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Family hiking on sunny mountain trail with wide panorama
Family hiking on sunny mountain trail with wide panorama
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Hiking and climbing in a stunning panorama

All cable-cars, Alpine pastures and peaks are directly within the hotel’s reach.

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Sunset above the clouds in the mountains
Here comes the sun!

Absolute highlight

Sunrise hike

Experiencing the sunrise in the mountains is something you will never forget. Martin, your Gartnerkofel landlord, will take you to our sunrise spot “Gugger” via Garnitzen-Thörl early in the morning. After the strenuous hike you have deserved a hearty breakfast on the Alpine pasture!

The hike and the Alpine breakfast are both absolute delights!

Family hiking with a sunset and mountain panorama
Panoramic view of a celebration in front of a mountain hut

With your host

Picnic on the alpine pasture

The picnic on the Winkelalm pasture is organised once a week and is an absolute highlight for every holiday at Gartnerkofel hotel. From our hotel, you can take various routes (from 1 hour to 4.5 hours hiking time) up to the pasture. For everyone with sore feet or otherwise tired of hiking, the Gartnerkofel Alpine vehicle will take you right up to the picnic spot.

Hikers on mountain trail with rugged rock formations

Cima di Terra Rossa

Ibex tour

First, we go to Italy in a private car, then on the 2.5 hours hike up to the Cima di Terra Rossa (2,420 m). Something special at this tour: you can watch many ibexes in close-up. At the end of the tour we will visit the Brazza mountain restaurant.

From Alpine pasture to Alpine pasture

Guided hiking tours

We hike with you from Alpine pasture to Alpine pasture or go mountain climbing with you. Our guided hikes are an experience for everyone and show you the most beautiful sides of your holiday region. We will guide you over hill and dale and have many interesting stories to tell. Our guests have free travel on the Gartnerkofel chairlift! Above enjoy a unique panorama over the Alps, Dolomites and Julian Alps.

Sunrise hike with martin

Together, we will enjoy the breath-taking view from the Auernig mountain at sunrise. We walk past the hotel, pass the Plattner Alpenhotel, and go up to Watschiger Alm pasture, up on the Auernig mountain. After such a strenuous hike, we all deserve a hearty breakfast in the mountains. This hike is “delight at its best” – ask your landlord, he will agree.

  • Meeting point: ca. 4.40 a.m. Hotel Gartnerkofel (depending on sunrise)
  • Duration: about 3 h

Hiking tour Rossalm

From Hotel Gartnerkofel we walk throw Tressdorfer Alm and along the way till Rossalm. After a short break we walk along the trail till Nassfeld sea and back to the hotel.

  • Meeting point: Hotel Gartnerkofel
  • Duration: about 2 h

Hiking tour to the Kammleitn

We start at Hotel Gartnerkofel and take the Gartnerkofel chair lift up to the Berghex. From there we walk along the Trail to the Kammleitn.

  • Meeting point: Hotel Gartnerkofel
  • Duration: about 4 h

Marmot hike

We start at Hotel Gartnerkofel and take the Madritschen chair lift up to the Madritsche. Now we go to search marmots in the nature. At this hiking we mostly walk down, so children have to be 8 years minimum.

  • Meeting point: Hotel Gartnerkofel
  • Duration: about 4 h

Hiking tour Auernig Höhenweg

We start at Hotel Gartnerkofel and take the Gartnerkofel chair lift up to the Berghex. From there on we walk along the Auernig Höhenweg, Garnitzenberg, Auernig and back to the hotel.

  • Meeting point: Hotel Gartnerkofel
  • Duration: about 4 h

Sunrise hike with martin

Together, we will enjoy the breath-taking view from the Auernig mountain at sunrise. We walk past the hotel, pass the Plattner Alpenhotel, and go up to Watschiger Alm pasture, up on the Auernig mountain. After such a strenuous hike, we all deserve a hearty breakfast in the mountains. This hike is “delight at its best” – ask your landlord, he will agree.

  • Meeting point: ca. 4.40 a.m. Hotel Gartnerkofel (depending on sunrise)
  • Duration: about 3 h

A lot to discover

Our themed hiking tours

Aqua-Trail "BergWasser"

Play – experience - enjoy: This is what the 1.5 kilometre-family-adventure track on the Madritsche mountain is about. An ideal family outing, even for the youngest, is the “BergWasser” aqua trail you can stroll along with your pram, close to the Millennium express mountain station. There is a lot to discover at the aqua trail:

  • Splashing water fountains
  • Boats at the pond
  • Fun on the trampolines
  • Play & fun stations

Trail riding

It's a kind of different mountain experience!

But so much fun for the whole family! The "Rossalm" hike with Noriker horses are guided riding tours with refreshments on the alpine pasture. You can choose between short and long tours and admire the wonderful mountain panorama.

Guided lama tours

Lama tours are for body, mind and soul!

You want to do something unusual? Then give it a try! In this year's summer season we offer varied and guided lama tours. You can expect tours with 8 lamas, a parkour with skill exercises and culinary highlights with Frigga and Co. afterwards.

“Almrausch” playground

At the mountain station of the Gartnerkofel quad chairlift, children will find an amazingly huge adventure area with eight stations where they can resolve tricky tasks. The smart foxes Fix & Foxi will be the young visitors’ companions.

Fossil hike

Go on a fossil hunt every week. Our expert guide will show you the trail up to the Kronalm pasture where so far, every single one of our guests could find their personal fossils and take them home as souvenirs.

Dolce Vita Trail

Dolce Vita Trail was planned as an extension to the aqua trail. The round course takes you via Italy back to the Madritschenkofel mountain and is just like the aqua trail a comfortable hiking trail for all the family.

Culinary hike

We hike to the Winkelalm pasture (2-4 hrs) once a week. The three hosts from the Nassfeld show you how to party. After the hike, it’s time for barbecue, great fun and sometimes dance.

Aqua-Trail "BergWasser"

Play – experience - enjoy: This is what the 1.5 kilometre-family-adventure track on the Madritsche mountain is about. An ideal family outing, even for the youngest, is the “BergWasser” aqua trail you can stroll along with your pram, close to the Millennium express mountain station. There is a lot to discover at the aqua trail:

  • Splashing water fountains
  • Boats at the pond
  • Fun on the trampolines
  • Play & fun stations
  • Family on wooden pier at idyllic mountain lake
  • Panoramic view of adventure mountain lake with playground
  • Children balancing on play beam at Austrian border station
  • Hiking group with children on narrow forest trail
  • Group of riders on meadow with backlight and alpine backdrop
  • Hiking group with llamas in front of mountain panorama
  • Kids climbing on rope with mountain backdrop
Children with mascots at entrance to the Realm of the Wild Gang
Fix & Foxi

In the mood for action?

Playground "Zur wilden Bande"

The adventure starts right opposite Gartnerkofel hotel and is free for our guests. It offers adventures, cross-border stations with games and fun in Austria and Italy.

Don’t miss this – “Fix & Foxi in the Lake Witch’s Realm” are waiting for you.

For beginners and advanced climbers

Climbing while on holiday

Child with helmet balancing on rope bridge in high ropes course

For beginners

Climbing – try out

Under expert guidance and with modern equipment you will learn the correct technique and how to use the climbing gear.

  • Free for our guests, duration approx. 2 hours
  • Necessary equipment: Mountaineering/trekking boots and sports clothes
  • Requirements: from 6 years, no vertigo
  • Participants: maximum 9 persons per group
Climber crossing suspension bridge between two rocky peaks

For advanced climbers

Climbing park Winkelturm

Climb with our guide:

  • Climbing track for pros
  • Winkelturm north face (D/E, difficult and exposed track approx. 180 metres up the Winkelturm/Torre Clampil)
  • Winkelturm east ridge (B/C, short panoramic climbing track along the Austro-Italian border to the Winkelturm peak)
Climber secured on via ferrata with view of mountain lake

Versatile

Nassfeld Via Ferrata

Numerous climbing tracks to Rosskofel, Trogkofel, Malurch, Zottachkofel, and Gartnerkofel mountains are waiting for you – attractive routes for beginners and pros alike! You will be rewarded with breath-taking views of the neighbouring mountain ranges.

Group crosses via ferrata on ladder between rocks

For the whole family

Rock maze

The rock maze just above Tressdorfer Alm pasture offers fun, thrill and a sporty challenge for all the family. Children start from the age of 8 years or with 110 cm height.

Mountain bikers ride down a hillside at sunset

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