Winter activities

Winter hiking

To experience winter at its most beautiful: Whether your preference is short promenades in fresh snow or extensive snowshoe trekking tours on gorgeous trails in high altitude, at our house the whole family will discover all they are looking for.

• Smaller hiking tours in combination with the free ski bus in Hafling: the ski bus takes you from Hafling village to Falzeben. From there, you can come back in an easy going hike on trail No.14 and then on the „Buergele“ path. Duration: about 1 hour.
  From Falzeben you go back to St Kathrein taking trail No.14 or No.50. The ski bus will bring you back to your starting point.
• To the Leadner alp ( 1514m)
  From the parking place in Hafling village you can hike to the Leadner alp or the mountain restaurant Waldbichl in about 1 hour on foot, take trail No.16.
  You can also reach the Leadner alp or the mountain restaurant Waldbichl in about 1 hour by starting from Voeran village. The starting point is at the parking place of Gruener Baum inn, trail No.16.
• To Merano 2000
  From Hafling/ Falzeben you can hike to the Pfiffinger peak in about 1 hour on foot – or by cable car. From there you follow the trail to Merano hut (you have to cross the ski slope). This trail is very popular also in wintertime, up and downhill in about 3 hours.
  If you take the chair lift from Piffing to the Waidmann alp, you will see that the Merano hut is within sight – from this point you can go back to Piffing, or directly to the starting point to Falzeben in a comfortable hike (about 2 hours).
• Extraordinary mountain pasture round trip
  From Hafling village the hiking trail leads to Wurzer alp via path No. 2 (1707m), from there it continues in a southeastwards direction to the Voeran alp (1873m). The circular route leads you to the forestry trail to Leadner alp (1514m) and finally on trail No.16 back to the departing point. Duration: about 4 1/2 hours.
• Snowshoe trekking to the Kreuzjoechl ridge (1984m)
  From Hafling/ Falzeben you hike across the mountain pasture of Waidmann alp to the Merano hut, from here continue on the European long distance trail E5 until you reach Kreuzjoechl. The way back leads through Moschwald alp and Maiser alp to Falzeben (complete hiking time about 4 hours).
• Snow hike round trip
  The round trip begins quite level from Hafling/ Falzeben and goes on path No.51, first to Sinichbach, then increasing incline to the Moschwald alp (1750m), and then mostly level again to the Maiser alp (1783m). From here, you should follow first trail No.17, then No.14, in the direction of Rotwand untill you reach the renowned Zuegg hut (1765m). From there it is an easy descent to the starting point Falzeben. The whole round trip is well signposted. Duration: about 3 hours.
  

Restaurants open in winter: Leadner alp inn, Waldbichl Alpine inn, Zuegg hut, Piffinger peak mountain lodge, Waidmannalm hut, Merano hut.

* Open in summer only: Moschwald alp, Maiser alp, Wurzer alp, Voeran alp.