Gailtaler Höhenweg, Mountain hiking trail in Spittal an der Drau District, Austria.

The Gailtaler Höhenweg is a hiking trail that stretches about 150 kilometers through the Gailtaler Alps at elevations between 2000 and 2300 meters. The route connects different valley sections and offers constantly changing views across the surrounding mountains.

The Gailtaler Höhenweg runs parallel to and north of the Karnischer Höhenweg, which follows the Gail river to the south. Its western section links St. Oswald bei Kartitsch at 1360 m with the Gailbergsattel and the Jauken and Reißkofel peaks, while the eastern half is broken by valleys and favours individual summits. Between Rötenkreuz and Warmbad-Judendorf, stages 25 to 30 of the Julius Kugy Alpine Trail follow the route.

The trail crosses summer-grazed alpine pastures (Almen) where huts may serve food in season, and it passes the Reißkofel-Biwakschachtel, a small bivouac shelter west of the Reißkofel. Sections from Rötenkreuz to Warmbad-Judendorf south of Villach coincide with stages 25 to 30 of the Julius Kugy Alpine Trail, named after the mountaineer Julius Kugy.

The full hike takes roughly ten days and demands good physical fitness as well as proper mountain equipment for steep terrain. Mountain huts and inns along the route provide places to rest and stay overnight.

The eastern half of the trail is split by valleys, so it is less walked than the west and mostly climbs single peaks. Variants pass either south of the Weißensee, at 930 m the highest bathing lake in the Alps, or north over the Latschur and the Goldeck, whose crystalline rock sets it apart from the rest of the Gailtal Alps.