Algund - Mahlbach - Seespitz - Vigiljoch
With a wide network of trails and an excellent panoramic view over the Adige Valley to the Dolomites, the Vigiljoch hiking area is very popular with families, hikers and mountain bikers.
From your starting point at the Forster Steg, you walk to the electricity plant of Forst. Ascend to the Rastbühelhof on path # 9, which will lead to the Gramegg-Brünnl. Take path # 29 and ascend to the Seespitz zur Schwarzen Lacke - mountain restaurant. After 3 hours ascent, you should take a break. The hike continues on path # 9 to the little church, then branches off to the right on path # 28 and then leads you down to Aschbach (1,362 meters). From there you can take the Aschbach cable car down to Rabland and continue back to Algund by public bus or train.
Coming from Merano:
Drive along until the end of the Josef-Weingartner street; turn right into the Steinachstraße; a few meters later turn left into the Marktgasse.
After a few meters you will find on the left the outdoor pool, the car park and the Fortser Steg.
Free parking at the Lido outdoor pool in Algund.
From Merano:
Take the bus nr. 212 in the direction Forst (last stop in the Josef-Weingartner street) or you can olso take the bus nr. 212 to the Brauhausstraße (take the second stop).

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Medium
Partschins High Path - circular hiking trail
Duration: 3,6 h | Length: 8,4 km | Highest point: 1210 m
Idyllic high forest hike on the Partschinser Sonnenberg with the most beautiful views of the Merano basin.
Difficult
Leiter Alm - Mutkopf - Steinegg
Duration: 3,77 h | Length: 8,92 km | Highest point: 2291 m
Challenging but rewarding hike to the Mutkopf, an idyllic hiking destination with a fantastic view of the Adige Valley, the Vinschgau up to the Ortler ...
Easy
From Algund to the Marling irrigation channel road
Duration: 7 h | Length: 25,66 km | Highest point: 512 m
Twelve kilometers long, the Marlinger Waalweg trail is a popular hiking trail which runs along the former irrigation channels, the longest of its kind in South Tyrol ...