Hike to gourmet stations and Alpine pastures
Hikes to alpine pastures
Mountains and Alp dairies – as the “Alpine pastures” are known in Alemannic – have shaped Vorarlberg’s cultivated landscape for centuries. Three-stage farming is still practiced today. The animals, mainly cows, move from the valley to the “Vorsäß” or “Maisäß” in early summer, to the Hochalpe in midsummer and back to the valley in stages in autumn.
Vorarlberg starts well! With a mountain breakfast, in a restaurant with a view or on a rustic Alpine pasture.
How about hiking to huts? Or to Alp dairies where cheese is produced , which you can taste on the spot. Our hiking trail tips each lead to one or more pleasure stations . The stations are located at the beginning of the trail, at the end or somewhere in between.
Did you know?
Around 40 percent of the state’s surface area is alpine pastureland. There are currently 530 alpine pastures being managed in Vorarlberg. The particularly valuable milk is processed into the protected-designation “Vorarlberg Alp Cheese” on around 130 dairy alpine pastures. A total of almost 450,000 kilos of alp cheese are produced every summer.
The alpine areas in Vorarlberg are a valued adventure area for hikers and an important economic area. We have our farmers to thank for this. They maintain these impressive landscapes and preserve a centuries-old tradition of grazing livestock. Our alpine pastures and meadows shape the cultivated landscape and stand for regional food and natural diversity. To ensure that this unique cultivated landscape remains freely accessible, we rely on good cooperation. Therefore, please take note of the
