Jogging route - Sky run

The trails combines the nordic walking routes in the valley with the jogging routes on Monte Sole. It starts near Nischlhof holiday apartment rental and follows the “Kirchgraben” towards the Castel “Engelsburg”. Then it runs along the “Alter Kirchgraben” uphill all the way to the hut “Höfl” and finally the mountain station of the cable car “Unterstell” on 1.300 m altitude. With the cable car one reaches the valley again. Length: 3,6 km, altitude at starting point: 582, difference in altitude: 717

If you want to engage in a real Sky Run, there’s an additional route that runs all the way up to the 2,951 m top of Kirchbachspitze. The trail starts at the Unterstell inn along route No 10a to Linthof inn on the Merano High Mountain Trail; from there it proceeds on trail no. 10 towards Dickhof inn, the Dicker Alm and the Obere Moaralm mountain huts. Then it follows routes no. 9 and no. 10A leading up to the top of the Kirchbachspitze. This involves an additional running distance of 8.6 km and difference in altitude of 1,677 m. The last part, below the peak, is very tricky and affords hiking experience.