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Dancing on Schiller‘s nose

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Difficulty: schwer
Distance: 0.01 km
Ascent: 964 m
Descent: 936 m
Duration: 0.1 h
Deepest point: 1195 m
Highest point: 1950 m
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  • Höhenprofil

    "Wandern auf Panoramawegen in Vorarlberg": Vorarlbergs große landschaftliche Vielfalt bringt Ausblicke und Einblicke, Berg-Blicke, Gipfel-Blicke und Tal-Blicke.

    Dunza inn (1250 m) – Rona alp – Furkla alp – forest trail uphill in the direction of Nenzing –Klampersättele ridge –steep uphill to the left towards Mondspitze (1976 m, sure-footedness required) – Schillersattel col – bypassing the great doline – Schillerkopf summit (2006 m, hikers should be sure-footed and have a head for heights!). Return on the trail of mounting to Schillersattel – right turn to Schillermulde hollow – Schillerweg trail – Alpweg crossing – Dunza.

    Presented by: Themenwege Vorarlberg
    Author: Doris Rinke und Hugo Habicher

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    		Altitude: 1950 m 1195 m Best season:
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    Characteristics:
    • Nice views
    • Round tour
    • With refreshment stops
    Safety instructions:

    EMERGENCY NUMBERS:
    140 alpine emergencies Austria
    144 alpine emergencies Vorarlberg
    112 Euro emergency call (if there is no reception at the site of the emergency, first switch off your mobile phone, and when switching it on again, immediately dial 112 or press the SOS button instead of entering the PIN code).
    www.vorarlberg.travel/safety

  • Directions

    What is Friedrich Schiller doing in the Raetikon? No, he is not rhyming dramatic verse, but lending the craggy rock his noble writer’s profile. Alps and meadows line the ascent to Mondspitze peak – the name ‘lunar peak‘ being suggestive of a sickle-shaped ridge overlooking the alpine town of Bludenz from where five valleys unfold: Klostertal, Montafon, Brandnertal, Walgau and Grosses Walsertal. Wonders of nature all along the way: gypsum dolines, red ant hills made from pine needles, a surprisingly large number of bird species. Vorarlberg’s largest gypsum doline measures 200m in diameter and 100m in depth. In earlier times, Schillerkopf was called Kessikopf, derived from the German “Schöpfkelle“ – or ladle – which the doline resembles. Viewed from the gable cross at Schillerkopf, standing on the very tip of the nose, the colourful mountain and valley scenery is simply jaw-dropping. What is more, we are facing the invisible geological border between Africa and Europe in the Blumenegg region, where the two continental plates meet. Before the rise of the Alps (in a distant past), the rocks beneath our hiking boots rested as sediments somewhere around Florence.

    Start Bürserberg, Tschengla
    Coordinates:
    Geogr. 47.148602 N 9.759812 E
    Destination Bürserberg, Tschengla

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    Tschengla hiking car park