To my surprise my better half suggested to go for a hike, he usually never does that but this one time he seemed intrigued by the idea to be able to reach Italy on foot. Passo di Vizze (Pfitscher Joch) lies on 2246m elevation and can be accessed on foot only. Archeological artefacts confirm that this pass has been used since 9000 years give or take a century.
We parked at the end of the Ziller valley on 1782m near the Schlegeis reservoir. Its dam reaches a hight of 131m and stretches 725m wide and is actually quite intimidating when looking up.
An easy mountain trail follows Zamer creek. From here it will be a two hour hike to the mountain inn "Pfitscher Joch Haus". Although the parking lot was quite full we were almost alone on the way up aside from rogue cattle and horses which seemed used to human encounters as they remained non-aggressive.
The views were spectacular, the weather was nice, the trail wasn't too challenging, and did I mention that there was an inn on top of the pass? We had indeed deserved the culinary treat before returning to our van.
Tired but very happy we arrived at the trail head after five hours, with 17km and 500m in elevation gain on the clock. What a spectacular hike, definite our favourite highlight during our little sojourn in Austria.
SonjaM, that really does look like a nice hike and you know how lazy I am about such things! I really like that then and now picture of the dam. Great pictures as always.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dom, it was a great hike, even Roland was happy although hiking usually isn't his favourite pastime.
DeleteEine weitere sehr ansprechende Tour habt ihr da unternommen. Beim Bild 3 komme ich gleich ins Nachdenken. Stauseen sind zwar meist schön, aber die Landschaft zuvor war nicht minder attraktiv.
ReplyDeleteLG Werner und Timi
Da hast Du wohl recht, lieber Werner, aber wir brauchen halt die Stauseen und die damit verbundene Energie eben auch. Alles ist besser als Kohle, Atom oder - wie in diesen Zeiten - Gas. LG von der Bergstraße, SonjaM
DeleteEpic scenery on this venture. Nice to have the inn at the top with a nice meal. Is hiking the only access to the inn? Great photos! I’m never disappointed. 🙂
ReplyDeleteThanks Kari. There is a rough trunk road coming from the Italian side, a car would require 4WD.
Deletewelch atemberaubende gegend! was mich immer noch neidisch macht, dass man bei "euch" auch auf den bergen unterwegs immer was zum einkehren hat, das konzept hat sich ja hier in nordamerika irgendwie nicht rumgesprochen :-).
ReplyDeleteAnders bekäme ich den Mann nicht auf den Berg
Deletedas wuerde mir manche Entscheidung auch erleichtern, lol
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