Category: Hiking & Mountain Tours

Mayrhofen is the best-known holiday resort in the rear Zillertal, with the mountains Penken and Ahorn. The Harakiri piste, with a gradient of up to 78 percent, is regarded as the steepest groomed run in Austria. In summer the village is a base for tours into the Zillertal Alps Nature…

Bad Hindelang is a climatic spa town in the Allgäu high Alps, above which the famous Jochstraße with its 106 hairpins leads to the pass village of Oberjoch, one of the highest villages in Germany. The region combines hiking, family skiing and an intact mountain-farming landscape with the Hintersteiner Tal…

Seefeld lies on a sunny high plateau above the Inn valley and is one of the best-known cross-country centres in the Alps, a repeated host of Nordic Ski World Championships and Olympic events. The mild plateau climate also makes the village a popular hiking and golf destination in summer. Highlights…

At 2,236 m, the Passo Giau is regarded as one of the most beautiful Dolomite passes and is ringed by striking peaks such as the Ra Gusela and the Nuvolau. The winding pass road is popular with motorcyclists and cyclists; from the top, scenic hikes start with all-round views of…

At around 1,900 m, the Lago di Sorapis glows an unreal turquoise from fine glacial flour and is reachable only on foot. The popular hike from the Passo Tre Croci leads over partly exposed, cable-secured sections to the lake at the foot of the Sorapiss walls. Bathing is not allowed,…

Cogne is one of the finest gateways into the Gran Paradiso National Park. Through the side valley Valnontey, trails lead into the realm of ibex and chamois, and at the hamlet of Lillaz the Cascate di Lillaz plunge down over several tiers. In winter Cogne is a well-known cross-country centre….