{"id":941,"date":"2026-06-07T17:34:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/item\/seiser-alm\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:04:10","slug":"seiser-alm","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/item\/seiser-alm\/","title":{"rendered":"Seiser Alm \/ Alpe di Siusi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;color:#3a352f;\">The Seiser Alm is, at around 56 km\u00b2, the largest high-altitude alpine meadow in Europe, a broad, gently rolling meadow landscape at about 1,700 to 2,300 m. Against the backdrop of the Schlern, Langkofel and Plattkofel it is a hiking paradise in summer and a cross-country and ski paradise in winter. To protect the landscape, access is heavily restricted during the day.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Europe's largest high alpine meadow with a wide Dolomite panorama<\/li>\n<li>Schlern, Langkofel and Plattkofel as a backdrop<\/li>\n<li>Gentle hiking and cross-country trails on the high plain<\/li>\n<li>Cable car from the valley instead of your own drive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Area<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">around 56 km\u00b2 (largest high alpine meadow in Europe)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Elevation<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">approx. 1,700\u20132,300 m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Backdrop<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Schlern, Langkofel, Plattkofel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Access<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">heavily restricted during the day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Practical info<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f1ec;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Getting there:<\/strong> With the Seiser Alm cable car from Seis; car access closed during the day or only for overnight guests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Best time:<\/strong> Hiking June to October; cross-country and skiing December to March.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Cost:<\/strong> Cable car and mountain railways payable (please verify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Safety:<\/strong> Easy hiking terrain; mind weather and afternoon thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:12px 0 4px;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;\">\n<li>Taking the cable car up avoids the access restriction<\/li>\n<li>Early or late in the day, light and quiet are at their finest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Background &amp; History<\/h2>\n<p>The Seiser Alm, Italian Alpe di Siusi, is the largest high alpine pasture in Europe, a wide, sweeping sea of meadows at around 1800 to 2300 metres, above which rise the jagged rock towers of the Langkofel and the Plattkofel. Like the whole of the Dolomites, its bedrock too consists of the petrified remains of tropical coral reefs that grew more than 200 million years ago at the edge of a warm primeval sea. Only the collision of the continental plates lifted up these limestone massifs; the French researcher D\u00e9odat de Dolomieu gave the rock, and thus the whole mountain range, its name in the 18th century.<\/p>\n<p>For centuries the mountain farmers from the Ladin valleys shaped the image of the alpine pasture. Ladin, an old Rhaeto-Romance idiom, is still spoken in the surrounding Dolomite valleys today and tells of a culture that has held its own between the great language areas. In summer the farmers drive their cattle up to the high pastures, in autumn the meadows glow golden, before the snow transforms the slopes into a wide ski landscape. That the sun colours the rock faces pink in the evening, the famous Enrosadira, has always belonged to the legends and wonders of this landscape. An old Ladin legend explains the glow with the sunken rose garden of a king, whose blossoms the mountain carries within itself forever.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#221c1a;color:#fff;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 22px;margin-top:28px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.08em;\">Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0 12px;color:#d8d2cc;font-size:14px;\">To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/wanderschuhe\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hiking boots \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/schichtenprinzip-bekleidung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Layering guide for clothing \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/packliste-tages-bergwanderung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Day-tour packing list \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Seiser Alm ist mit rund 56 km\u00b2 die gr\u00f6\u00dfte Hochalm Europas, eine weite, sanft gewellte Wiesenlandschaft auf etwa 1.700 bis 2.300 m. Vor der Kulisse von Schlern, Lang- und Plattkofel ist sie im Sommer ein Wander- und im Winter ein Langlauf- und Skiparadies. Zum Schutz der Landschaft ist die Zufahrt tags\u00fcber stark eingeschr\u00e4nkt. 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