The start is in Auna di Sotto. The sign what we follow “Keschtnweg”.
Here you will find our personal hiking tips from the surrounding area.
Earth Pyramids, a wonder of nature. The Renon Earth Pyramids are the highest and the most aesthetically pleasing in Europe. Earth pyramids are a phenomenon of erosion. They originate where ice-age glaciers have deposited moraine clay in valleys. When it is dry, it is rock-hard. If it comes into contact with water, it turns into a clayey pulp that flows down into the valley. However, when protected from the rain by large stones, the clay remains dry and hard. Only the part around the stone erodes. This is how earth columns are formed and become higher each time it rains. If the top stone falls off the peak, the column is certainly doomed to a quick decline because the clay is exposed to the rain and then carried away by it. The earth pyramids in the valley of the Rio Gasterer at Auna di Sotto have a special grey colour.
The start is in Auna di Sotto. The sign what we follow “Keschtnweg”.
By car: from Bolzano you follow the sign “Ritten – Renon” to Auna di Sotto.
By bus: in Bolzano starts the bus 165 every hour on workdays.
The walks begins at the valley station of the Seiser Alm cable car and leads firstly towards Salegg and shortly afterwards over a beautiful woodland trail (no. 2) through the Hauenstein wood. A slight descent takes you down to a wooden bridge which crosses the Strasser Graben before heading uphill again, over the beautiful “Tschurtsch” meadow with a view over the nearby Schlern, and up to Völser Weiher lake where you can jump in for a cooling dip on a hot summer’s day or, if you prefer, simply enjoy a stroll around the lake.
The path to Völs am Schlern (no. 1) takes you past the Zimmerlehen manor and a few farms, leading down through Obervöls and on to the village centre. You can return home by shuttle bus (line 2) or the public bus service (line 170) or, alternatively, walk back along the outward route.
Start is at the valley station of the Seiser Alm cable car. Several bus lines will bring you there.