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On The Road – way2blue – SÜDTIROL – Hiking Jochtal in October

by WaterGirl|  January 14, 20225:00 am| 12 Comments

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Before our visit to Südsteiermark, we spent time in the Zillertal Alps of Südtirol, near the village of Meransen/Maranza. After a few days of hiking up, down & around Gitschberg [8230 ft] we headed to the village of Vals/Valles. We took their Jochtal gondola, then walked a gravel road up and around to Steinermandl [6950 ft] for a panoramic view toward various ranges of the Dolomiti. Lots of families with strollers & dogs.

On The Road - way2blue - SÜDTIROL –  Hiking Jochtal in October 7
STEINERMANDL, ITALY

View to the northwest. Steinermandl had a viewing platform. A ‘binocular’ stand with superimposed labels for various mountain peaks which changed as you rotated the view. Lots of stone cairns surrounded the platform, plus a young boy who delighted in knocking them over… Kids these days

On The Road - way2blue - SÜDTIROL –  Hiking Jochtal in October 6
STEINERMANDL, ITALY

A closer look of the valley visible in the distance to the northwest—across a mat of heather-like plants. Here the yellow larch are interspersed among other conifers.

On The Road - way2blue - SÜDTIROL –  Hiking Jochtal in October 5
STEINERMANDL, ITALY

An even closer look…

On The Road - way2blue - SÜDTIROL –  Hiking Jochtal in October 4
STEINERMANDL, ITALY

Same spot along the ridge, but now looking east through a driftwood bull.

On The Road - way2blue - SÜDTIROL –  Hiking Jochtal in October 3
STEINERMANDL, ITALY

Scree on the mountains to the north has an odd greenish cast. Hütte and ski lift infrastructure below.

On The Road - way2blue - SÜDTIROL –  Hiking Jochtal in October 2
STEINERMANDL, ITALY

View to the east toward the village of Vals with Gitschberg in the distance. Larch are lighting up the mountains slopes.

On The Road - way2blue - SÜDTIROL –  Hiking Jochtal in October 1
MERANSEN, ITALY

Kürbiscremesuppe. The owners’ son of the small family-run hotel where we stayed had trained at an Italian culinary academy. He’d previously worked in a five-star hotel, so we were treated to amazing five-course meals each evening. Here, seasonal, pumpkin cream soup with a drizzle of kürbis oil (pumpkin seed oil), pumpkin seeds, and a sprinkling of chives.

On The Road - way2blue - SÜDTIROL –  Hiking Jochtal in October
MERANSEN, ITALY

‘Classical Tiramisu with Melon Carpaccio’. I rarely photograph food, but the courses were so artful without being fussy. I couldn’t resist.

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12Comments

  1. 1.

    eclare

    January 14, 2022 at 5:32 am

    Lovely photos, and that soup looks delish!

  2. 2.

    sab

    January 14, 2022 at 5:54 am

    Wow. Of course every vacation in the mountains has a driftwood bull.

    ETA Just noticed: Driftwood in the mountains? How far is the nearest beach?

  3. 3.

    Mo MacArbie

    January 14, 2022 at 6:59 am

    Driftwood in the mountains gives me earworms.

  4. 4.

    stinger

    January 14, 2022 at 7:13 am

    What wonderful vistas! When I was a little kid, I was always surprised to see pictures of cozy green valleys surrounded by snow-topped mountains. The mountains are closer to the sun than the valleys, so they should be hotter and the valleys should be colder. Green mountain peaks and snow-filled valleys–stands to reason!

    You should photograph food more often, way2blue!

  5. 5.

    zhena gogolia

    January 14, 2022 at 8:09 am

    Beautiful!

  6. 6.

    Miss Bianca

    January 14, 2022 at 9:56 am

    @sab: I’m thinking “Driftwood Bull” might have to be my next band name.

  7. 7.

    Unique uid

    January 14, 2022 at 10:34 am

    Great photos!

    Do you think the bull might be modeling an auroch?

  8. 8.

    way2blue

    January 14, 2022 at 12:37 pm

    @sab: A bit of artistic license.  But ‘re-purposed’ wood didn’t give the bull its due…

  9. 9.

    way2blue

    January 14, 2022 at 12:51 pm

    @Unique uid: Had to look up ‘auroch’, but with the bull’s big shoulders & small head—could be…

  10. 10.

    WaterGirl

    January 14, 2022 at 4:04 pm

    Day 3: Only one person has sent in pics.

  11. 11.

    J R in WV

    January 14, 2022 at 4:38 pm

    Fabulous photos of wonderful countryside. So want to drive the Alps in a European auto!

  12. 12.

    Mark von Wisco

    January 14, 2022 at 5:15 pm

    These posts really make me miss Austria. I spent two years in grad school studying Germanistik at the Uni Salzburg (lived in Nonntal). The only 2 Austrian states I never got to were the Steiermark and Buergenland. I also really wanted to go the Suedtirol. But as a poor college student, I just couldn’t afford it.

    I dove really deep into the culture when I was there. My German was at a high enough level that people I met assumed I was Austrian unless I told them otherwise. I basically spoke Salzburgerisch when I wasn’t visiting Germany.

    I may be able to at least semi-retire as early as April 2023. I’m hoping that I can swing a couple of longer trips to Europe. I’m an avid road cyclist. At some point, I want to do a bike tour that hits every state in Austria.

    One of my goals for 2022 is to get my German as close as possible back to it’s former level. I plan to pull all of my German lit of storage this weekend. I still have all of the yellow Reclam books that I bought for my various classes. Gottfried Keller here i come.

    Well, this got a little rambly.

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