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Hiking tour Birnlücken hut

Stamina
Technique
Experience
Landscape
Difficulty:
Medium
Distance: 15.2 km
Ascent: 1115 m Descent: 1115 m
Duration:04:00 h
Lowest point:1593 m
Highest point:2423 m
Best season
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Short description

On this very varied tour, hikers experience the unique landscape in the farthest corner of the Tauferer Ahrntal and the northernmost mountain hut in South Tyrol, which lies on the border with Austria. A must for nature and mountain lovers!

Description

From the car park in Kasern, you hike - always following the markings no. 13 - for quite a while on a flat road or forest path towards the end of the valley, first passing the little church of the Holy Spirit and the Talschlusshütte hut, then the Adler and Kehreralm mountain huts. The wide path eventually turns into a cosy path that climbs gently in places.
After the Kehreralm, the path climbs more steeply to the Lahneralm. However, you can catch your breath again on the subsequent flat section through a marvellous valley. The last part of the trail up to the Birnlücken hut consists of many small, sometimes quite steep hairpin bends and steps, but these are easy to master for hikers who are used to walking.

And the view of the magnificent mountain landscape with the Dreiherrenspitze and other glaciers as well as the well-earned rest in the mountain hut will make you forget all your efforts.

Take the same route again for the descent. Hiking enthusiasts can also take the long but beautiful Lausitzer Höhenweg trail back to Kasern. The Birnlückenhütte is also the starting point for numerous other hut and summit hikes.

Starting point of the tour

Kasern

Destination of the tour

Birnlücken hut

Trail sign

13

Directions

Turn off at Bruneck in the Pustertal valley into the Tauferer Ahrntal valley and drive approx. 40 km to Kasern/Heilig Geist at the end of the valley. 

Parking

Large paid car park shortly after the village centre of Kasern. 

Type of trail

Length 15.2 km

Author

Editorial office south-tirol.com

Tauferer Ahrntal

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