South Tyrol · Italy
Alpe di Siusi
Take the cable car from Siusi (€30 return); driving is banned 09:00-17:00.
At a glance
The place
Overview
An easy walk across Europe's largest high pasture under the Sassolungo and Sciliar.
The route line is not in the GPX file yet: it is not confirmed. The trailhead and parking points are.
Used inDolomites, 13 nights
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Before you go
AccessDay access to Compatsch by the Seiser Alm Bahn; the Alm road is closed to private cars by day
our judgement · read 18 Oct 2026
Altitude1917 m
official information · read 18 Oct 2026
Not checked yet: closures and conditions
For your group
Who it suits
- From about 8
- Local grade leicht · 3 h
- Stroller: first 5.4 km
- Open meadows with little shade; afternoon thunderstorms
- For a child: An easy meadow walk across the Seiser Alm on path 30, tagged pushchair- and family-friendly by the board. Walk one way to Saltria and take the bus back to halve it.
- Carrier OK
- All-terrain stroller only, the brochure's section from Compatsch to the Laranzer Schwaige
- Distance: 9.9 km
- Climb: 333 m
- Shape: out-and-back
- Navigation: Waymarked
21 things we have not checked yet
Group size, minimum age, wheelchair, access detail, accessible toilet, accessible parking, capacity, descent, surface, scrambling, fixed aids, child time, water crossings, snow on the trail until, dogs, toilets, drinking water, food, shade, bail-out, phone signal.
On foot
The route
Not checked yet: turnaround points
Trail guide: Open trail page
Logistics
How to get there
Getting in
Day access to Compatsch by the Seiser Alm Bahn; the Alm road is closed to private cars by day
Directions
To Seis / Siusi cable car multi-storey
46.54096,11.56553
Compatsch, cable car top stationTrailhead
- Elevation
- 1,857 m
- Point
- 46.54236,11.61700
Seis / Siusi cable car multi-storeyParking
- Fee
- Paid
- Capacity
- 250
- Point
- 46.54096,11.56553
Compatsch P2Parking
- Fee
- 28.50 EUR/day
- Point
- 46.53988,11.61696
Not checked yet: public transport, reaches, passes
Season and light
When to go
Access · our judgement · read 18 Oct 2026
Filled: open all monthOutlined: part of the monthDashed: not open
Not checked yet: best weeks, best time of day, snow-free window
Within the area
Places in Alpe di Siusi
Lifts1
Plan around it
Nearby, worth adding
Same corridor
Route shapes: © OpenStreetMap contributors (opens in a new tab)
Visual record
Photos
- Alpe di Siusi meadow with the Sciliar peaks in the distanceH. Zell (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Cattle on the Alpe di Siusi under the SassolungoH. Zell (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Sassolungo and Sella seen across the meadow from Alpe di SiusiWolfgang Moroder (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab)
Official and booking
Links
Route6
- OSM relation 9485181 (path 12) (opens in a new tab)
- GPX: Hans-und-Paula-Steger-Weg (opens in a new tab)
- Alpe di Siusi Family Tour (opens in a new tab)
- Compatsch-Tirler Schwaige (opens in a new tab)
- Outdooractive: circular hike Seiser Alm (opens in a new tab)
- Tabacco 05 Val Gardena-Alpe di Siusi (opens in a new tab)
Conditions2
Searched, none found: Official site (checked 19 Oct 2026); OpenStreetMap (checked 19 Oct 2026)
Not checked yet: booking
Provenance
Facts and sources
- Distance
- 9.9 kmseiser-alm.it Hans and Paula Steger Trail, Compatsch to Saltria (the same page also says 4.5 km), read 18 Oct 2026 · official source
- Climb
- 333 mseiser-alm.it Steger Trail, read 18 Oct 2026 · official source
- Time
- 3 hseiser-alm.it: 03:00 h, read 18 Oct 2026 · official source
- Difficulty
- easyseiser-alm.it: easy, stroller-friendly, read 18 Oct 2026 · official source
- What
- Cable car from Siusi, EUR 30 return; driving banned 09:00-17:00Our research, read Aug 2026
Why it is worth the trip
Our judgement · read 18 Oct 2026: The tourism board calls the Seiser Alm the largest high alpine pasture in Europe; private cars are kept off the Alm road by day and the cable car is the way up.
- Location unconfirmed. The distance and climb figures are waiting for a person to confirm them.
- Prices and hours from 2026; check before you go. Figures were read in 2026 and are used as a pattern for 2027.
We have checked 29 of 32 facts
3 facts are still to check.
Not checked yet: options and prices; toilets, drinking water, food, shade, phone signal, dogs