Let's go – your adventure in the mountains starts today!
The summit of the Hohe Salve awaits you with a Kraxxl playground and a revolving restaurant. After you've romped, head back towards the valley. On the way, you can explore the Filzalmsee with its exciting discovery zones. But wait a minute: Is that a giant living in the Filzalmsee?
Stoabock route: for sporty families and children in good physical condition with endurance (can be partially shortened with the mountain railway as an option)
Oachkatzl route: minimal walking distance, maximum fun – with use of the mountain railway for leisurely hiking days
Stoabock route (10 km –
700 m uphill –
1,050 m downhill –
5.5 hours):At the start of today's hike, the bright red
gondola of the
Salvenbahn will take you hard-working ibex
up to the
middle station. How many mountain peaks can you see?
Once there, you can choose whether you want to hike to the
summit of the
Hohe Salve or pass up a good bit of distance. To do this, get on the next
cable car right across the meadow and take it up to the
mountain top.
Otherwise, the
hiking trail leads from the middle station towards the summit. Follow the
yellow signs with the inscription
Rigi, Hohe Salve and walk
under the cable cars of the gondola. Above
Gasthaus Tenn, count to three: After the
third bend, look for the
sign towards
Salvenalm, Rigi, Hohe Salve. You now require muscle strenght: On the steep
cart path you will march uphill through forest and meadows towards
Hohe Salve until you reach a
wide forest path.
The magic number three also applies here: after
three loops you will already reach the area, where a little detour to the
reservoir Kleine Salve is worthwhile.
Sun loungers and
oversized hiking poles, which look great on
souvenir photos, await you here. Afterwards, you will head to
Kälberalm and
Alpengasthof Rigi. You have been on the road for over an hour now, well done!
From
Alpengasthof Rigi you will hike on a
forest path through meadows that are covered in snow in winter and used for skiing. Can you imagine that you are currently on
ski slopes? After
another hour you will have done it: real hikers call that a
summit conquest!
Now you can take a break at the
revolving restaurant of
Gipfelalm Hohe Salve or enjoy yourself in
Salvi’s Kraxxl-Platzl playground. Did you know that "kraxxln" means climbing in Tyrolean dialect?
Since you have already reached the highest point of the hike, from now on the trail will lead
downhill. Always follow the
signs to
Filzalmsee / Brixen and take the hiking trail to the
Salvensee. This is used as a storage location so that the snow cannons have enough water to produce snow for the ski slopes in winter.
Past the lake, hike over a
meadow path, again across the ski slope, towards lake
Filzalmsee. After a small path in the forest you will reach
Jordankapelle (
Jordan Chapel). Can you discover the spring from which crystal clear and healthy mountain water rises?
After the chapel, the path leads past
Filzalm hut before you reach the exciting area around
Filzalmsee.
Wooden rafts, skittles, water sprayers and
discovery stations await curious naturalists! And where is the
giant of Filzalmsee hiding?
After you've learned so much about the exciting mountain world, you can decide whether to take the nearby
Hochbrixen mountain railway to today's destination,
Brixen im Thale, or to walk down into the
valley in around an hour.
You have already mastered the first stage – bravo! Tomorrow we will continue with an exciting puzzle tour!
Oachkatzl Route (4 km –
500 m downhill –
1.5 hours):The squirrels among you will take the red
Salvenbahn I and then
Salvenbahn II up to the
summit of
Hohe Salve. That way you will arrive directly at the
revolving restaurant of
Gipfelalm Hohe Salve and at
Salvi's Kraxxl-Platzl to have fun on the playground!
Then the path leads
downhill, always following the
signs towards
Filzalmsee / Brixen. Past
Salvensee,
Jordankapelle (
Jordan Chapel) and
Filzalm hut, you will reach
Filzalmsee with its
discovery zones. After you have mastered the
wooden raft, bowling, and more, you can take the
Hochbrixen mountain railway back down into the
valley and, as true naturalists, you have reached the
stage destination Brixen im Thale!
Highlights along the way:• Children's playground, pilgrimage church & Hohe Salve revolving restaurantdirectly on the summit of the most beautiful panoramic mountain in Tyrol
•
Filzalmsee at 1,300 m, with a wooden raft, biotope & cool nature discovery stations