Easter Monday, is it the Apple Blossom dominated our beautiful South Tyrol . We want today not too high up, because of the snow we have had enough. What is as Spring migration or. Hole to? One of the wonderful, Feel the energy of life, Waal-routes Of course ! Waal-routes are running paths along a fairly flat Waals, so a mostly above open water channel or-graben, He for the irrigation is used including the fruit.
Il-Waal with path leads across Kortsch in Schlanders
Quite many are left no longer of this interesting water distributors. You can find the most in the Burggrafenamt / Burgraviato and in the Val Venosta/Vinschgau . After we on Saturday the Path in Aktion conversant had, We want for today Schlanders the Sunny promenade and the Il path to bewandern.
After approximately 1,5 Hours trip we come to the largest village of The Vinschgau Valley in Schlanders to. We Park not far from the Centre on a larger parking lot just in front of the courthouse.
Sunny promenade in Schlanders
Wall on the sunny promenade of Schlanders
We get to scarce two hundred metres through the streets of Schlanders in a northerly direction on the sunny promenade at the foot of Sun's. We walk along the Waals, looking down on Schlanders, the beautiful Wall way promenade along .
We are located on approximately 750 Altitude . The Sun is shining , It is pleasantly warm. We would prefer planted slopes on one of the seats below the fortified with dry stone walls and with Apple trees, let down. No, we are to the hiking here, so we go on and get to the end of the sunny promenade on a two sweeping to a bridge, the Schlandraunbachbruecke. From here you can hike in several directions, also to the Castle Schlandersberg hinauf . We walk but as planned to the East towards Vetzan further.
The Hiking trail (No. . 13) takes us to some exposed, but relatively safe places, about the sport zone of Schlanders past. The terrain here most Sonnenberg looks like a steppe landscape. Partly karg, Stony , dry , almost scorched by the Sun, partly with low pine the Steppenvegatation forested impressed by its Tanginess and diversity. A paradise not only for green lizard and Mantis, but also for the always frierende best friend of all!
Schlanders to Tratterhof
Half-way between Schlanders and Vetzan we encounter a sign: 1TER South Tyrolean hiking trail, 120 km, Tracking number 11, Flat No.. 1. Didn't even, that there is a South Tyrolean hiking trail. Hmm, 120 km. Thikm would require an entire week then probably about. Times is a great vacation wall idea, for sleeping bag-hiker.
Right about 300 Meters below us is the Valley of the Vinschgau Valley with its countless Apple fields. Here is the home of the Vinschgau Apple. Here in South of Tyrol, Italy is already Apple Blossom-Time, What makes as white spots appear the Apple fields from a distance. Here in the Vinschgau Valley the vegetation is some days back. The Apple systems present in a lush green, only a few plants gleam in white glory, but not because of the Flower, but because they are just kinds.
Easy right ahead sehem we the white Summit of Rabbit ear (Hasenöhrl ), the easternmost quite glacier of the Ortler region.
Vetzan
After about one and a half hours we come, After a short descent, in Vetzan a small village East of Schlanders to. We don't keep up us and immediately come back by the Sculptor Valley und Black Valley, the fire trail, a road funded by the EU for the purpose of fire protection, at . Again and again white to related the wayside stones with the two aufgemaltenden letters FF indicate.
Rugatten
Despite Spring is very hot here at Sonnenberg, even hot. The Sonnenberg makes his name so all honour. Sometimes I see on the pine Rugatten, What memories of the NEN (= Grandpa) be. Before more than 20 I have the NEN years often, which is at the time as a forestry worker was, accompanied to the pests in a cotton candy-like bales with a, at one bar long fortified, Scissors to cut off. Yes , they were still time
Now, we come across the Trail We had used as a way. Before us a seat. My companions settled for a short break. I take this opportunity to a 360° make circular to photo.
360° to the Sun Mountain of Schlanders
360° of Schlanders overlooking the Val Venosta
Further, it is now back in the Centre of Schlanders, the stomach growls! Exactly at the beginning of the pedestrian zone, we find a restaurant, where we eat a delicious asparagus risotto in the open air and drink a good Sauvignon to. Excellent! Apparently, the asparagus in the Vinschgau Valley are excellent. Must not always the stronghold of the asparagus be terlan/Terlano.
Photo impressions stroll Sun promenade Schlanders and hiking trail to Tratterhof
Il path
After lunch we walk back up to the Sun Mountain. This time the West Il path opposed to. The ILS-Waal takes us on a slope of Sun's, fortified fruit of steep with dry stone walls, After Kortsch. The fruit are really totally gorgeous to look at. You can rarely see so many dry stone walls on a stain. Again memories come on. I have years ago times helped us in Tramin to create a dry stone wine cellar. Stone by stone has it chosen, chopped and then properly placed. A nice work!
The Waal dough leads through now by us a large well-kept chestnut Grove. Didn't even, that one reaps chestnuts in the Vinschgau Valley. Always said, that this was a domain of the Eisack Valley and burggrafenamt / Burgraviato.
Further, it is now up to the Romanesque St . Aegidius Church at Schatzknott. The idyllic Little church shows the Saint Christopher on the southern outer wall, the Interior frescoes from the 13. Century.
360° Photo St. Aegidius Church on the Schatzknott of Kortsch / Schlanders
St . Aegidius Church overlooking Schlanders and Kortsch
Now, we climb up the Rocky path left next to the Church and wandern about 100 until 200 m on the way back in the direction of Schlanders.
A Strauss looks and neugierg to
It constantly, not all too long until we again on the water channel which Ilswaal encounter. Wonderful to wander along the running water. This really feel the energy of life, the flowing water!
UPS, what looks at so the duzt us? An immigrant from the South, with a long neck and black plumage looks us. In a compound strut along several Sun gewöhnte birds Strauss the grid.
Castle Schlandersberg
Before us, slightly left, we see the Castle between the trees Schlandersberg, where by ca. 1200 until 1771 the noble Lords of Schlandersberg, the coat of arms (three silver with each other-tips, on a blue background) the municipality of Schlanders has taken over as coat of arms.
A look of Schlanders
We could high hiking from here quickly, but decide to leave it for now this and to go down to Schlanders.
Thus we conclude that hike or. the Spaziergang along the Waal routes of Schlanders from . If it itches you now also in the feet, Click in the Vinschgau to Schlanders! Especially now in the spring, walks or hikes along the Waal dough are ideal, Since the temperature exactly fit. In the summer, I advise you prefer slightly higher up to walk. But also offers the Sonnenberg in the Vinschgau enough possibilities. Time and again we have on our tour. Signs with Slice min- (3.000 m. ü. (d). M., 7 Hours walking time) encountered. Up there, it would be cool enough certainly also in the middle of summer!
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