Themed hikes Mining trail Nösslach via Bergeralm

Research & discovery on the Nösslach mining trail. On this round trip you first take the cable car to the top station of the Bergeralm and then walk leisurely to the Nösslachhütte, where the mining trail starts.

Description

The tunnels of the highest coal mine in Europe are hidden in the alpine larch forests above Nösslach. From the snack station at Nösslachhütte, a 2-hour circular trail opens up the mining evidence, such as the reconstructed entrance to the Friedrichsstollen. Information boards explain the origin, mining and transport of the coal and fossils placed along the way allow a time travel of more than 300 million years back to the Carboniferous. The fastest access is from the village of Nösslach. However, it is worth taking the cable car from Steinach to the Bergeralm. If you like, you can climb the 2,231-metre-high Nösslachjoch (3) (or take the chairlift up at weekends) from there to enjoy the magnificent view of the Stubai and Zillertal glacier mountains that line the valley all around. Then, over the flower-filled mats of the Nösslach mowers, you can descend to the Friedrichsstollen and take the mine path to the Nösslach hut, either left or right. If you only want to take the exciting theme trail, walk from the Bergeralm on a comfortable, almost horizontal high-level trail directly to the Nösslachhütte. This path is also the return path of the round tour.