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Light forests and mountain meadows alternate along the entire route, with easy climbs and flat sections. In winter, the track is regularly maintained with a snow groomer.
On the wide Grawand glacier slopes you find a light and two medium-difficult ski-runs. Ideal to start your ski day on a length of 850 meters. At the end of the Grawand slopes it is a must to stop for a bite to eat at the Ötzi Biwak with its generous sun terraces.
Difficult slope
Slope for beginners
The valley descent starts at the glacial lakes and consists of two challenging slopes. Skiers reach the valley station of the glacier cable car at Maso Corto/Kurzras.
This chairlift gives you access to the most demanding but panoramic ski runs of the whole area. Passing by the Teufelsegghütte mountain hut you reach, always on black ski runs, the village Maso Corto/Kurzras.
The starting point of the sun-drenched slopes is located at 3,115 meters above sea level. The medium-heavy red slopes bring skiers to the Bella Vista mountain hut and lead into the valley descent to Maso Corto/Kurzras.
In good conditions and when there’s enough (but not too much) snow, this hike can be completed without any problems. The trail is regularly maintained using a tracked snow groomer. On the farm track along the hairpin bends are clearly-marked shortcuts, but in winter these tracks are usually inaccessible or should at least be negotiated with care.
Ski lift at the border of the glacier with access to the easy, sunny and flat Finail ski run (blue).
Middle easy ski slope
Middle easy ski run
In Pfelders you take the cablecar Grünboden-Express to Grünboden (2,000 m) and continue along the wonderful panoramic trail No 4 to the alpine hut “Faltschnal Alm” (1,871 m). The hut is situated at the tree line, at the beginning of the Faltschnal Valley, to the southwest above Pfelders. It a refreshment facility, perfect for having a rest. Here, you have a 180° panorama and an amazing view of the impressive peaks of the main chain of the Alps surrounding Pfelders. Following the trail No 4, we will first walk across fresh meadows and then we will descend through the Arolla pine forest. Once we will have arrived at the bottom of the Lazins Valley we will cross the bridge spanning the brook of Pfelders to get to the inn "Lazinserhof". Along the Merano High Mountain Trail, which in this leg crosses blossoming meadows, we will hike down the valley, past the farms of Zeppichl and return to our starting point.
The via ferrata „Stuller Wasserfall“ is a medium-difficulty-level climb with a very difficult variation in the middle part, which can be bypassed. This steep and exposed climb proceeds through a breathtaking setting in the immediate vicinity of the roaring waterfall.
The Stuller waterfall is a mighty height of 342 meters consisting of two cascades, and is the third highest in Europe.
About two thirds of the way through the climb there is the possibility to discontinue the ascent and take a footpath to Stuls or descend to Moos. The final section of the via ferrata can also be undertaken as a short journey from Stuls with access via said footpath.
The variants V1(E) and V2(F) are extremely difficult and heavily overhanging in many passages!
The ski lift is situated in the valley, next to the valley station of the cable car. It brings you up to two easy ski runs (blue) - ideal for beginners.
The „Hasen-Abfahrt“, which means rabbit descent and takes its name from the Hasen-Kofel locality (rabbit hill), branches off from the „Transhumanz“ slope and leads skiers through a larch forest and along the hotels to the valley station of the Lazaun cable car. The Hasen-Abfahrt ski run is 920 metres long, 6 metres wide on average, with a maximum gradient of 29.7% and an altitude difference of 127 metres.
On the wide Grawand glacier slopes you find a light and two medium-difficult ski-runs. Ideal to start your ski day on a length of 850 meters. At the end of the Grawand slopes it is a must to stop for a bite to eat at the Ötzi Biwak with its generous sun terraces.
The Gletschersee ski run is an easy, blue slope and brings from the glacier to the glacial lakes. From there you can continue on the valley descent to Maso Corto/Kurzras, reach again the glacier with the chairlifts or reach the glacier opposite slopes by Hintereis chairlift.
