From Spelonca|Spiluck to the Karspitze Summit

Mountain Hiking 39040 Vahrn / Varna
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Duration 5.5 h

Distance 10.6 km

Ascend 1125 hm

Descent 1125 hm

Max. height 2517 m

From Spelonca|Spiluck to the Karspitze Summit - Description

Popular panoramic summit, “home” mountain of Varna and the central Eisacktal Valley. Seen from Bressanone, it appears like a symmetrically shaped rock pyramid. Especially interesting in the season when the rhododendrons are in bloom.

Directions

  • Start

    Gostnerhof Spelonca|Spiluck (1,402 m)

    From the Gostnerhof inn (1,402m; refreshments served), trail no. 2 leads west along a forest path in the mountain valley to the Steinwiesalm alpine pasture (1,537m). Ascend up a steep path through a forest clearing to the Zirmaitalm hut (1,891m; refreshments served). Follow trail no. 2 as it arches its way through a pine forest, turning left past rhododendron bushes before meandering south to a protruding mountain ridge (2,080m; indications). Continue to the right along trail no. 2 through the grassy field up a rocky outcrop ​​along the gentle slope (eastern crest) to the Karspitze (2,517m). Return down the same route.
     

  • end point

    Gostnerhof Spelonca|Spiluck (1,402 m)

Difficulty

  • Difficulty

    Medium
  • Fitness

  • Experience

  • Landscape

Directions

public transport
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The From Spelonca|Spiluck to the Karspitze Summit tour starts in Vahrn / Varna.