Winter hike to the Eores Mountain Pastures

The pleasant tour on the southern slopes of the Plose takes you to the huts between Eores and the Passo delle Erbe.

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Video : Plose-Bressanone skiing area
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Starting point of this winter walk is a mountain hut called “Brixner Skihütte” at Eores near Bressanone.
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From here we keep following the path n⁸8 on a broad trail across the snow.
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A peaceful ambiance, hardly disturbed by other people doing winter sports.
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View back to the starting point at the “Brixner Skihütte”.
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Leaving behind the forest, this trail takes us to the Eores pastures.
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Fantastic view of the Rif. Schatzerhütte and the mountain scenery with Sasso Putia and the Odle di Eores.
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Magic snow landscape with a view towards the Val di Funes.
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Walking past the Enzianhütte.
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View of the Odle di Eores mountains - backlight picture.
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Ski tourer skiing down the slopes of the Plose towards the Passo delle Erbe.
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An Eurasian nutcracker taking off.
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The path gets narrow and would take us to the Passo delle Erbe. This is where we decide to go back to our starting point.
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video : Ski area Plose seen from above

From Bressanone to Sant'Andrea (St. Andrä) and further on to Eores (Afers), this is how we come to reach the Bressanone Mountain Hut (Brixner Hütte), the starting point of our snow walk. It is located at about 1,900 m a.s.l., at the lower terminus of the Plose skiing area. We follow the trail no. 8 in eastern direction, first slightly upwards across the forest.

Soon we reach the sun-drenched southern slopes of the Eores Mountain Pastures. A beautiful area at about 2,000 m a.s.l., characterized by pine forests, wide areas and a fantastic view of Mt. Sasso Putia and the Odle di Eores Group. Past the Schatzer Mountain Hut (Schatzerhütte) and later past the Gentian Mountain Hut (Enzianhütte), after about 4.5 km the path becomes a little more narrow and is less beaten. Up to this point we did not need to wear snow-shoes.
As we are already satisfied with the way we did so far, we decide to walk back on the same route.

Author: AT

alpine pasture hike suited for families difficulty: easy

Starting point:

parking space of the Bressanone Mountain Hut, Eores (can also be reached by bus from Bressanone)
Time required:

02:30 h
Track length:

8,8 km
Altitude:

from 1.898 m to 2.017 m
Altitude difference:

+262 m | -262 m
Route:

Erwin-Stricker-Weg, Gampenwiesenweg
Signposts:

no. 8, 4, 9
Destination:

Mantinger Alm
Resting points:

Schatzerhütte
Recommended time of year:

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec