A pleasant winter walk to relax and simply enjoy life in a quite area on Seiser Alm. This route offers  a breathtaking view of the Schlern/Sciliar mountain, almost within hand’s reach from the Spitzbühl, and leads onwards over endless snow-covered alpine meadows back to the starting point.

The start and end point of this tour is the Spitzbühl valley station on the Seiser Alm. It is located beneath Compatsch. Take the hiking trail nr. 4 (going downhill) to get there. To get to Compatsch, take the Seiser Alm cable car or bus line 10 from Seis am Schlern via Kastelruth. If you take the bus, you can get off at the "Frommer"-station. Parking facilities are available at the valley station of the Seiser Alm cable car.

The road to the landscape conservation area Seiser Alm is closed to private traffic from 9.00am to 5.00pm. During this time you can get to the Seiser Alm by the Seiser Alm cable car from Seis or by bus from Kastelruth. You can descend from Compatsch at any time.

Seiser Alm cable car

Bus service and timetables

The valley station of the Seiser Alm Aerial Cableway can be easily reached via the following connections:

• Bus line 1 from Seis am Schlern
• Bus line 2 from Völs am Schlern
• Bus line 3 from Kastelruth
• Line 170 from Bolzano/Bozen or Bressanone/Brixen main station to the Seiser Alm Aerial Cableway stop.

From the Spitzbühl car park, the walk leads up to the Spitzbühl hut, where the views sweep over to the Schlern mountain, so close you could practically touch it, with the Santner and Euringer peaks. If you prefer, you can save yourself this effort and take the Spitzbühl chairlift. The hike then leads slightly downhill to the Gstatsch hut. From there you get up to the Laurin hut. The way back leads across extensive alpine meadows, past the Spitzbühl hut back to the Spitzbühl parking lot.

Please check the opening hours of the huts and restaurants: www.seiseralm.it/huts