Predoi/Prettau

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Predoi/Prettau

The last village of the Valle Aurina below the Tauri crest, with its copper-mine museum and the Vetta d'Italia above.

Photo: Andre86 · Public domain

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Highlights
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Routes
3 251 m
Featured summit · Monte Fumo

Highlights

7 from neighbouring places

Mountain hut

Adleralm malga
A dairy hut on the pastures above Predoi, at the head of the Valle Aurina in the Zillertal Alps.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld ↗
Mountain hut

Jägerhütte malga
A small hunting-lodge hut on the high pastures above Predoi, at the head of the Valle Aurina.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Mountain hut

Kehreralm malga
A dairy hut on the Kehrer pastures above Predoi, on the steep flank of the upper Valle Aurina.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Mountain hut

Lahneralm malga
A dairy hut on the Lahner pastures above Predoi, in the side slopes at the head of the Valle Aurina.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Mountain hut

Rifugio Tridentina / Birnlückenhütte
A refuge below the Forcella del Picco at the head of the Valle Aurina, the last shelter on the Italian side of the crossing to the Krimmler Tauern.
YesAlps ↗
Mountain hut

Tauernalm malga
A dairy hut on the Tauern pastures above Predoi, on the path that climbs the upper Valle Aurina toward the Forcella del Picco.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Mountain hut

Malga Knutten Alm
7.2 km away, in Campo Tures/Sand in Taufers
A dairy hut in the Valle dei Dossi above Riva di Tures, reached by the valley track, with the Vedrette di Ries beyond.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld ↗
Mountain hut

Malga Durra
8.5 km away, in Campo Tures/Sand in Taufers
A dairy hut on the pastures above Campo Tures, in the mountains of the Valle Aurina.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld ↗
Mountain hut

Unterberger Alm-Untoberga Olbe malga
12.1 km away, in Valle Aurina/Ahrntal
A dairy hut on the Unterberg pastures of the Valle Aurina, known by its Ladin-tinged local name as well as its German one.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Mountain hut

Moaregg Alm
13.2 km away, in Valle Aurina/Ahrntal
A dairy hut on the Moaregg pastures of the Valle Aurina, on the terraces between the valley farms and the high Zillertal pastures.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Mountain hut

Baurschaftalm malga
13.5 km away, in Valle Aurina/Ahrntal
A dairy hut on the Baurschaft pastures of the Valle Aurina, on the slopes that rise from the Ahr valley floor into the Zillertal Alps.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Mountain hut

Speck-& Schnapsalm malga
13.5 km away, in Valle Aurina/Ahrntal
A small alm in the Valle Aurina named for the speck and schnapps it serves, on the pasture slopes above the Ahr valley.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Mountain hut

Holzerböden malga
13.9 km away, in Valle Aurina/Ahrntal
A dairy hut on the Holzerboeden pastures of the Valle Aurina, reached by forest track from the valley floor.
Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld

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Routes

Hiking route Easy
Walk at the end of the valley Kasern/Casere
A wheelchair-accessible path from the nature park centre at Casere out to the pastures at Trinkstein, at the head of the Ahrntal.
2.8 km
Distance
73 m
Ascent
45 min
Duration
136
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Moderate
On historic paths
A path towards the Krimmler Tauern, a crossing into Salzburg used for centuries by farmers, smugglers and soldiers, passing the old church of the Holy Spirit.
9.1 km
Distance
478 m
Ascent
3 h 26 min
Duration
168
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Difficult
Mountain tour to the Krimmler Tauern
A long border walk from Predoi up to the Krimmler Tauern, on the watershed towards Austria, facing the Zillertal Alps, the Rieserferner and the Venediger group.
22.1 km
Distance
1 290 m
Ascent
9 h
Duration
277
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Ski tour Moderate
Ski tour Achsel 2,336 m
A straightforward ski tour at the head of the Ahrntal, climbing to the Achsel at 2,336 m in roughly two and a half hours.
4.1 km
Distance
736 m
Ascent
0 m
Descent
2 h 4 min
Duration
100
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Ski tour Difficult
Ski tour Birnlücke/Forcella del Picco 2.667 m
A ski tour from Casere up to the Birnlücke, the border pass at 2,667 m at the very end of the Ahrntal, with a long steady climb.
8.1 km
Distance
1 068 m
Ascent
0 m
Descent
3 h 16 min
Duration
245
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Mountain bike route Moderate
Mountainbike-Panoramatour Tauernalm hut
A forest-road climb above Prettau on the sunlit flank of the Ahrntal, reaching three huts just over 2,000 m: Schüttalalm, Starkl Alm and Tauernalm.
9.5 km
Distance
654 m
Ascent
1 h 16 min
Duration
30
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Easy
Health path Prettau/Predoi
A gentle circuit at Predoi, the first health village in South Tyrol, laid out for slow walking and quiet among the woods and meadows at the head of the valley.
4.8 km
Distance
212 m
Ascent
1 h 34 min
Duration
97
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Moderate
High Altitude Path Prettau/Predoi
A traverse by Knappenegg and Bruggerpichl to the St Nikolaus copper mine adit, then up through forest and the Pichlwiesn meadow to the Stegeralm hut.
7.4 km
Distance
423 m
Ascent
3 h 18 min
Duration
43
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Difficult
Mountain tour to the Birnlücke
A walk up the Ahr to the Birnlücke, the saddle on the divide between the Zillertal Alps and the Venediger group, under the bulk of the Dreiherrenspitze.
18.0 km
Distance
1 079 m
Ascent
7 h 29 min
Duration
241
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Ski tour Difficult
Ski tour Schüttalkopf 2,774 m
A sunny ski tour on the south-east slopes of the main Alpine chain, taking about four hours to reach the Schüttalkopf at 2,774 m.
5.9 km
Distance
1 173 m
Ascent
0 m
Descent
3 h 13 min
Duration
179
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Mountain bike route Moderate
Mountainbike-Panoramatour Waldneralm hut
A steep forest-road ascent from the Ahrntal valley floor at Prettau to the Waldneralm at 2,068 m, some 600 m of climbing in under 6 km.
6.0 km
Distance
605 m
Ascent
59 min
Duration
8
Check-ins
- Waldneralm 2 068 m
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Easy
Path of the Cross - Holy Spirit Chapel
A level walk between Casere and Heilig Geist past fifteen roofed wooden stations, carved in the 1980s by Ahrntal youth groups and pupils of the St Jakob carving school.
2.5 km
Distance
20 m
Ascent
38 min
Duration
95
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Moderate
Escursione sul lato soleggiato a Predoi/Casere
Summer
A sunny-side route from Casere to the Starkl Alm and down to Predoi, far lower than the Lausitz path, with the Rauchkofel recognisable during the climb.
7.1 km
Distance
475 m
Ascent
3 h 26 min
Duration
37
Check-ins
- Berghotel Kasern 1 600 m
- Starkl Alm 2 027 m
Open route Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Hiking route Difficult
High Altitude Trail Lausitz
One of the oldest high routes through the upper Ahrntal, running from the Birnlücke pass to the Hundskehljoch; it asks for a head for heights and proper kit.
26.9 km
Distance
1 598 m
Ascent
11 h 7 min
Duration
237
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Ski tour Difficult
Ski tour Großer Tauernkopf/Testa dei Tauri 2,874 m
A ski tour from Casere on the sunny side of the Zillertal Alps to the Grosser Tauernkopf at 2,874 m, roughly five hours of climbing.
6.4 km
Distance
1 281 m
Ascent
11 m
Descent
3 h 31 min
Duration
173
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Easy
Hiking tour to the waterfall Rötbach
A short climb to the Rötbach waterfall above Casere, cool and loud, with light playing in the spray when the sun is on it.
1.2 km
Distance
125 m
Ascent
33 min
Duration
30
Check-ins
- Berghotel Kasern 1 600 m
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Moderate
The miner's path into the Röttal
The Knappensteig past the mouths of old mine galleries and up above the tree line into the Röttal, where moraines and scattered alpine huts mark the high valley.
9.4 km
Distance
839 m
Ascent
5 h 17 min
Duration
5
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Difficult
Klockerkarkopf and Schafsee
A trackless, unmarked traverse from Vetta d'Italia to the Schafsee and on to the Krimmler Tauern, through empty high ground.
20.6 km
Distance
1 472 m
Ascent
9 h 44 min
Duration
230
Check-ins
Open route AVS Sektion Ahrntal
Ski tour Difficult
Ski tour Ahrner Kopf/Cima del Vento 3,050 m
A ski tour from Casere onto north-west slopes to the Ahrner Kopf at 3,050 m, about five hours up, on a line where avalanche danger is often present.
7.6 km
Distance
1 448 m
Ascent
0 m
Descent
4 h 2 min
Duration
105
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Moderate
Miner's Path Prettau/Predoi
An interpretive climb from the St Ignaz gallery up to Rotkreuz, past adits and ruined workings, among them the Saint George tunnel driven soon after 1528.
4.4 km
Distance
555 m
Ascent
3 h 16 min
Duration
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Difficult
Mountain tour to Schientalkopf (Schüttalkopf)
A long climb to the Schüttalkopf on the frontier crest, with the Ahrntal on one side and the Austrian valleys on the other.
16.4 km
Distance
1 159 m
Ascent
7 h 41 min
Duration
178
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Ski tour Difficult
Ski tour al Rifugio Giogo Lungo 2.590 m
Winter
A ski tour through the Valle Rossa to the Giogo Lungo refuge at 2,590 m, closed over the winter, with about three and a half hours of climbing.
6.2 km
Distance
1 001 m
Ascent
12 m
Descent
2 h 54 min
Duration
78
Check-ins
Open route Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Hiking route Difficult
Dreiherrenspitze
A long climb by the Holy Spirit church and the Windtal to the Lenkjöchlhütte, then over the rear Umbaltorl and up the ridge to the Dreiherrnspitze.
26.0 km
Distance
2 082 m
Ascent
13 h 26 min
Duration
154
Check-ins
Open route AVS Sektion Sand in Taufers
Ski tour Difficult
Ski tour Rauchkofel/Monte Fumo - Prettau/Predoi 3,251 m
A ski tour on the south-west slopes above Predoi to the Rauchkofel at 3,251 m, some six hours of climbing on ground prone to avalanche.
6.7 km
Distance
1 543 m
Ascent
10 m
Descent
4 h 7 min
Duration
30
Check-ins
- Berghotel Kasern 1 600 m
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Difficult
Hoch Tirol Trail
The South Tyrolean leg of the Hoch-Tirol route, from Predoi at the head of the Ahrntal across the Rieserferner-Ahrn nature park towards Pragraten.
28.0 km
Distance
1 551 m
Ascent
11 h 36 min
Duration
129
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Ski tour Difficult
Ski tour Merbjoch/Passo Merbe 2,829 m
A ski tour on north-facing slopes above Predoi to the Merbjoch at 2,829 m, roughly four and a half hours up.
4.5 km
Distance
1 369 m
Ascent
0 m
Descent
3 h 29 min
Duration
6
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Difficult
Mountain tour to Ahrner Kopf
A summit walk to the Ahrner Kopf above the head of the Ahrntal, looking across at the glaciers of the Grossvenediger.
20.1 km
Distance
1 516 m
Ascent
9 h 55 min
Duration
111
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Difficult
Mountain tour to the Rötspitze
A steep climb to the Rötspitze at the head of the Ahrntal, with one of the broadest outlooks onto the Venediger group.
9.7 km
Distance
1 932 m
Ascent
7 h 13 min
Duration
78
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Difficult
Escursione ad anello lago Waldner
Summer
A circular high route from Casere over the Hochwieser pastures and past the streams of the protected Wieser Werfa biotope to the Waldner lake.
12.5 km
Distance
968 m
Ascent
6 h 18 min
Duration
45
Check-ins
Open route Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld
Hiking route Difficult
Hiking tour round trip lake Waldnersee
A high circuit from the bus stop at Casere by the Hochwieser Alm and the protected Wieser Werfa biotope to the Waldnersee and back.
12.4 km
Distance
1 002 m
Ascent
6 h 27 min
Duration
45
Check-ins
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Difficult
Fuldaer Way with Weiße Wand
A crossing from the Reintal to the Ahrntal over the Bretterscharte and the pale dolomite of the Weisse Wand at 2,517 m, through stone pine wood and alpine meadow.
18.8 km
Distance
1 184 m
Ascent
8 h 34 min
Duration
25
Check-ins
Open route AVS Sektion Sand in Taufers
Hiking route Difficult
Mountain tour to the Rauchkofel in Prettau/Predoi
A three-thousand-metre peak above Predoi reached without setting foot on a glacier, with a wide outlook from the top.
15.5 km
Distance
1 772 m
Ascent
10 h 38 min
Duration
10
Check-ins
- Monte Fumo 3 251 m
- Waldneralm 2 068 m
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Difficult
Hiking tour to lake Waldner
A long walk up to the Waldnersee, the well-known mountain lake in the high ground above Predoi at the head of the Ahrntal.
15.5 km
Distance
901 m
Ascent
6 h 18 min
Duration
8
Check-ins
- Waldneralm 2 068 m
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal
Hiking route Difficult
Schneespitz
A climb on the Fuldaerweg out of the Ahrntal into the Hasental, up the west ridge of the Schneespitz, and back by the north-east ridge and the Brunna pasture valley.
19.6 km
Distance
1 696 m
Ascent
10 h 44 min
Duration
1
Check-ins
Open route AVS Sektion Ahrntal
Hiking route Difficult
Mountain tour to the Hundskehljoch
A climb on the old boundary paths above Prettau to the Hundskehljoch at 2,557 metres, on the crest of the Zillertal Alps.
6.4 km
Distance
1 188 m
Ascent
4 h 27 min
Duration
- Hundskehljoch - Passo del Cane 2 557 m
Open route Tauferer Ahrntal

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Monte Fumo

Summit

Monte Fumo

3 251 m · prom 606 m · 2 check-ins

via Mountain tour to the Rauchkofel in Prettau/Predoi

Walk at the end of the valley Kasern/Casere

Featured route

Walk at the end of the valley Kasern/Casere

Hiking route · Easy · ↔ 2.8 km · ↑ 73 m · ◷ 45 min

A wheelchair-accessible path from the nature park centre at Casere out to the pastures at Trinkstein, at the head of the Ahrntal.

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Data sources

Official website: ahrntal.com ↗
Routes and highlights: Tauferer Ahrntal, Sterzing, Pfitsch und Freienfeld, AVS Sektion Ahrntal, AVS Sektion Sand in Taufers, YesAlps
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