Leisurely across alpine pastures or steeply uphill to a summit: on a snowshoe hike, you can enjoy unspoilt nature and unique views of the surrounding mountain scenery. Recharge your batteries with delicious South Tyrolean specialities in one of the many mountain huts.
Snowshoe tour with a panoramic view
Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – Colle, Hotel Stoll (1255 m)
Distance: 5 km
Descent: back via the ascent route
Walking time: 3 hours 00 min.
Difficulty: difficult
Altitude difference: 733 m
Snowshoe tour: The “Gsieser Törl” – over centuries a strategic passage for man and beast: pilgrims, smugglers, pedlars, hunters, shepherds, as well as the odd lover…
Starting point: Head of the valley in St. Magdalena in the Gsieser Valley 1465 m
Descent: back via the ascent route, from Kradorfer Alm left turn is also possible
Hiking time: 2 ½ hours
Level of difficulty: moderate to difficult; technical difficulties are minor; but last part of the climb is steep
Altitude difference: 745 m
Snowshoe tour to the Pfinn huts in the Val Casies Valley (2152 m)
Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – S. Maddalena, Head of the Valley (1465 m)
Distance: 7.5 km
Descent: back via the ascent route
Walking time: 4 hours 00 min.
Difficulty: difficult
Altitude difference: 687 m
Information: also feasible with touring skis
With a view towards the Dolomites
Starting point: Monguelfo-Tesido – Tesido, parking lot above the Mudler mountain restaurant (1620 m)
Distance: 6.1 km
Descent: back via the ascent route
Walking time: 4 hours 00 min.
Difficulty: difficult
Difference in altitude: 525 m
Information: also feasible with touring skis
An interesting challenge in a snow-covered alpine landscape
Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – S. Maddalena, Head of the Valley (1465 m)
Descent: back via the ascent route
Walking time: approx. 2 hours 30 min.
Difficulty: easy
Altitude difference: 884 m
Slope exposure: north
Beautiful panoramic tour across the Aschtalm, Pfinn huts, Pfinnscharte and Hoher Mann
Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – S. Maddalena, Head of the Valley (1465 m)
Descent: back via the ascent route
Walking time: approx. 3 hours 30 min.
Difficulty: easy ski mountain that mainly requires stamina
Altitude difference: 1100 m
Slope exposure: south + east
Snowshoe hike with views of the Dolomites
Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – S. Martino, Tourism office (1276 m)
Distance: 8.6 km
Descent: along the same route
Walking time: 3 hours 30 min.
Difficulty: medium
Altitude difference: 851 m
Tranquil low mountain hike – clockwise through meadows and woods of the Taistner Unterrain
Starting point: Monguelfo-Tesido – Tesido, crossroad 100 m after the Hotel Alpen Tesitin
Altitude difference: 260 m
Walking time: 2–3 hours
Difficulty: easy; ideal terrain for snowshoe hiking
Special note: orientation in the forest is difficult if leaving the marked trail
Remark: snowshoe hike only
Rest point: Mudler Hof mountain restaurant
With snowshoes from S. Maddalena to S. Martino
Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – S. Maddalena, Head of the Valley (1465 m)
Distance: 3.8 km
Descent: with public transportation
Walking time: 2 hours 00 min.
Difficulty: easy
Difference in altitude: 110 m
The “Rotlahner” – an easy and well-known ski mountain in the Gsieser Alps
Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – S. Maddalena, Head of the Valley (1465 m)
Descent: back via the ascent route
Walking time: 3 hours 30 min.
Difficulty: medium; except for two steep slopes (below the Kasermähder Alm and in the area of the Heimwaldjöchl) the tour poses no technical difficulties
Altitude difference: 1270 m
Slope exposure: southwest
The classic Val Casies Valley ski and snowshoe tour through the Pfoital to the Hochkreuzspitze
Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – S. Maddalena, Head of the Valley (1465 m)
Walking time: 4 hours 30 min.
Difficulty: medium; for average skiers – wide and open terrain with a few steep slopes, caution required after fresh snow
Altitude difference: 1274 m
Slope exposure: southwest
Snowshoe hike on old paths
Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – S. Maddalena, Head of the Valley (1465 m)
Distance: 6.1 km
Descent: back via the ascent route
Walking time: 2 hours 30 min.
Difficulty: difficult
Altitude difference: 740 m
Information: also feasible with touring skis
Slope exposure: south
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