Renon

The municipality of Renon extends on the homonymous high plateau on the sunny side of the Sarentino Alps.

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On the Corno del Renon the eponymous skiing and winter sports area is located.
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The Corno del Renon is popular with holidaymakers and locals alike. With the best panoramic views, you can ski, snowboard and cross-country ski here.
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The Corno del Renon also offers space for tobogganing and winter hiking. There is something for everyone here in winter.
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Winter atmosphere at Monte di Mezzo on the Renon.
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The Renon Arena in the main village of Collalbo offers rinks for speed skating and an ice hockey stadium, home of “Ritten Sport”, one of Italy’s most important hockey teams.
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Winter atmosphere at Soprabolzano.
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View on the church and the village of Auna di Sotto surrounded by snowy woods.
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The most famous landmark of the municipality of Renon formed by nature are the earth pyramids which can be found in several places.
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Mt. Corno del Renon is a popular viewpoint. The 2,261 m high mountain opens the view from the Dolomites (in the picture) to the peaks of the Ortles Group and the Adamello Mountains.
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Also the Chestnut Trail (Keschtnweg) leads across the Renon. It attracts many hikers especially in autumn.
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Autumnal landscape between Signato and Soprabolzano.
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At several farms on the Renon llamas are held.
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The electric Renon Railway has reliably connected the villages of Soprabolzano and Collalbo since 1907.
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Lake Costalovara can be found near Soprabolzano.
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video : Corno del Renon seen from above
video : The Corno del Renon Panorama Tour
video : A winter day in South Tyrol
video : Corno del Renon skiing area
video : The High Plateau of Renon
video : Renon Summer Resort
video : Renon‘s earth pyramids
video : Auna di Sotto as seen from above
video : Archery
video : Lake Costalovara as seen from above
video : Along the Freud Promenade in Autumn

The high plateau of the Renon is delimited by the Isarco river in the east and the Talvera, the river that runs through the Val Sarentino, in the west. Inhabited by more than 7,500 people, the Renon comprises a total of 12 component localities: besides Collalbo (main village), Madonnina, Longomoso, Longostagno, Monte di Mezzo, Soprabolzano, Auna di Sopra, Auna di Sotto, Signato and Vanga, also Campodazzo in the Valle Isarco valley and Castel Novale (Sill) near Bolzano, at the entrance to the Val Sarentino valley, are part of the municipality. They are completed by the hamlets Stella di Renon, Colle Renon and Costalovara with the eponymous lake.

The Renon can harken back on an animated past, a series of prehistorical findings testify the early settlement of this area. Mentioned for the first time around 900 AC under the name "Mons Ritanus", which means the "high ridge of the Renon", this area has been discovered in the 17th century by prosperous citizens of Bolzano who spent their summer holidays on the Renon.

Until 1900 it was not easy to reach the high plateau of the Renon, a fact that changed in 1907 with the construction of the Renon cableway. From this point of time the high plateau could be reached within a short time from the city of Bolzano. In 2009 the news Renon cableway has been inaugurated and put into operation.

Our tip: the Corno di Renon. No matter if you experience this mountain in an alpine hike in summertime or by snow-shoeing in winter, the local mountain of the Renon is worthwhile in every season.

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