Moderately difficult mountain hike, partly over rough terrain
Start: Melag car park, 1,900 m
Finish: Freibrunn Glacier Gate, 2,700 m
Total elevation gain 748 m
Total walking time 5.5 hours
Total distance 11 km
A hike through an unspoilt natural landscape where iron ore was once mined, though the yield was too low to turn a profit – likely also because the area was too far removed from civilisation. You can still see from the terrain where the miners searched for ore. At that time, there was a ‘miners’ hut’ here, and the stream bears the name ‘Knoppahittboch’.