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Hiking on the Keschtnweg

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    The Keschtnweg is a path of life through a well-maintained cultural landscape, where people live an authentic "chestnut culture." The path connects nature, culture & regional products.
    moderate
    Distance 15.5 km
    4:47 h
    707 m
    725 m
    1,223 m
    764 m

    Hiking & Törggelen: This ancient South Tyrolean custom alone is worth a trip. From October until "Kathreinstag" 25 November, people meet for Törggelen in the Renon Buschenschanks and farm taverns with young wine, sweet must, and hearty delicacies. When chestnuts are roasted over the "Keschtn fire" you feel transported back to the rural world of old times. Uniquely rustic!

    Places to eat: Buschenschank Kinighof, Buschenschank Partschonerhof, Gasthof Fleier, Gasthaus Pirbamer, Gasthof Wunder and Buschenschank Rielingerhof.
    Parts of the pilgrimage path "Jakobsweg South Tyrol" also run along the Keschtnweg.

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    Difficulty
    moderate
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    moderate

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    Lowest point
    764 m
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    Public transport

    The starting point of the route is easily and conveniently accessible by public transport. From Bolzano, valley station of the Renon cable car 161, take a gondola, which departs every 4 minutes, and reach Oberbozen in just 12 minutes. Timetable 

    Directions

    Glide with the Renon cable car from Bolzano to Oberbozen. A gondola leaves the station every 4 minutes and after a 12-minute panoramic ride you reach the mountain station Oberbozen. Descend on hiking trail 23 and continue on trail 26 to the Keschtnweg.

    Parking

    Parking: Bolzano, valley station of the Renon cable car, paid.

    Coordinates

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    46.528067, 11.405365
    DMS
    46°31'41.0"N 11°24'19.3"E
    UTM
    32T 684470 5155533
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    Get there by train, car, bike, or on foot!

    Equipment

    Hiking boots & trekking poles, water bottle & fruit, in winter "crampons" are recommended as it can be icy near streams and watercourses.

    Localization

    Parts of this content were machine translated using German as the source language

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    Difficulty
    moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    15.5 km
    Duration
    4:47 h
    Ascent
    707 m
    Descent
    725 m
    Highest point
    1,223 m
    Lowest point
    764 m
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