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The rustic Val Senales/schnalstal today is our Hiking-Goal. Brother, Sister, that best Freundin von allen , Your sister and your friend, together we go about Meran in the Val Venosta/Vinschgau , turn Naturns right in the Val Senales from, continue until after Catherine mountain and up to Vernatsch.

The Schnalser Valley

The road is extremely adventurous and we hope, that no one comes to us. The hope not come true course, but we still make it to the beginning of goes Trail, a forest car park near Vernatsch, on 1.600 m, arrive safely.

Here it is still cool and quite fresh. But according to Google Earth It no longer all should take too long to the Sun again on the eastern flanks of The mountain reach.

A dirt road (Way N. 9) our leads Group up to a farmhouse. We wandern links by. Now we March over a Forest path through a light very clean tidy larch forest, even to graze sheep in the, towards Mairalm upwards . We then proceed in single file and overcome without talk a great deal to Altitude to M.

Now the Sun caresses us, It is noticeably warmer. We come back to the Forest road We have left the below for the forest path and take on two lonely sheep. It seems to be many sheep. Is something unfamiliar, because it is rather believed such domestic cattle in a field as located in the forest.

According to GPS, we have the maximum Height of about 2.100 Reached altitude. We now walk on Alpine meadows slightly below the Kirchbach needle continue in a southerly direction.

Murmele

"A show up there" Marmot“, one of my whispers Hiking companion. I grab the camera quickly and pirsche me to the Alpine approached. Klick, Click, the Murmele makes no move to disappear, even very cool shows me his rump. Another two steps but then is of the nimble loafer still too colourful. It disappears under a pile of stones.

The marmots in the Val Senales Valley are not even shy

We walk on, get us on a very slippery wet bridge which on a freezing cold Mountain Brook bring and hope, that we may soon satisfy our growling stomachs.

Mairalm – Upper Moarhof Alpine

It doesn't take long until against a magnificent mountain backdrop, where my sister the Hasenöhrl accounts for, a Alpine hut the Mair appears Alm. Anyway, can we not see whether the Moarhof Alpine is managed or not. Because she totally traditional looks we not quite believe and walk through the Alm -Meadows next.

Mair Alm (Upper Moarhof Alpine) in the Val Senales Valley

It is in turn in single file in a large curve until you are the Chalet opposite to the slopes. Oh Schreck, from here you can see the front of the Chalet. That would be bad yes no further, because the alpine hut looks at this page very invite from. But what annoys us is, that we over there hiker feed see. Go back or hope, that we still encounter a more economy? Back, that simply doesn't, then we would have to make too much Yes more one hundred step, so further.

Thicker Alm

After only 10 We are redeemed minutes. A more alpine lodge the Thicker Alm is in sight. We sat in the Sun, and look forward to a hearty meal.

Somehow the economy as right hmm… turns out to – I call it once "funny". The best friend of all the initiative takes our wishes and goes straight into the kitchen. You comes back laughing. "The Kuchl miast enk onschaugn". DEIS isch brutal!“. I translated times: This cuisine also have to watch you, that is extremely. In fact, the best friend of all says we have so much but times.

We are easily discouraged but we convinced a short squint to the loves, that the food is probably not the kitchen equipment but on the contrary super good looks!

In fact! Despite "brutal kitchenware" there first lush portions, you're almost wondering how that probably had place in the "Minikuchl" and secondly, a really good quality. Which Dumplings , the soup, the bacon and cheese and bread also excellent presents each one of us.

If you want only a dumpling, Gets only a dumpling

Because we still a neat piece Hiking trail We have before us break up in direction Hut Dick. We are following the path n °. 10 (A7 Archaeological hiking trail) and wander easily down (about 300 Altitude ) continue in a southerly direction to the Hut Dick.

Hut Dick

Now we turn right and follow the road bends which we abbreviate from and of a path. We meet to approximately 30 min on the way no.. 24 and a very short stretch of the road walk along again. Now we turn left and follow the path, the part of the famous Meraner Höhenweg is and passes us once through a farm.

The Hiking trail leads us always still slightly downhill. Further it goes inside through the forest in a small valley. In this Valley we cross the again Mountain Brook the we ever exceeded. Now we reach on the opposite side of the Valley of stages rather steeply upwards to a farm where we turn right to the route No.. 10A (A7 archaeological hiking trail) to follow.

We leave the Meraner Höhenweg and turn right into the archaeological trail

It is partially along the mountain about 300 Altitude up to we on the way no.. 9B meet we follow links. Now we walk flat next to the farmhouse, the we at the start of our Hiking tour had left happens. Do we stop at the roadside in a meadow briefly before the farmhouse and let the sun caress us. The farmer, He randomly comes, has no objection as long as we run in not located in the Meadow.

After another kilometre, we arrive at in the parking lot at our starting point. We have a total 13 Km, a high-altitude performance of 1.000 m and a Hiking time of about 5 Hours behind us.

Photo impressions hiking Val Senales

Hiking Val Senales

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