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Alpine Ridgeway from the Latemar mountain to the Rosengarten mountain

Karersee, Deutschnofen, Welschnofen
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Difficulty
Difficult
Activity time
6:30
Duration in hours
Distance
25.8
Distance in km
Status
open
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Wonderful high-altitude hike below the Rosengarten/Catinaccio and Latemar. This tour is hard to beat in terms of charm and offers wonderful views of the surrounding mountains. It combines the best of the hiking areas around the Latemar and Rosengarten/Catinaccio.
Route info
Difficult
Distance
25,8 km
Activity time
6 h 30 min
Ascent
1.579 m
Descent
1.944 m
Physical effort
Scenary
Highest point
2.325 m
Lowest point
1.180 m
Directions
By following path [18], which starts at the mountain station of the chair lift, you will achieve the platform LATEMAR.360° within just a few minutes. There will be a spectacular and absolutely unique outlook at the surrounding mountain world waiting to be admired. From there, the Latemar-Höhenweg [22] leads past the Erzlahn-Scharte at the foot of the Eggentaler Horn to trail [21]. Following the moderately ascending forest trail [21], you reach the Mitterleger (1839 m) and the entrance to the rock labyrinth at the foot of the Latemar. On the labyrinth trail, trail [20], you arrive at trail [18], turn left and follow it to the intersection with trail [21]. Turn right onto path [21] and walk through the woods of Latemar until you reach the junction with path [13], where you turn left and reach the Grand Hotel Carezza. Cross the road once and follow path [6] to the valley station of the Paolina chairlift. The chairlift takes you up about 400 m and you reach the Paolina Hut at the foot of the Rotwand in the Catinaccio. From here the Hirzelsteig paths [552] and [549] leads to the Laurins Lounge our destination point of the hike. The cable cars König Laurin I+II and the Welschnofen cable car take us to Welschnofen, from where the various villages of the Eggental and Bolzano can be reached by public transport.
public transportation
Getting to the starting point of the tour or point of interest by public transport is easy and convenient.

By public bus line:
- 184 from Bozen | Bolzano (or 180/181 change 184 at Birchabruck | Ponte Nova)
- 184 from Welschnofen | Nova Levante, Karersee | Carezza, Karerpass | Passo Costalunga (or 180 change 184 at Ponte Nova)
- 184 from Weissenstein | Pietralba, Petersberg | Monte S. Pietro, Deutschnofen | Nova Ponente, Stenk (or 181 change 184 at Ponte Nova)
- 184 from Eggen | Ega
- 182 from Steinegg | Collepietra, Gummer | San Valentino (change 184 at Ponte Nova) 
- 180 from Fassatal | Val di Fassa (change 184 at Ponte Nova) 

Bus stop: Obereggen; online timetable search at www.suedtirolmobil.info/en/
Starting point: valley station chairlift Oberholz - Obereggen
(https://goo.gl/maps/MWAikKFESz4o68jv9)
How to get there

Getting to the starting point of the tour by public transport is easy and convenient.

By public bus line:
- 184 from Bozen | Bolzano (or 180/181 change 184 at Birchabruck | Ponte Nova)
- 184 from Welschnofen | Nova Levante, Karersee | Carezza, Karerpass | Passo Costalunga (or 180 change 184 at Ponte Nova)
- 184 from Weissenstein | Pietralba, Petersberg | Monte S. Pietro, Deutschnofen | Nova Ponente, Stenk (or 181 change 184 at Ponte Nova)
- 184 from Eggen | Ega
- 182 from Steinegg | Collepietra, Gummer | San Valentino (change 184 at Ponte Nova) 
- 180 from Fassatal | Val di Fassa (change 184 at Ponte Nova) 

Bus stop: Obereggen; online timetable search at www.suedtirolmobil.info/en/
Starting point: valley station chairlift Oberholz - Obereggen
(https://goo.gl/maps/MWAikKFESz4o68jv9

By car:
Destination: Obereggen
Parking: parking lot valley station Obereggen
Starting point: valley station chairlift Oberholz Obereggen (https://goo.gl/maps/MWAikKFESz4o68jv9

Where to park
Parking: parking lot valley station Obereggen
Starting point: valley station chairlift Oberholz Obereggen (https://goo.gl/maps/MWAikKFESz4o68jv9)
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