Ortisei/St. Ulrich

Curated by Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld

Ortisei/St. Ulrich

Val Gardena's main town and the centre of Ladin wood carving, with cable cars to the Alpe di Siusi and the Rasciesa ridge.

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Highlights
17
Routes
2 283 m
Featured summit · Ausserraschötz

Highlights

14 from neighbouring places

Mountain hut

Malga Cason
A dairy hut on the pastures above Ortisei, in the Val Gardena, on the wooded slopes below the Rasciesa ridge.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Mountain hut

Seceda Stazione a monte - baita
3.2 km away, in Santa Cristina Valgardena/St. Christina in Gröden
A hut at the Seceda top station, 2,500 m above Santa Cristina Valgardena and among the most easily reached viewpoints in the Val Gardena.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld ↗
Mountain hut

Seceda Stazione a monte
3.2 km away, in Santa Cristina Valgardena/St. Christina in Gröden
The top station of the Seceda lift at 2,500 m above Santa Cristina Valgardena, with a restaurant, a terrace and an outdoor playground.
Val Gardena ↗
Mountain hut

Sofie Baita
3.4 km away, in Santa Cristina Valgardena/St. Christina in Gröden
A hut at 2,412 m on the Seceda slopes above Santa Cristina Valgardena, with a boulder wall for children and its own 8025 gin made from 13 alpine herbs.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld ↗
Mountain hut

Malga Lech Sant
3.5 km away, in Santa Cristina Valgardena/St. Christina in Gröden
A cheese-making pasture hut on the slopes above Santa Cristina Valgardena, turning out its own dairy products on the spot.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld ↗
Mountain hut

Baita Cuca
4.3 km away, in Santa Cristina Valgardena/St. Christina in Gröden
A hut at 2,020 m on the Cisles pastures above Santa Cristina Valgardena, serving local mountain dishes with music a regular fixture.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld ↗
Mountain hut

Malga Neidia
4.3 km away, in Santa Cristina Valgardena/St. Christina in Gröden
A hut at 2,035 m above Santa Cristina Valgardena, worked from the Puze farm in the village and cooking plain dishes from its own produce.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Mountain hut

Baita Gamsblut
4.4 km away, in Santa Cristina Valgardena/St. Christina in Gröden
A hut at 1,952 m above Santa Cristina Valgardena with a panoramic terrace and a small animal park in summer, taking bookings for breakfast and dinner.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Mountain hut

Malga Contrin
4.9 km away, in Castelrotto/Kastelruth
A pasture hut at just over 2,000 m on a sunny rise of the Alpe di Siusi above Castelrotto, passed by the Alta Via delle Dolomiti n. 8.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld ↗
Mountain hut

Baita Sangon
5.1 km away, in Santa Cristina Valgardena/St. Christina in Gröden
A hut at 1,823 m at the foot of the Seceda above Santa Cristina Valgardena, with a playground, a sun terrace and South Tyrolean wines.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld ↗
Mountain hut

Sanonhütte
5.2 km away, in Castelrotto/Kastelruth
One of the most traditional huts on the Alpe di Siusi, at 1,851 m above Castelrotto, run as a family house and reached on foot or by mountain bike.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Mountain hut

Rifugio Firenze
5.7 km away, in Santa Cristina Valgardena/St. Christina in Gröden
One of the first alpine huts in the Val Gardena, at 2,040 m below the Odle, built in 1888 by the Regensburg section of the German-Austrian Alpine Club.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld ↗
Mountain hut

Malga Casnago
5.9 km away, in Funes/Villnöß
A pasture hut at 2,006 m on the Funes side of the Odle, on the Dolorama trail, cooking traditional Tyrolean dishes from the produce of local farms.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld ↗
Mountain hut

Malga Geisleralm
6 km away, in Funes/Villnöß
A family hut at 1,996 m below the Odle above Funes, with a Tyrolean stube, a wide terrace and its own Geisler cinema.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld ↗
Mountain hut

Rifugio delle Odle
6 km away, in Funes/Villnöß
A hut at 1,996 m under the walls of the Odle in the Val di Funes, at the top of the pastures on the western edge of the Puez-Odle park.
YesAlps ↗

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Routes

Hiking route Easy
Escursione al Resciesa
Summer
A short round from the Resciesa funicular to the summit cross and back by the Santa Croce chapel, in the Puez-Odle park above Ortisei.
5.0 km
Distance
187 m
Ascent
1 h 36 min
Duration
136
Check-ins
Open route Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Hiking route Moderate
to the Brogles hut
A walk from the Rasciesa cable car station by Cason and the Forcella Valluzza to the Brogles hut, returning the same way.
13.6 km
Distance
512 m
Ascent
4 h 27 min
Duration
180
Check-ins
Open route Lajen
Hiking route Difficult
Dolorama 3. Stage
The third of four stages on the 61 km Dolorama route, which runs from the Rodengo pastures to Laion with the Dolomites in view.
15.7 km
Distance
555 m
Ascent
5 h 10 min
Duration
182
Check-ins
Open route Lajen
Ski tour Difficult
Ski alpinismo Laite Va Piz
Winter
A ski ascent from the Waldschenke car park at Ranui by Weissbrunn and the Brogles dairy to Laite Va Piz at 2,284 m.
6.0 km
Distance
919 m
Ascent
0 m
Descent
2 h 42 min
Duration
72
Check-ins
Open route Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Hiking route Easy
Resciesa - winter
A winter walk on the Resciesa alp above Ortisei, reached by the funicular from the village.
5.5 km
Distance
178 m
Ascent
1 h 43 min
Duration
136
Check-ins
Open route Lajen
Hiking route Moderate
Rasciesa di Fuori - San Pietro
A high walk over the Rasciesa meadows above Ortisei, dropping to San Pietro with the Dolomites round the whole horizon.
12.9 km
Distance
163 m
Ascent
4 h 23 min
Duration
143
Check-ins
Open route Lajen
Hiking route Difficult
Laion - Resciesa circular hiking tour
A long circuit for fit walkers from Laion up onto the Resciesa pasture at the mouth of the Val Gardena, facing the Dolomites.
27.3 km
Distance
1 294 m
Ascent
9 h 38 min
Duration
105
Check-ins
Open route Lajen
Hiking route Moderate
Resciesa to Fraina
A traverse of the Resciesa plateau above Ortisei, descending to Fraina, with the Dolomites in view for most of the way.
12.4 km
Distance
206 m
Ascent
4 h 19 min
Duration
138
Check-ins
Open route Lajen
Hiking route Difficult
Via Malga Brogles to Resciesa
A long crossing through the Brogles valley to Resciesa and on to the Saltner Schweige dairy.
18.4 km
Distance
1 156 m
Ascent
8 h 20 min
Duration
99
Check-ins
Open route Villnöss
Hiking route Moderate
From Resciesa to Laion
A crossing of the Resciesa meadows by the Holy Cross chapel and trail 35 to the Ramitzler Schwaige, then Unterpulg and the Punholz pond to Laion.
13.6 km
Distance
351 m
Ascent
4 h 46 min
Duration
107
Check-ins
Open route Lajen
Hiking route Difficult
Raschötz Circular Trail in Lajen
A long circuit from Laion onto the Rasciesa ridge above the Val Gardena, with a big height gain on forest paths.
25.5 km
Distance
1 316 m
Ascent
9 h 32 min
Duration
62
Check-ins
Open route Valle Isarco - Eisacktal
Hiking route Moderate
Oberflitz - Raschötz
A circuit up to the Resciesa ridge above Ortisei, crossing the Flitzer Scharte notch, with views over Val Gardena and the Villnöss valley.
13.4 km
Distance
867 m
Ascent
5 h 54 min
Duration
49
Check-ins
Open route Villnöss
Hiking route Difficult
Lajen/Laion-Noflatsch-Troi Paian-Costamula
A demanding day from Laion over Noflatsch onto the Troi Paian, the old high road that ran from the Isarco valley to the Venetian plain.
14.9 km
Distance
1 001 m
Ascent
5 h 55 min
Duration
38
Check-ins
Open route Lajen
Hiking route Moderate
On the postal trail from Lajen to St. Ulrich
The old postal path from Laion over into the Val Gardena, ending at Ortisei on the route once walked by the valley's postmen.
13.6 km
Distance
659 m
Ascent
4 h 27 min
Duration
37
Check-ins
Open route Valle Isarco - Eisacktal
Hiking route Moderate
Post Trail
A historic path from Laion towards the Val Gardena by Ceves, Tanurza and San Pietro, on routes that postmen and traders once used.
11.9 km
Distance
378 m
Ascent
3 h 37 min
Duration
32
Check-ins
Open route Lajen
Hiking route Moderate
Post trail - alternative
A variant of the Poststeig, the path the postman used to carry mail into the Val Gardena before the road was built.
12.0 km
Distance
387 m
Ascent
3 h 39 min
Duration
29
Check-ins
Open route Lajen
Hiking route Moderate
Troi Paian
The Laion to Ortisei stage of an ancient trade route linking the Isarco valley with the Dolomites, in use since the Bronze Age.
12.3 km
Distance
768 m
Ascent
4 h 36 min
Duration
4
Check-ins
- Fëur 1 741 m
- Appartements Prantschur 1 317 m
Open route Lajen

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Ausserraschötz

Summit

Ausserraschötz

2 283 m · prom 176 m · 48 check-ins

via to the Brogles hut

Escursione al Resciesa

Featured route

Escursione al Resciesa

Hiking route · Easy · ↔ 5.0 km · ↑ 187 m · ◷ 1 h 36 min

A short round from the Resciesa funicular to the summit cross and back by the Santa Croce chapel, in the Puez-Odle park above Ortisei.

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Data sources

Official website: suedtirol.info ↗
Routes and highlights: Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld, Lajen, Villnöss, Valle Isarco - Eisacktal, Val Gardena, YesAlps
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