Trail running Trail to the Kesselspitze

Trins / Stubaier Alpen
Route length: 16.2 km
Duration: 11:30 h

Difficult passages alternate with trails to accelerate, spiced up with unique views of Serles & Co. A classic with start in Trins and ascent to Padasterjochhaus. From there steeply uphill and then on mighty trails close to the ridge and over rocky deserts! There are many variants from the Kalbenjoch. We chose the path over the Peilspitze to the Blaserhütte and from there to Trins. There you have the opportunity to really step on the gas for a few more kilometres in easy terrain. With the Alpine Club map 31/5, everyone can choose according to their taste! An apple juice spritzer at the Padasterjochhaus after a good 1000 m is just what you need. Start from here with full water tanks! Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Tour information

  • Length: 16.2 km
  • Duration: 11:30 h
  • Elevation uphill:1,782 hm
  • Elevation downhill:1,782 hm
Highest point2,728 m

Starting point

Parking lot Leiten in Trins

Finishing point

Tour start

Equipment

Mobile phone, trail shoes with non-slip soles, change of clothes (long), rain jacket, warm gloves, warm hat, emergency kit (at least emergency blanket and whistle), liquid, food if necessary, headlamp, map, shoe spikes if necessary.

Description

From the car park, follow the signs to the Padasterjochhaus in a westerly direction. You can bypass the partly tarred forest road on the left on a trail. At the first hairpin bend, continue straight on towards Padasterjochhaus across a beautiful clearing, then a few metres on the forest road, then steeply uphill on the trail to Padasterjochhaus at 2232m. 

From there, continue in the direction of Wasenwand (2563), with a few steep passages to overcome in this area. The trail is predetermined, after the Roter Kopf (2526) an emergency descent into the Stubaital via the Kesselmahd is possible. 

Continue to the highest point at 2722 m, the Kesselspitze. From here, numerous variants are possible. For the hardy, we continue to the Serlesjöchel (2384), but we follow the beautiful trails to the Kalbenjoch (2225). If the weather is bad or you are pressed for time, you can continue from here via the Falmschwermalm in an almost free fall to Trins (beware of steep grassy slopes). However, we don't want to miss the encore over the Peilspitze (2392) and on to the Blaserhütte (2176). 

Here we follow the trail to Trins towards the west, only short stretches of trail interrupt a beautiful trail across flowery meadows and Platz forest back to the starting point.

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