzburgerLand Card – services and prices
8. Montafon Brandnertal – multi-day passes

Information is valid as of the article's last update. Card conditions change every season, so check them with the region or your accommodation before you travel.

Translated from the Czech original. Figures and conditions come from the same verified data.