Hiking paradise Alpe di Siusi & Sciliar area
Magnificent routes, spectacular views, rustic alpine huts: The Alpe di Siusi and the Sciliar region offer a variety of hiking tours and everything a hiker’s heart desires. Embark on a journey of discovery right in the middle of our fabulous nature. If you prefer to travel in a group, you can also join our guided hikes & mountain tours. The hiking guides Herbert Frisch and Roman Profanter will give you exciting insights into flora and fauna on group hikes and always has interesting stories to tell.
Guided hikes:
Together on a discovery tour
Easy hiking tours & family hikes
If you want to discover the Alpe di Siusi and the Sciliar area on foot with your family, you should join Herbert Frisch, our hiking guide. Herbert Frisch, living in Val Gardena, was a professional ice hockey player and played in the Italian national team. In winter he trains the youth ice hockey teams in Renon. In summer he loves to hike with our guests.
Four times a week Herbert takes you on easy hiking tours – perfect for beginners and families with children. The hikes are included in the price.
Tour program & details
Get to know each other
Together we carve a walking stick for the week and get to know each other by the campfire and prepare bread on a stick.
Insight: Example tours
- To the Alpe di Siusi to the Sanon Hut
Easy panoramic hike with a view over the beautiful vastness of the Alpe di Siusi to the Sanon Hut. A horse-drawn sleigh takes us back to the cable car. Suitable for prams.
- To the Laghetto di Fiè and the Malga Tuff
On a comfortable path you walk through cool forests, past the curious looks of the cows and the mythical Sasso delle Streghe (the witches’ rock), until we reach the idyllically situated Laghetto di Fiè after about 2 hours. If you feel like it, you can cool off in the pond or take a boat ride. If you like, you can continue with me to the beautifully located Malga Tuff (220 m altitude difference).
- Hike to the Spitzbühl on the Alpe di Siusi
The Spitzbühl is a mountaintop with a breathtaking view of the Sciliar and the Cima Santner and of the Renon with the Corno del Renon. The area also offers excellent thermals for paragliding and RC airplanes.
- On Marinzen, the idyllic alp above Castelrotto
Marinzen is a small alp above Marinzen. Children can play to their hearts’ content on the playground, watch fish and tadpoles at the pond and watch the goats and cows grazing. The parents will find comfy deck chairs to relax in and a bar for a cappuccino. If you feel like it, you can walk downhill to Bad Ratzes via trail no. 9.
- To the Alpe di Siusi to the Tirler and to the Hexenweg (Witches’ path)
The 2 km long tour is an adventure playground in the middle of the forest for all senses: hear, smell, taste, feel. A special attraction is walking barefoot on the damp forest floor with its earthy scent, refreshing for tired little feet. Back at the Tirler we have a picnic and rest before we head back to Saltria and take the bus back to Compaccio.
Demanding hiking tours & alpine trails
Twice a week, Roman our hiking and mountain guide takes you on challenging hikes. The tours are suitable for adults and fit young hikers aged 14 and over. The walks are not included in the price, a contribution to expenses of 15.00 € per person is due.
Tour program & details
Every Sunday at 6:30 p.m., Roman presents the walks of the week. All questions are answered over a glass of sparkling wine.
Insight: Example tours
- Hike from the Passo Gardena (Grödner Joch) via the Puez into the Vallunga (Langental
🕐 5.5 to 6 h | ➚ 350 m | ➘ 1,000 m
We go by car into the Val Gardena valley to Selva Gardena. The hike leads us along the Dolomite High Trail via the Passo Cir, Passo Crespeina and the Forcella de Ciampac to the Rifugio Puez. There we fortify ourselves with Tyrolean bacon dumplings or a Kaiserschmarren and then climb the Panorama Trail (Dolomiten–Höhenweg) into the Vallunga.
- To the rock labyrinth at the Latemar in the Catinaccio (Rosengarten) area
🕐 4 h | ➚ 300 m | ➘ 350 m
We go by car to the Passo Carezza. There we start our hike through the Latemar forest and on to the beautiful Latemar meadows. Via the small Forcella Latemar we reach the legendary path of the rock labyrinth below the Latemar at Lago di Carezza.
Highlight: Great close-up views of the Campanili del Latemar (Latemar Towers), magnificent view of the Catinaccio and Sciliar.
Fascinating legendary rock formations and legends about the Latemar and Lake Carezza accompany us along the way.
- Hiking around the Sassolungo Group
🕐 6 h | ➚ 500 m | ➘ 900 m
We take the cable car to the Alpe di Siusi and the bus to Saltria. From there the hike leads us over the Prati confin (Confinböden) to the Rifugio Comici (2,153 m). After a short rest we continue through the tangle of blocks of the “Stone City” to the Sella Pass, from where we take a traditional basket lift to the Sassolungo Forcella (2,680 m). We then descend through the Sassolungo saddle to the Rifugio Vicenza (Langkofel Hütte 2,253 m), where we enjoy a wonderful view. After recharging our batteries with a delicious lunch, we return to Saltria cross-country, partly in open country and partly on an old secret forest path.