Winter Sports in Italy

Popular winter hike to the newly year-round operated alpine hut (from early December 2018 with time restrictions). The alpine hut is very sunny. Winter opening hours according to the hut keeper: Friday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., continuously during the Christmas and semester holidays.

The well-prepared winter hiking trail leads through bright and scenic larch forests to the Höferalm (serving food in winter) and further to the middle station of the Watles ski area and the Plantapatsch ski hut.

Great ski mountaineering tour for well-conditioned climbers in the Stubai Alps to one of the Stubai Seven Summits.

The ski tour to the Köllkuppe starts with the hut ascent to the Zufallhütte. Beautiful slopes alternate with flatter sections. The last meters to the summit usually have to be done on foot.

The Dufourspitze as the highest peak of the Monterosa massif is certainly the most coveted summit from the Monterosa Hut. Several crevasse and serac zones and a sometimes difficult to overcome large transverse crevasse make the ski normal ascent over the Silver Saddle high alpine and clearly at risk of crevasse falls. The climbing finale through the steep north couloir and over the exposed summit ridge completes a high alpine experience of a special class (with appropriate acclimatization, good weather and snow conditions).

From the parking lot at the upper Weißenfelser, it goes mostly through forest on a forest road, moderately ascending in some hairpin bends to the Rif. Alpino Luigi Zacchi.

Impressive ascent to the Hochferner. In spring or early summer as a ski route with descent over the Weißkarferner. Also possible as an ice climbing route in summer.

A leisurely sledding route to the Masebener Hut in the Langtauferer Valley. The upper Vinschgau shows its quiet and lonely side on this route.