Hiking tour Zehnerspitze
Difficulty:
Hard
Distance:
10.7 km
Ascent:
1172 m
Descent:
1170 m
Duration:07:00 h
Lowest point:1926 m
Highest point:2979 m
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Short description
Challenging summit tour in the Kreuzkofel Group.
Starting point of the tour
Heiligkreuz church above the Armentara meadows
Destination of the tour
Zehnerspitze
Route description
The tour starts at the exit of the middle station at 1,841 m (also possible on foot from Wengen via the Armentara meadows, 1 hour). Follow trail no. 7 to the hospice. Continue south past the Fanes plateau. Here you go right to the rock and on a secured path over ledges and rocky spurs to a lowland. Then you reach the crest and cross the ridge to the north on path 7B and up to the exposed pyramid-shaped summit.
The return route is the same as the outward route.
Trail signs
15, 7, 7B
Directions
To St. Leonhard in the Gadertal Valleyand with the chair lift to the Heiligkreuz church, exit at the middle station.
Tip by the author
Trail type
Length 10.7 km
Author
Editorial office south-tirol.com