Enjoyable ridge climb to the distinctive peak.Starting point: Pfelders/PlanEndpoint: Pfelders/PlanRefreshment stop: Refuge Zwickauer Hütte, Schneid Alp
Alpine Tour to the Seelenkogel Mountain
Just after entering the village from the Plan/Pfelders car park, turn right and head down to the Edelweiss Inn. Turn left over the bridge, and then bear right in a north-westerly direction before crossing through a sparse larch forest. Follow the path uphill until you reach another bridge and continue along a well-worn path leading up to a rocky ledge. Bear left and follow the trail leading into the valley, and across a stream. Trail 6A leads south-westwards up the slope and then northwest to the Schneidalm mountain hut.
Follow the trail southwest up to the Obere Schneide. After a flat section, head northwest and across numerous hairpin bends over a steep ridge. At the top, continue along the flat terrain over a stony rise to the right, before ascending. Cross a snow field and then follow the well-defined path that leads across the exposed rockface, and up to the Zwickauer Hütte mountain hut, which is visible from a distance.
Trail 6A takes you from the Zwickauer Hütte down to the Schneidalm. From there cross over the meadows back down to Plan.
Source: "Wanderführer Passeiertal " - Heinz Widmann
Good walking shoes, walking clothes and rain gear are recommended.
From Meran/Merano to the Passeiertal Valley in direction of Timmelsjoch Mountain Pass until Moos/Moso and further on to Pfelders/Plan.
There's paid parking at the entrance of the village.
The starting point is easy to reach with the following public connections: With bus line 240 from Meran/Merano to Pfelders/Plan.