Hiking tour Monte Pana to Berghaus Zallinger

In the center of this hiking tour are Langkofel and Plattkofel, whose rock formations abruptly rise vertically behind dark fir trees. From Monte Pana you can reach the beautifully situated Almgasthof on several paths. The shortest and most frequently used route is described below. From S. Cristina on foot, by car or by chairlift (in any case exit at the bridge over the Gardena stream, behind the Hotel Post) to Monte Pana. There we take the wide unpaved forest road to the Alpe di Siusi, closed to general traffic in summer (mark. 30), starting at the round "no driving" sign. We now march on a slightly ascending to level path through loosened woods until, after about 1¼ hrs. (3,7km) we reach a small hill, 1818m, from where we can overlook the Alpe di Siusi with Sciliar for the first time in the west (signpost). There we take up a bumpy alpine path (mark. 7), which on the left, southwest, first crosses the ox pastures, then rinsed woods, to ascend to the splendid, untouched alpine meadows at the foot of the majestic Sassolungo walls. From these natural meadow slopes below the Piz da Uridl it is only a stone's throw to the Berghaus Zallinger in the southwest (from the junction about 1 hour). Way back: Leisurely hikers use the Florian lift near the hut to descend to Saltria and take the bus down to the valley. On foot you can reach the Saltner Schwaige and the hotel lowland on path 7A. It branches off to the right from the path to the mountain station (Williamshütte) (signpost). At the bus stop in front of Hotel Saltria, across the stream, 1700m, the trail begins through the Jëndertal valley to Ortisei (mark. 18; sloping east). We follow it for a good ¼ hr. until the fork to Monte Pana, which is at the end of the only climb (signpost, mark. 30A). This forest path, which branches off to the right, northeast, first climbs to a forest shoulder and then drops to the young Confin stream, where it crosses the path to the Sassolungo hut. All the forks of the wide forest path to Mon te Pana, which we continue to follow, are very well marked and signposted, so there is no need for a detailed description (from Saltria about 1¾ hours, 5.5km)....