1st Week: 03.06. – 09.06. / 17.06. – 23.06. / 01.07. - 07.07.
1st week:
Sunday: Excursion with Eduard
Nature live: Murmitour – looking for marmots
This hiking-tour leads us through beautiful landscape to see some marmots. Our goal will be to observe them in their natural habitat and get to know them a little better.
Number of participants: max. 8 people.
Difference in altitude: app. 100 m • Duration: 9.00h till app. 17.00h •
Walk duration: 5 hours.
Monday: Excursion with Siegfried
Natural health with water – the Pyramid Kneipp-walk: an experience for your senses.
Less diseases and more energy for work and free-time are the results of a healthy life-style.
That’s the reason why we undertake this leisurely Kneipp-walk in ideal surroundings where the brbling sound of the water is the only noise.
Difference in altitude: 150 m • Duration: 13.15h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 2 hours.
Tuesday: Excursion with Siegfried
The path from „corn to bread“ like it was done in the old times
This day brings us back to older times where farming was still a self-sufficient economy. We visit a mill and watch how corn is grinded btween the mill stones. After a short walk a farmer will invite us to bake some bread which we taste ourselves when ready.
Difference in altitude: 150 m • Duration: 13.15h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 2 hours.
Wednesday: Hiking-tour with the Alpine School
Exciting adventure in the Fanes gorge
This thrilling experience between high rock faces and under roaring waterfalls. Provision from the rucksack.
Difference in altitude: 300 m • Duration: 9.00h till 16.00h • Walk duration: 3 hours.
Excursion with Siegfried
Walk in St. Magdalena to get to know local history and geology.
This walk has the motto: „Homeland – knowledge of the local values“, because in this times of globalisation the culture of small homelands becomes ever more important.
On this unhurried walk we will try to give you an understanding of the customs and usages of our native population. We will especially highlight those customs and methods of work which concern the farming year as well as our christian life from birth to death.
Difference in altitude: 100 m • Duration: from 9.00h till 12.00h • Walk duration: 2 hours.
Thursday: Excursion with Mrs Pia
Herbs: from the natural pharmacy of mother earth
On this walk we get to know the healing power of herbs and blooms. We collect herbs and brew tea with them. With it we savour some home-made herb-butter on rye bread.
Difference in altitude: 150 m • Duration: from 13.00h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 2 hours.
Excursion with Siegfried
Hiking-tour in the Dolomites: Misurina lake – Popena Alta valley – Ponte della Marogna
Theme: Historical awareness: „Routes, which once were divided by the fronts of war, now should link together“.
From the lake of Misurina we ascend to the Pale of Misurina (2140 m). An ascent which non only passes through blooming meadows, but also opens fatastic views into the Dolomite peaks. This circular hike takes us through the Popena Alta valley, a river enbedded between scree slopes and rocks, moved continuously by the river. Provisions from the rucksack.
Difference in altitude: 360 m • Duration: from 9.00h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 4 hours.
Friday: Excursion with Siegfried
4-huts-hike in the upper Defereggen valley: Patsch-, Oberhaus-, Seebach- and Jagdhaus alpine huts (2009 m).
Theme: Original beauty – rural cultural environment.
We travel by bus over the Staller pass to the Patscher Alm. On a path used by livestock we walk through pine woods, interspersed with alpine roses, until we reach the Jagdhaus Alm. In the afternoon we turn back, but not without having visited for a short break, the Oberhaus Alm and finally returning to the Patsch Alm. Possibility of having some refreshments.
Difference in altitude: 330 m • Duration: 8.30h until 17.00h • Walk duration: 5,5 hours.
Excursions from 27.05. until 07.07.2007
2nd Week: 27.05. – 02.06. / 10.06. – 16.06. / 24.06. – 30.06.
Sunday: Excursion with Eduard
Nature live: Water – source of life
On this excursion we will experience water in the most natural form, and we will savour it just after it originates. Participants: max. 10 people.
Difference in altitude: 780 m • Duration: 9.00h until 17.00h • Walk duration: 5 hours.
Monday: Excursion with Siegfried
Natural health with water – the Pyramid Kneipp-walk: an experience for your senses.
Less diseases and more energy for work and free-time are the results of a healthy life-style.
That’s the reason why we undertake this leisurely Kneipp-walk in ideal surroundings where the burbling sound of the water is the only noise.
Difference in altitude: 150 m • Duration: 13.15h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 2 hours.
Tuesday: Excursion with Siegfried
This cultural walk will show us old mills and their use.
We will visit a mill positioned between Lienhart and Mahrberg. This tour gives us also insights into the importance of farms and the cultural environment for the rural life in the surrounding villages. On the conclusion will taste self-made bread with butter, cheese, and home-made elder juice.
Difference in altitude: 300 m • Duration: 13.00h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 3 hours.
Wednesday: Hiking-tour with the Alpine School
A hike through a mountain creek is a very intensive experience in the wild suitable for sure-footed adventurers. Also for families or groups who look for some special experience.
From a special, hidden point of the nature reserve we follow the wildly romantic course of a mountain creek. Sections of easy walking alternate with thrilling climbing spots.
Requirement: 1,5 – 3 hours: walking in trackless terrain, short climbing spots; because of the limited difference in altitude there is no need for special fitness – a certain waking sureness makes the trip certainly easier.
Difference in altitude: 400 m • Duration: 9.00h till 15.00h • Walk duration: 3 hours.
Excursion with Siegfried
Family-friendly round-tour to the Nemes and Klammbach Alm on the Kreuzberg pass/Sexten.
Theme: Alpine pasture farming – whereto?
The route takes us from the „Kreuzberg“ to the Nemes hut (1877 m). From the terrace we will enjoy the magnificent panorama of the Sexten Dolomites. On the way back we reach the Klammbach Alm. Here we find a possibility for refreshments.
Difference in altitude: 300 m • Duration: 9.00h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 4 hours.
Thursday: Excursion with Siegfried
A „flower“-walk from the earth pyramids of Oberwielenbach to the Regensberger Alm and to the Hochnall (2231 m).
Theme: „Erosion can also be beautiful!“ The magic world of the earth pyramids.
We travel by bus to Oberwielenbach. Here begins our tour to the earth pyramids; from there we walk uphill, passing the Regensberger Alm, an finally reaching the Hochnall (2231 m). Provision from the rucksack.
Difference in altitude: 790 m • Duration: 9.00h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 5 hours.
Friday: Excursion with Siegfried
A high-altitude walk on the fringe of the Dolomites from the Mudler farm, Taistner Alm, the „Dolomite trail“ to the Laxiden Alm and back to St. Martin.
Theme: The Dolomites: petrified coral reefs
From the Mudler farm we reach in app. 1,5 hours the Taistner Alm, from here on a narrow path following the timber line and as our steady companions to the south, the Dolomites, the most beautiful mountains of the world. In the early evening we descend from the Laxiden Alm to St. Martin.
Difference in altitude: ascent 636 m, descent 946 m • Duration: 8.30h till 17.15h • Walk duration: 5 hours.
Summer in the mountains from 0807. Until 07.09.2007
1st week: 08.07. – 14.07. / 22.07. – 28.07. / 05.08. – 11.08. / 19.08. – 25.08. / 02.09. – 08.09.
Sunday: Excursion with Eduard
Nature live: The forest and humble people
This short family walk teaches us about the forest in an easy and playful way, and also to respect and protect it. Participants: min. 6, max. 15 people.
Difference in altitude: 1000 m • Duration: 9.00h till 12.00h • Walk duration: 1 hour.
Monday: Excursion with Siegfried
Natural health with water – the Pyramid Kneipp-walk: an experience for your senses.
Less diseases and more energy for work and free-time are the results of a healthy life-style.
That’s the reason why we undertake this leisurely Kneipp-walk in ideal surroundings where the burbling sound of the water is the only noise.
Difference in altitude: 150 m • Duration: 13.15h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 2 hours.
Tuesday: Excursion with Siegfried
Family walk with visit of a mill.
Theme: The „heart“ of a mill: from the two millstones only the upper (the runner) moves. Both stones are perforated in the middle: through the hole of the runner stone trickles the grains, through the hole of the bottom stone the drive mechanism makes the runner stone turn.
A leisurely walk to visit the mill on the Mahrberg with tasting of self-made bread with butter, fresh cheese, and home-made elder juice.
Difference in altitude: 300 m • Duration: 13.00h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 3 hours.
Hiking-tour with the Alpine School
A hike through a mountain creek is a very intensive experience in the wild suitable for sure-footed adventurers. Also for families or groups who look for some special experience.
From a special, hidden point of the nature reserve we follow the wildly romantic course of a mountain creek. Sections of easy walking alternate with thrilling climbing spots.
Requirement: 1,5 – 3 hours: walking in trackless terrain, short climbing spots; because of the limited difference in altitude there is no need for special fitness – a certain waking sureness makes the trip certainly easier.
Difference in altitude: 400 m • Duration: 9.00h till 15.00h • Walk duration: 3 hours.
Wednesday: Excursion with Siegfried
„The magic of variety“: A walking-tour between two countries from the Gsieser valley, the „Schwarzsee“ to the Villgraten valley (A).
This tour takes us through the Pfoital, the Gsieser Lenke to the Schwarzsee. On this idylliac spot we grant ourselves a nice rest, descending afterwards through blooming meadows to the Unterstaller pastures. Enjoying a cheerful get-together in the hut, we travel back home by bus.
Difference in altitude: ascent 1070 m, descent 820 m • Duration: 8.15h till 17.0h • Walk duration: 6 hours.
Excursion with the forestry official
Forest experience – on the way with the forest warden
On this walk we get to know the diversity of the forest. We explore a part of forest and we learn about the different activities and tasks of the forest wardens.
Difference in altitude: 100 m • Duration: 11.00h till 15.00h • Walk duration: 1 hours.
Thursday: Excursion with Siegfried
The forest, the walking, the good feeling – on the nature trail „Castel Welsperg“
Our theme: „Give to the children theit childhood“: Discover the small things along the path.
The nature trail takes us along the Pidig creek. Barefooted we wade the creek, we attempt a little test of courage on the climbing wall, we train our foot muscles on the sensomotoric path, and fort he delöight of the children we listen to the forest witches. The round-tour takes us to the castle Thurn with visit of the ruins. In a festive mood with coffee and cake on the castel grounds the tour comes to a harmonious end.
Difference in altitude: 100 m • Duration: 13.00h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 2 hours.
Friday: Excursion with Siegfried
The Gaisel-tour through the heart of the Pragser Dolomites
Theme: „Mountains as a therapie and feel-good fitness due to a good hiking-stick technique.“
We travel by bus from Brückele to the Plätzwiese. We walk through blooming meadows on the foot of the Hohe Gaisel until we reach the Ross-Alm after a lengthy march. From here we walk back to Brückele. A certain sure-footedness is required.
Difference in altitude: ascend 360 m, descend 870 m • Duration: 8.30h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 6 hours.
Saturday: Excursion with the Alpine School
Grossglockner: A high-mountain hike in Eastern Tyrol
With a van we travel to Lienz and further to Kals to the foot of the Grossglockner. This tour offers magnificent views of the Grossglockner (the highest mountain in Austria) glacier passing from the Glorer to the Luckner hut.
Difference in altitude: 900 m • Duration: 7.00h till 18.00h • Walk duration: 6 hours.
Summer in the mountains from 08.07. until 08.09.2007
2nd week: 15.07. – 21.07. / 27.07. – 04.08. / 12.08. – 18.08. / 26.08. – 01.09.
Sunday: Excursion with Eduard
Nature live: Water and humble people
This short family walk teaches us about the water in an easy and playful way, and also to respect and protect it. Participants: min. 6, max. 15 people.
Difference in altitude: 100 m • Duration: 8.45h till 12.00h • Walk duration: 1 hour.
Monday: Excursion with Siegfried
Natural health with water – the Pyramid Kneipp-walk: an experience for your senses.
Less diseases and more energy for work and free-time are the results of a healthy life-style.
That’s the reason why we undertake this leisurely Kneipp-walk in ideal surroundings where the burbling sound of the water is the only noise.
Difference in altitude: 150 m • Duration: 13.15h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 2 hours.
Tuesday: Excursion with Siegfried
On the Versell Alm we will be met by Annelies, the dairymaid. She will show us how butter and cheese is made.
Starting from St. Martin we walk along the Verseller-Alm-trail to the Randl-Alm (1866 m). Here we will be met by the dairymaid Annelies who will show us haw butter and cheese is made. If you feel like you can tra and help. After a short tasting break we carry on walking through unique alpine pasture until we descend again.
Difference in altitude: 420 m • Duration: 8.15h till 16.00h • Walk duration: 4 hours.
Wednesday: Excursion with Siegfried
A barbeque on the sunny slopes of Taisten
Theme: Relaxing family afternoon in wood-scented surroundings.
Enjoying nature and landscape on the Lotter-trail, pamper yourself with food and drink at the barbecue, watching the children running and playing next to the creek feeeling free and happy.
Difference in altitude: 300 m • Duration: 10.15h till 15.30h • Walk duration: 2,5 hours.
Excursion with the Alpine School
Climbing in the Höhlenstein valley for beginners
... can it be a little bit thrilling? To give us security we are accompanied by a registered and specialised montain guide as we discover the importance our instincts and we learn about dangers and manifestations of the fear of hights. There is no necessity of a particular stamina or endurance. But a certain degree of fitness would be necessary.
Duration: 8.00h till 15.00h • Walk duration: 20 min. walk, 6 hours stay in the climbing area.
Thursday:
Herbs: a walk especially for children to learn about herbs
On this walk we get to know the healing power of herbs and blooms. We collect herbs and brew tea with them. With it we savour some home-made herb-butter on rye bread.
Difference in altitude: 150 m • Duration: from 13.30h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 2 hours.
Excursion with Siegfried
High mountain trail on the ridge from the Hochstein over the Kalkstein-Jöchl (pass) to the Tscharniet Alm and back down to St. Magdalena.
Theme: Since centuries the fires on the Heart of Jesus-day burn into the hearts of the Tyrolean folk.
We start from the Talschluss hut and we walk along the Tscharniet creek reaching the „Burg“. Some charred ad blackened rocks remind us of the Heart of Jesus-fires. After a lenghty rest on the Hochstein enjoying a magnificent view, we cross over the ridge and arrive shortly at the Kalkstein-Jöchl. From here we return through the Tscharniet valley to St. Magdalena.
Difference in altitude: 880 m • Duration: from 9.00h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 5 hours.
Friday: Excursion with Siegfried
Magnificent views from the peaks of the Carnic ridge over Sexten – there is a beautiful view of some 25 peaks measuring over 3000 m.
Theme: Plants in these high mountains must cope with stressing suroundings.
We take the cable car to the Helm in the high mountain regions. From here we walk on front of the glaciers of the Zillertaler Alps, the Hohe Tauern, and the endless sea of peaks of the Dolomites to the Sillianer hut (2447 m). After lunch our tour leads us past bunkers to the Klammbach Alm and further on back into the valley below.
Difference in altitude: ascend 510 m, descend 1250 m • Duration: 8.30h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 5 hours.
Saturday: Excursion with Siegfried
Grossglockner: A high-mountain hike in Eastern Tyrol
With a van we travel to Lienz and further to Kals to the foot of the Grossglockner. This tour offers magnificent views of the Grossglockner (the highest mountain in Austria) glacier passing from the Glorer to the Luckner hut.
Difference in altitude: 900 m • Duration: 7.00h till 18.00h • Walk duration: 6 hours.
A hiking finale from 08.09. until 03.11.2007
1st week: 09.09. – 15.09. / 23.09. – 29.09. / 07.10 – 13.10. / 21.10. – 27.10.
Nature live: Sunset in the mountains
This tour offers a very special experience. Ascending a mountain top with the evening sun, enjoying the sunset in the mountains, and afterwards descending through soft meadows and quiet forests in the cool light of the moon.
Difference in altitude: app. 1000 m • Duration, walk duration and meeting point will be announced at the registration.
Excursion with Siegfried
Walk in St. Magdalena to get to know local history and geology.
This walk has the motto: „Homeland – knowledge of the local values“, because in this times of globalisation the culture of small homelands becomes ever more important.
On this unhurried walk we will try to give you an understanding of the customs and usages of our native population. We will especially highlight those customs and methods of work which concern the farming year as well as our christian life from birth to death.
Difference in altitude: 100 m • Duration: from 9.00h till 12.00h • Walk duration: 2 hours.
Tuesday: Excursion with Siegfried
A pleasureable and cultural tour across picturesque wineyards and shady chestnut groves on the sunny side of the Eisack valley. Next to Klausen/Chiusa.
Theme: „North and south – all this sharp contrasts slide into each other. Even the most hostile seems gregarious and intimate.“ (Stefan Zweig, 1913)
This autumnal walk leads us from the town of Klausen to the cloister of Säben. After a short meditation in the „Liebfrauen“ and the Hl.-Kreuz churches we carry on through autumnal wineyrds, old chestnut groves, until we reach the „Moar in Viersch“, a homely farm. The food consisting of home-made specialities from the Eisack valley and a glass of good „Eigenbau“ wine keeps a promise of a enjoyable holiday experience. We finish our Eisack valley tour on the farm of the „Huber-Bauer“ enjoying a special wine-tasting.
Difference in altitude: 250 m • Duration: from 8.30h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 3,5 hours.
Wednesday: Hiking-tour with the Alpine School
Exciting adventure in the Fanes gorge
This thrilling experience between high rock faces and under roaring waterfalls. Provision from the rucksack.
Difference in altitude: 300 m • Duration: 9.00h till 16.00h • Walk duration: 3 hours.
Tuesday: Excursion with Siegfried
This cultural walk will show us old mills and their use.
We will visit a mill positioned between Lienhart and Mahrberg. This tour gives us also insights into the importance of farms and the cultural environment for the rural life in the surrounding villages. On the conclusion will taste self-made bread with butter, cheese, and home-made elder juice.
Difference in altitude: 300 m • Duration: 13.00h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 3 hours.
Thursday: Excursion with Siegfried
Border-crossing hike from the Staller pass over the „Hallscharte“, the Weissbach Alm onto St. Magdalena.
Theme: „The glaciers of the Rieserferner – witnesses of times long gone“
We travel by bus through the Antholzer valley to the Staller pass (2050 m). From here we carry on by foot through the Weissbach valley until we reach the Hallscharte (2549 m). After a midday-break we descend to the Weissbach Alm. Possibility of snacks and drinks. Passing through the Pidig valley we arrive again at the Talschlusshütte (end-of-valley hut).
Difference in altitude: ascend 500 m, descend 1084 m • Duration: 8.30h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 4 hours.
Friday: Excursion with Siegfried
„Men in the war“ – 1915 until 1918 – the Lagazuoi, along the gateways of the Falzarego pass.
Theme: „Labour – incessant labour“. This was the lot of the soldiers, the lot of all involved in this war between rocks and ice.
Equipped with lamps and climbing boots we entert the gallery and cross the mountain, working our way up on Stepps and wooden ladders secured with steel ropes. On the mountain top we can enjoy a magnificent view of the Dolomites. But we can also begin to fathom with what cruelty men destroys itself and nature. After a refreshment in the mountain restaurant we descent either by cable car or by foot to our bus.
Difference in altitude: 650 m • Duration: 8.30h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 4 hours.
A hiking finale from 08.09. until 03.11.2007
2nd week: 16.09. – 22.09. / 30.09. – 06.10. / 14.10. – 20.10. / 28.10. – 03.11.
Sunday: Excursion with Eduard
Nature live: With map and compass
How can I orientate myself in the terrain? What can I read from the map? What’s the use of a compass? How does an altimeter help? All thhis and more we will find out on this walk. Number of participants: max. 10 people.
Difference in altitude: 800-900 m • Duration 9.00 till 16.00h • Walk duration: app. 4 hours • Meeting point: St. Magdalena, Talschlusshütte, at 9.00h.
Excursion with Siegfried
Family-friendly round-tour to the Nemes Alm on the Kreuzberg pass/Sexten.
Theme: Alpine pasture farming – whereto?
This walk invites us to think about how life and working techniques of high pastures will evolve in the future.
The route takes us from the „Kreuzberg“ to the Nemes hut (1877 m). From the terrace we will enjoy the magnificent panorama of the Carnic Alps and the Sexten Dolomites. After a unhurried midday-break we return to our bus.
Difference in altitude: 300 m • Duration: 10.00h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 4 hours.
Tuesday: Excursion with Siegfried
A pleasureable and cultural tour across picturesque wineyards and shady chestnut groves on the sunny side of the Eisack valley. Next to Klausen/Chiusa.
Theme: „North and south – all this sharp contrasts slide into each other. Even the most hostile seems gregarious and intimate.“ (Stefan Zweig, 1913)
This autumnal walk leads us from the town of Klausen to the cloister of Säben. After a short meditation in the „Liebfrauen“ and the Hl.-Kreuz churches we carry on through autumnal wineyrds, old chestnut groves, until we reach the „Moar in Viersch“, a homely farm. The food consisting of home-made specialities from the Eisack valley and a glass of good „Eigenbau“ wine keeps a promise of a enjoyable holiday experience. We finish our Eisack valley tour on the farm of the „Huber-Bauer“ enjoying a special wine-tasting.
Difference in altitude: 250 m • Duration: from 8.30h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 3,5 hours.
Wednesday:
A hike through a mountain creek is a very intensive experience in the wild suitable for sure-footed adventurers. Also for families or groups who look for some special experience.
From a special, hidden point of the nature reserve we follow the wildly romantic course of a mountain creek. Sections of easy walking alternate with thrilling climbing spots.
Requirement: 1,5 – 3 hours: walking in trackless terrain, short climbing spots; because of the limited difference in altitude there is no need for special fitness – a certain waking sureness makes the trip certainly easier.
Difference in altitude: 400 m • Duration: 9.00h till 15.00h • Walk duration: 3 hours.
Excursion with Siegfried
This cultural walk will show us old mills and their use.
We will visit a mill positioned between Lienhart and Mahrberg. This tour gives us also insights into the importance of farms and the cultural environment for the rural life in the surrounding villages. On the conclusion will taste self-made bread with butter, cheese, and home-made elder juice.
Difference in altitude: 300 m • Duration: 13.00h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 3 hours • Meeting point: Taisten, Tourist office 13.30h.
Thursday: Excursion with Siegfried
A hike from the Staller pass to the mountain top of the Rotwand (2818) – a round-tour seldom undertaken.
Theme: Here applies the word of a Tibetan hermit, Minareta: „The solitary rocky deserts of the mountains are a peculiar market place: here you can exchange the whirlwind of life with a boundless beatitude.“
From the Gsies valley our bus takes us to the Staller pass. Now the tour takes us through the Agst valley onto the Rotwand (2818 m). The descent leads us to the Steingzer Alm and back to the Staller pass.
Difference in altitude: 770 m • Duration: 8.30h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 4-5 hours.
Friday; Excursion with Siegfried
Pragser lake – Kühwiesen peak – Brunstriedl – Welsberg: a contemplative walk over charming and lonely ridges.
Theme: The intrinsic value of an encounter with an animal sometimes is not so great us some little things on the way.
The walk takes us from the Pragser lake across the Kühwiesen to the Kühwiesen peak (2140 m). From here a gentle path leads to the Brunstalm (1889 m, snacks and drinks) and then steeply down to Welsberg.
Difference in altitude: ascend 650 m, descend 1100 m • Duration: 8.30h till 17.00h • Walk duration: 4,5 hours.
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