All snowshoe hikes in Gsiesertal/Val Casies

Tranquil low mountain hike – clockwise through meadows and woods of the Taistner Unterrain

Starting point: Monguelfo-Tesido – Tesido, crossroad 100 m after the Hotel Alpen Tesitin
Altitude difference: 260 m
Walking time: 2–3 hours
Difficulty: easy; ideal terrain for snowshoe hiking
Special note: orientation in the forest is difficult if leaving the marked trail
Remark: snowshoe hike only
Rest point: Mudler Hof mountain restaurant

The classic Val Casies Valley ski and snowshoe tour through the Pfoital to the Hochkreuzspitze

Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – S. Maddalena, Head of the Valley (1465 m)
Walking time: 4 hours 30 min.
Difficulty: medium; for average skiers – wide and open terrain with a few steep slopes, caution required after fresh snow
Altitude difference: 1274 m
Slope exposure: southwest

With snowshoes from S. Maddalena to S. Martino

Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – S. Maddalena, Head of the Valley (1465 m)
Distance: 3.8 km
Descent: with public transportation
Walking time: 2 hours 00 min.
Difficulty: easy
Difference in altitude: 110 m

Beautiful panoramic tour across the Aschtalm, Pfinn huts, Pfinnscharte and Hoher Mann

Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – S. Maddalena, Head of the Valley (1465 m)
Descent: back via the ascent route
Walking time: approx. 3 hours 30 min.
Difficulty: easy ski mountain that mainly requires stamina
Altitude difference: 1100 m
Slope exposure: south + east

Snowshoe hike on old paths

Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – S. Maddalena, Head of the Valley (1465 m)
Distance: 6.1 km
Descent: back via the ascent route
Walking time: 2 hours 30 min.
Difficulty: difficult
Altitude difference: 740 m
Information: also feasible with touring skis
Slope exposure: south

The “Rotlahner” – an easy and well-known ski mountain in the Gsieser Alps

Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – S. Maddalena, Head of the Valley (1465 m)
Descent: back via the ascent route
Walking time: 3 hours 30 min.
Difficulty: medium; except for two steep slopes (below the Kasermähder Alm and in the area of the Heimwaldjöchl) the tour poses no technical difficulties
Altitude difference: 1270 m
Slope exposure: southwest

Snowshoe tour with a panoramic view

Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – Colle, Hotel Stoll (1255 m)
Distance: 5 km
Descent: back via the ascent route
Walking time: 3 hours 00 min.
Difficulty: difficult
Altitude difference: 733 m

An interesting challenge in a snow-covered alpine landscape

Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – S. Maddalena, Head of the Valley (1465 m)
Descent: back via the ascent route
Walking time: approx. 2 hours 30 min.
Difficulty: easy
Altitude difference: 884 m
Slope exposure: north

Snowshoe tour: The “Gsieser Törl” – over centuries a strategic passage for man and beast: pilgrims, smugglers, pedlars, hunters, shepherds, as well as the odd lover…

Starting point: Head of the valley in St. Magdalena in the Gsieser Valley 1465 m
Descent: back via the ascent route, from Kradorfer Alm left turn is also possible
Hiking time: 2 ½ hours
Level of difficulty: moderate to difficult; technical difficulties are minor; but last part of the climb is steep
Altitude difference: 745 m

Snowshoe tour to the Pfinn huts in the Val Casies Valley (2152 m)

Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – S. Maddalena, Head of the Valley (1465 m)
Distance: 7.5 km
Descent: back via the ascent route
Walking time: 4 hours 00 min.
Difficulty: difficult
Altitude difference: 687 m
Information: also feasible with touring skis

Snowshoe hike with views of the Dolomites

Starting point: Val Casies/Gsiesertal Valley – S. Martino, Tourism office (1276 m)
Distance: 8.6 km
Descent: along the same route
Walking time: 3 hours 30 min.
Difficulty: medium
Altitude difference: 851 m

With a view towards the Dolomites

Starting point: Monguelfo-Tesido – Tesido, parking lot above the Mudler mountain restaurant (1620 m)
Distance: 6.1 km
Descent: back via the ascent route
Walking time: 4 hours 00 min.
Difficulty: difficult
Difference in altitude: 525 m
Information: also feasible with touring skis