Hiking tour Roenspitze

Stamina
Technique
Experience
Landscape
Difficulty:
Medium
Distance: 16 km
Ascent: 827 m Descent: 827 m
Duration:05:00 h
Lowest point:1362 m
Highest point:2107 m
Best season
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Short description

Panoramic summit tour with via ferrata at the gates of Bolzano.

Starting point of the tour

Mendel mountain station

Destination of the tour

Roenspitze

Route description

From the mountain station (1,600 m) to the nearby Gasthaus Halbweg. Follow trail no. 500 through the forest to the Romenoalm (1,773 m) and continue on trail no. 560 to the Überetscher Hütte. Follow trail 523 up to the tree line and on the via ferrata (three quarters of the route is equipped with fixed ropes) to the north ridge of the mountain and left over the ridge to the summit (2,116 m). You can also take the normal route to the north ridge for those inexperienced in via ferrata.
The way back is through the forest back to the Romeno hut and the Halbweg hut.

Trail signs

500, 560, 523

Directions

From Eppan or Kaltern by car to the Mendel Pass or from Kaltern by cog railway to the Mendel.

Tip by the author

Hotels in Kaltern on the wine route and apartments in Kaltern on the wine route

Type of trail

Length 16 km

Author

Editorial office south-tirol.com

Southern South Tyrol

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