Stilfes Parish Church – St. Jakob loop from Bahnhof Franzensfeste - Stazione di Fortezza

Mountain biking trails

Italy

South Tyrol

Franzensfeste - Fortezza

Stilfes Parish Church – St. Jakob loop from Bahnhof Franzensfeste - Stazione di Fortezza

Hard

4.5

(71)

440

riders

Stilfes Parish Church – St. Jakob loop from Bahnhof Franzensfeste - Stazione di Fortezza

08:25

106km

2,020m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Vall di Vizze - Vall di Vizze

Biotop Kircherau

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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7.43 km

Grasstein Le Cave

Highlight • Settlement

13.3 km

Viewpoint

15.7 km

Stilfes Parish Church

Highlight • Religious Site

Small town on the bike path from Vipiteno to Mauls.

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38.9 km

St. Jakob

Highlight • Settlement

Small but beautiful: St. Jakob in the Zillertal is a nice starting point for mountain bike tours and is also ideal, thanks to some hotels and inns, as a stage …

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41.5 km

Descent Into Pfitschtal Valley

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Great old gravel roads, well developed but also sometimes very wild ...

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53.2 km

Pfitscherjoch Border Crossing

Highlight • Mountain Pass

A real highlight of the hike is crossing the border into Italy. After a hike of almost two hours you can cross the boundary stone to South Tyrol in the …

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53.3 km

Pfitscher Joch / Passo di Vizze

Highlight • Mountain Hut

In the Zillertal Alps at an altitude of 2,246 meters lies the Pfitscher Joch, an Alpine crossing that connects the rear Zillertal valley with the South Tyrolean Pfitscher valley. The …

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53.6 km

Pfitscherjochhaus / Rifugio Passo di Vizze

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Great hut with very nice hut staff. Good kitchen and great view!

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74.4 km

Biotop Riederau - Biotopo Palude Lago di Vizze

Nature Reserve

88.6 km

Isarco Valley Cycle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Very well developed cycle path with excellent asphalt. Also really fun with a racing bike.

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106 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

42.5 km

40.3 km

17.0 km

4.35 km

1.49 km

786 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

62.0 km

29.0 km

8.27 km

4.02 km

2.29 km

796 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,260 m)

Lowest point (740 m)

Weather

Thursday 22 October

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Comments

June 26, 2024,ATZ 3a. Etappe

Great tour in an impressive landscape. Longer break in Brixen due to rain and brake repairs, lunch and ice cream

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June 16, 2023,Von Achensee nach Riva del Garda - Tag 2 - Von Schlegeis über Pfitscherjoch nach Klausen

Beautiful, but demanding and strenuous tour from Schlegeis to the Pfitscherjoch. Very stony, partly with sections to be pushed, but doable thanks to the available pushing aids (tree trunk with fairway on the ground). The beautiful landscape, mountains, water and the view make up for every drop of sweat. Marmots are also on the route. The descent was on the …

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August 16, 2023,Val di Vizze: da Vipiteno a Pfitscher Joch

I had wanted to explore the Val di Pfitsch for many years, given that a dear friend (Gerald) was born and raised there and now his sister, a few steps from his native farm (Jörgnerhof) has created a splendid Natur Chalet (stelza.it) with an adjoining farm where it sells excellent organic meat (carnerie.com).
Departure from the Vipiteno tollbooth to cover …

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