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Hike·Moderate·Family·Popular

Fane Alm (Malga Fane), Valles

Trentino-Alto Adige

A track climbs from Valles above Rio di Pusteria to the Fane Alm at 1,740 m, a photogenic scatter of larch-shingled huts, a chapel and a dairy inn on a broad alp under the Wilde Kreuzspitze. Longer paths continue to the Sterzinger Hütte and the Alpine lakes above.

Duration
3–4 hours
Distance
9 km
Elevation
+450 m
Best season
Late June – October

Parking · Paid

Paid parking at Valler Alm / the road end above Valles.

Water

Water at the Fane Alm dairy inn.

Highlights

  • Timber dairy-hut hamlet and chapel
  • Broad alp under the Wilde Kreuzspitze
  • Onward to high lakes and the Simile Mahd

With your dog

Leashed dogs welcome on the track; working dairy hamlet, keep clear of the herds.