Hiking Tips in the Surrounding Area
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Hiking Tips in the Surrounding Area Health for body and soul. Hotel Gnollhof | Family Verginer Gudon / Gufidaun 81 | I-39043 Chiusa / Klausen Phone: +39 0472 847 323 | E-mail: [email protected] Time for me. Starting Point: Gnollhof Alpine Pasture Circular Hiking Tour Gnollhof 1,160 m – Stammer 1,163 m – Bad Froy on the Alpe di Rodengo and Luson 1,109 m Starting point: Gnollhof Length: ca. 3 km Time: 1.5 h Degree of difficulty: easy Itinerary: Take the footpath no. 7 from Gnollhof to Stammerhof Farm and further to Bad Froy. For the way back, you can take the quiet road where there is less traffic. Gnollhof 1,160 m – Freins 1,108 m Starting point: Gnollhof Length: ca. 5 km Time: 1.5 h Starting point: Parking Zumis Degree of difficulty: easy Length: 11 km Itinerary: Walk 300 m away from Gnollhof on the road to the Figisterhof Time: 3 h Degree of difficulty: easy Farm. Turn left at the point where trail no. 6 to Laion begins. This one runs Altitude: 230 m Max. height: 1935 m until the Putzerhof Farm (1,254 m). There, turn right and take road no. 4 to Freins. For the way back take the traffic reduced roadway. Directions for arrival: Gnollhof – Chiusa – Bressanone Nord – Rio Gnollhof 1,160 m – Fonteklaus 897 m Pusteria – Zumis Parking lot in Rodengo (35 km) Starting point: Gnollhof Length: ca. 5 km Itinerary: Starting point of the tour is the parking lot named Zumis Time: 2.5 h at 1725 m. You can find a viewing platform and enjoy a rewarding view over Degree of difficulty: easy – medium the surrounding alpine meadows and Rodengo. You start out on a forest Itinerary: From Gnollhof take the footpath no.7 to the Red Cross. There, road, then turn left on the so-called Confinweg (marked no. 4). The hiking turn right and follow the road for circa 500 m up to the Zickerhof Farm. route leads to the Roner Hut (refreshment stop, from Easter to Christmas). From there, take the footpath to the restaurant Fonteklaus (refreshments Continue on road no. 2 to the so-called Pianerkreuz with the cornerstone available from Easter to November, Closed Thursdays). From Fonteklaus consecrated by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and then, later, Pope Benedict take the footpath no. 4 to Freins to the Putzerhof Farm. There, follow path XVI, and the beautiful viewing platform. Shortly after the Pianerkreuz, you continue on route no. 68b and reach the Rastnerhütte Hut after about 30 no. 6 back to Gnollhof. minutes or, trail no. 68 and 67 take you to the Starkenfeldhütte Hut. To Gnollhof 1,160 m – Laion 1,100 m return, use either the same paths or take the trail no. 2 to the Confinweg trail Starting point: Gnollhof until you reach the parking lot. This variant is for families with prams. Length: 12 km Time: 4 h Special Features: The Alpine pasture circular hiking tour extends over a Degree of difficulty: easy beautiful plateau above Rodengo. It can be recommended for families with Itinerary: From Gnollhof take the road towards the Figisterhof Farm. From children in strollers. there, take the footpath no.6 on your left to Laion. Visit Laion with its churches and cafés, and then walk back on the sunny street to the Gnollhof . Starting Point: Bressanone / Brixen Gnollhof (1,160 m) – Gudon / Gufidaun (724 m) – Fonteklaus (897 m) – Figisterhof Farm (1,162 m) – Roundtrip on the Plose – WoodyWalk Gnollhof (1,160 m) Starting point: Gnollhof Length: 12 km Time: 4 h Degree of difficulty: easy Itinerary: At Gnollhof take path no.7 to Gudon. When arrived, walk through the village and take trail no.4 to the Fonteklaus Hotel. From there, continue the walk to Freins on the same route, until you reach the crossroad. At this point you turn left and follow route no.3 in direction of the Figisterhof Farm. To return, take route no. 6 back to Gnollhof. Gnollhof (1.160 m) – Fonteklaus (897 m) — Albion / Albions – Laion / Lajen (1,100 m) – Gnollhof Starting point: Kreuztal, Pension Geisler Length: 5.1 km Starting point: Gnollhof Length: 13 km Time: 1.5 h Degree of difficulty: easy Time: 6 h Degree of difficulty: easy Altitude: 130 m Max. height: 2,190 m Itinerary: From Gnollhof to the Figisterhof Farm: 300 m behind the Figisterhof Farm take route no. 3 in direction of the Fonteklaus Restaurant. Directions for arrival: Gnollhof – Gudon – Chiusa – Bressanone – From there, take route no.10 to Prantschun and continue to Albion. At San Andrea – Valcorce (35 km) Albion, you can take route no. 5 to Laion by passing the Wasserbühe. From Laion take route no. 6 along the forest back to Gnollhof. Itinerary: Starting from the station of the cable car, take route no. 17, go south-eastwards to the chapel and eastwards to Plose road. Take the high- Gnollhof (1,160 m) – Ramitzler Schwaige Hut (1,815 m) level path on the right, crossing meadows, always continuing eastwards. At Starting point: Gnollhof Length: 16.6 km the bifurcation follow path no. 17A, passing by the old Rossalm Hut, until Time: 6 h Degree of difficulty: difficult you reach the new Rossalm Hut (2,180 m). Itinerary: From Gnollhof take trail no. 7 to the Amberger Hütte Hut. From To go back, you can use the same path or, if you want to get some change, there, take path no. 35 passing the Tschatterlinhütte Hut and follow the you can walk along the alternative path no. 14 which will take you back to the route in direction of the Ramizler Schwaige Hut. To return use route no. 35 cable car station. until shortly before Laion, where you change to route no. 6 to Putzer Kreuz and the Figisterhof Farm, eventually leading to Gnollhof. Special features: Small circular hike on the Plose Mountain starting from the little town Kreuztal to the Rossalm Hut for eating, playing and resting. Gnollhof (1,160 m) – Rasciesa (2,281 m) Starting point: Gnollhof Length: 12 km Time: 6 h Degree of difficulty: difficult Altitudine: 1.049 m Max hight: 2.281 m Itinerary: Take path no. 7 and then follow route no. 35 to the Raschötzhütte Hut. Continue on the same route until you reach the Ramizler Schweige Hut. To return, take the same way back to the Gnollhof Hut. Starting Point: Laion / Lajen Fixed Rope Route Sass Rigais-Ost Kasserol Roundtrip in Laion Starting point: Mountain station of the Col Raiser cable car Length: 9.7 km Degree of difficulty: easy fixed rope route Starting point: Laion Length: 3.6 km Time: 5 h Time: 1 h Degree of difficulty: easy Altitude: 1,040 m Max. height: 3,019 m Altitude: 120 m Max. height: 1,101 m Directions for arrival: Gnollhof – Laion – Col Raiser cable car Directions for arrival: Gnollhof – Laion – Parking lot at sports station of San Christina / Val Gardena Valley (24 km) ground (6 km) Special features: Relatively short fixed rope route with a long ascent. Easy, Itinerary: The start of the so-called Kasserolweg is on the village square of but unsecured climbing passages and exposed walking area ask for Laion. For a little while walk on path no. 5, then follow the signs for mountain-experience. Crossing the mountain can be really dangerous as for Wasserbühl and Wetterkreuz and back to Laion. There are some picnic falling rocks on the descent on the southern side. possibilities at the Wetterkreuz and the rest stop downtown. The village is located on a pleasant, sunny plateau, so it is almost predestined for enjoyable Access: From the mountain station across the roadway in northern walks. The Kasserol roundtrip can also be done with strollers or wheelchairs. direction. At the signpost Sass Rigais the route begins, following the path However, there is a short distance before Wetterkreuz that is only hardly below the Geisler Mountain until the signpost Klettersteig, meaning fixed accessible with wheelchairs or strollers. However, the view from the rope route, in the Plan-Ciautier meadows. Wetterkreuz is definitely worth the effort of hiking up there. Incidentally, traces of early settlement were found on the Wasserbühl, a Technical details: Fixed rope route for the most part secured with steel protected landscape that made for a advantageous place of settlement. chords. At the steep entrance wall there are some iron pins to make the start easier. Furthermore there are some free-climbing spaces of the first difficulty Special features: stroller suitable, vantage point Wetterkreuz level and an exposed walking area. Details: total ascent: 925 m, 3 – 3:30 h Descent: To descend you can use either the same route you came, or the southern rope route, whose steel securing you can see from the peak. Oskar-Schuster- via ferrata On the Old Poststeig from Laion to Ortisei Starting point: Passo Sella Length: 11,9 km Time: 6 h Degree of difficulty: easy Starting point: Laion Length: 5 km Altitude: 810 m Max. height: 1,120 m Time: 2 h Degree of difficulty: easy Altitude: 130 m Max. height: 1,230 m Directions for arrival: Gnollhof – Laion – Val Gardena– Selva – Passo Sella (35 km) Directions for arrival: Gnollhof – Laion (8 km) Itinerary: The hike starts in Laion at the Ploner butchery. On this walk you Itinerary: The starting point is the Sella Pass. Take the gondola lift up to can enjoy an impressive view on the Dolomites of Val Gardena Valley: the the Langkofel Col. If you climb up there on foot, expect to take 1.5 hours for Sella, Lang and Plattkofel mountains. Through the gentle meadow landscape, the 480m ascent.