Here
in Meransen you can go
on a beautiful, easy and interesting hiking trip during
any season. The Altfass
valley with its pristine alps and clear
mountain lakes is a popular hiking destination in summer
and in winter is accessible by a cross-country ski run.
The Pfunderer
Höhenweg from Bruneck to Sterzing passing through
Meransen is well suited for trained
hikers.
A
few hiking trips start at Meransen (1400m):
Meransen
circular route Cable car square (marked blue) down the main street to
the horse shoe curve, right turn-off - Holzerhof (1360 m) -
Häusler - Wieser - Platzer (1552 m) - Kaufmann - Scheider
- Herrnhof - Stampfl - cable car square. Total
walking time 2 hrs 30 min
Descent to Mühlbach
(775 m)
Cable car square the village - follow the main road direction
Stampfl-Kreuz - right turn-off (mark #12) Stiefler - Lindenweg
- Mühlbach (775 m) Back
to Meransen by cable car. Total
walking time 1hr 30 min
Leitensteig
to Vals (1354 m)
Cable car square in the village - follow the road direction
Aussereggen - Walder (1560 m), (red mark) Leitensteig - Vals
(1354 m) (1 hr 30 min) Return:
valley road - Valler Badl - ascent
walkway (mark #11) Aussereggen - cable car square (2 hrs 30
min). Total walking time 4 hrs
Gitschberg - cabin
lift - mountain station (2059 m) - Gitsch (2512 m) mountain
station - lift route - skiing area (mark #12) - Gitsch (2512
m) (1 hrs 30 min.). Descent
(mark #12) Zasslerhütte (lodge) - Pichlerhütte (lodge)
- Grabenkreuz - Scheider - road - cabin lift - valley station
(1428 m) (2hrs). Total walking
time 3 hrs 30 min
Walder
Höfe (1560 m) - Großer Seefeldsee (Large Seefeld
Lake) (2271 m) Parking lot Walder Höfe - road (mark
#14) Altfass Valley - Grossberghütte (lodge) (1638 m) (45
min) - alp trail - Pranter Stadelhütte (lodge) (1835 m)
- Wieserhütte (lodge) (1850 m) (45 min) - ascent trail
(mark #14) - Grosser Seefeldsee (Large Seefeld Lake) (2271 m)
(1 hr 15 min). Return by
the same route (2 hrs 15 min) Total
walking time 5 hrs
Klein
Gitsch (2262 m) Mountain station - Zasslerhütte
(lodge) - Ochsenboden (mark #12a) - Klein-Gitsch (2262 m) (45
min) - Moserhütte (lodge) (1936 m) (Mark. 12a) - cabin
lift - valley station (1428 m) (1 hr 45 min). Total
walking time 2 hrs 30 min
Großer
Seefeldsee (Large Seefeld Lake) (2271 m) Mountain station
(red mark) - Zasslerhütte (lodge) (2050 m) - Ochsenboden
(mark #6) - Weiss Alp - Schellenberg - Großer Seefeldsee
(Large Seefeld Lake) (2271 m) (2 hrs 30 min). Descent
(mark #14) Altfass Valley - Außereggen - cable car square
(1400 m) (2 hrs). Total walking time 4 hrs 30 min
Descent from the Kiener
Alp to Meransen
Mountain station (marked red) - skiing slope - Scharte/Kiener
Alp (1750 m) trail (marked red) – Pichler - road - cabin
lift - valley station (1428 m). Total
walking time 1 hr 45 min
Seefeldspitz
(2717 m)
Mountain station (marked red) - Zasslerhütte (lodge) (2050
m) - Ochsenboden (mark #6) - Weiss Alp - Schellenberg - Seefeldalm
(2340 m) (mark # 6) to the upper lake - tracks (marked red)
to Seefeldspitz (2717 m) (3 hrs). Descent
(mark #6) Seefeldalm (mark #14) - Altfass Valley - Walder-Höfe
- cable car square (1400 m) (3 hrs). Total
walking time 6 hrs
Here you can download the map
of
South Tyrol as PDF-document (1,63 MB):
