Ega

The South Tyrolean Pearl Trail, a five-day hike, also passes the magnificent landscape of the Ega Mountain Huts

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View from Ega on Mt. Corno d’Ega, or Eggentaler Horn, a 2,799 m high peak of the Latemar Group, which you can conquer on a new climbing route.
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Ega, Eggen in German, lies at an altitude of around 1,150 m in the Val d’Ega valley and is one of the four districts of the municipality of Nova Ponente.
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View into the village centre with its tavern, general shop and the towering St. Nicholas Church opposite.
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From the village, hiking trails take you to the Lavazè Pass or to the alpine pastures of the valley: Also Nova Levante can also be reached on foot.
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In the upper Val d’Ega there are several scattered hamlets and farms - two of them, Ponte Nova and Rauth (in the picture), are part of the village of Ega.
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View from Ega towards the Latemar in the cold season: A wide range of activities awaits you in the middle of a winter landscape.
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The St. Nicholas Church, which was supposed to protect Ega from the white waters of the nearby brooks, towers in the centre of the village.
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3 km away is Obereggen, where the valley station of the lifts to the Latemar Ski Centre is located - there are 18 lifts in total.
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The cross-country ski tracks in the surrounding area, on the other hand, stretch from Nova Ponente up to the Lavazè Pass, the approximately 1,800 m high crossing into the Val di Fiemme.
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On cross-country skis you can also reach the Pietralba Pilgrimage Site near Monte San Pietro, an excursion destination at any time of the year.
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Between Nova Ponente village and Obereggen lies the small village of Ega with its settlements of Ponte Nova (Birchabruck) and Novale (Rauth). It is also called San Nicolò: The name goes back to the patron saint of the church, who was worshipped by the miners in Ega and who was supposed to protect the village from the whitewater of the Sam and Gerold Brooks. Here you are directly at the feet of the so-called Latemar Dolls in the Latemar Group. When the sun shines, dolls dressed in silk can still be seen in the bizarre rock formations - at least that is how the legend tells it.

Especially winter has a lot to offer in Ega (Eggen), the range of activities all around is wide. It ranges from the Latemar-Obereggen Ski Center, only 3 km away, with its slopes at the foot of the Latemar, to the 100 km cross-country skiing network between Nova Ponente and the Lavazè Pass in the Fiemme Valley, with magnificent views on Mt. Latemar, Mt. Corno Nero and Mt. Corno Bianco. At the top of the woodless pass, the trails run mostly through an open, sunlit landscape. Further down, they take you to destinations such as the Pietralba Pilgrimage Site or the Laab Hut.

In summer, Ega is the starting point to the climbing and hiking area of the Val d'Ega Dolomites. The fourth stage of the South Tyrolean Pearl Trail, which starts in the valley basin of Bolzano, passes through the area of the Ega Mountain Huts, the famous Eggentaler Almen. Also popular are the guided tours, which are offered weekly in summer and include a morning run for joggers and walkers followed by breakfast, as well as the magical adventure kingdom called Latemarium.

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