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Entrance to the "Hufeisentour"
Mölten
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LandscapePhoto: TV Mölten, Mölten
The Hufeisentour is a seven-day-lasting mountain trail in the Alpes of Sarntal. The route proceeds through the heart of South Tyrol along alpine areas, meadows, traditional alpine huts, peaks and yokes. You walk on unbeaten tracks and natural paths. As well as wounderful and unforgettable views on the UNESCO world natural heritage, the Dolomites, the Zillertaler Alps, the Stubaier Alps, the Ötztaler Alps and the Mountain Ortler in the Brenta Group are waiting for you.
The classical Hufeisentour starts in the eastern Alps of Sarntal at Sarnthein and contains 7 to 8 stages, running in counterclockwise rotation. Of course you can walk into the other direction as well or start at other starting points, for example at Mölten. Here you walk onto the stone cairns "Stoanerne Mandln" and can decide if to walk to the starting point Sarnthein or to the area Meran 2000 (opposite direction).
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The cairns are a special place, a real place of energy in Meltina and one of the most beautiful viewpoints in the Sarntal Alps
Mölten
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
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If you start at Meltina, take path no. 13 to the crossroad with "Hohlweg". Here starts path no. 15, which leads directly to the alpine hut "Möltner Kaser". This hut is located directly at the food of the famous "Stoanerne Mandln", where you arrive by walking approximately 30 - 45 minutes on path 28 + 23A. Enjoy the view and continue then on path no. 23C and 23 to the Auener Jöchl.
Here you have to decide if you walk to Sarnthein or to Merano 2000.
Version one - across Sarnthein:
Walk on path no. 2 until you reach the alpine ski hut "Sarner Skihütte". Continue on path no. 2 to the village Sarnthein. From now on you can walk on path no. 3, passing "Almschank Tengler" and "Sarner Scharte", and arrive at the "Gasteiger Sattel". From here you can continue your Hufeisentour.
Version 2 - across Meran 2000:
Walk on path no. 4 to the special viewpoint "Kreuzjoch". Continue this way, passing the tops "Maiser Rast" and "Spieler", until you reach the alpine hut "Meraner Hütte" and finally the "Kirchsteiger Alm". Now you are in the area Merano 2000 and can decide by the "Missensteiner Joch" if you want to walk on the longer route, passing the mountain Hirzer, or the simplier family route, passing the hut "Durr-Alm".
Stone Man "Stoanerne Mandln"
Blick auf die mystischen Stoanerne Mandln im Sonnenaufgang
Stone figures
Auener Jöchl - Giogo dei Prati
Möltner Kaser
Möltner Kaser
Mountain hut Sattler
Public transport
Timetables: suedtirolmobil.infos
Line 204: Bozen-Terlan-Mölten-Vöran-Hafling
Line 225: Meran-Hafling-Falzeben
Directions
By car from the Brenner Pass, take the A22 motorway to the Bolzano Sud exit, then take the MEBO expressway in the direction of Meran until the Terlan exit. From there, take the mountain road to Mölten.
Parking
In the village centre of Meltina
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