Michael Reibold

If you still have strength in your legs after ten daily stages, you can walk "by fair means" from the mountain station of the Hochmuth cable car down about 1,000 meters in altitude to Meran (325 m) to the finish of the DMK TRANSALP at Bozener Tor.

After almost 3 kilometers you have a view of the earth

The route first leads from Stams Abbey in the direction of Ötztal Bahnhof and crosses the mighty water masses of the Inn near Haiming. Continue on the buoy path over the Schlierenzau suspension bridge to the small village of Ötztal Bahnhof (693 m). Due to the connection to the Inntalautobahn and the

The third day's stage leads through the Mieminger chain, a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps in the Eastern Alps. This hides behind the massive Wettersteingebirge and is therefore rather unknown. The Coburger Hütte is located on the Via Alpina long-distance hiking trail and the Adlerweg

The day's stage leads to the rear end of the Ötztal in the direction of the icy peaks on the Gurgler Ferner and deep into the valley head. From Sölden you first walk along the Mooserstegle Waalweg. Earlier generations laid out the irrigation pipes known as Waale. The water was transported from torrents

The route starts at the church in Längenfeld and leads over a rocky path to the Brandalm high plateau. After 2.5 km you reach the highlight of the day, the 82 meter long Längenfeld suspension bridge (1,391 m), which connects the hamlets of Brand and Burgstein. 200 meters above the valley floor you have

The start is at the tourism information center in Niederthai. After about 3 km you come to the Wiesele snack bar in a small clearing in the forest. From there it goes up a steep path to the Untere Hemerach Alm and then just as steeply down again. After about 7 km you will reach the Adlerblick vantage

From the tourist information in Oetz (778 m), the route of the DMK TRANSALP leads over about 5 kilometers, first to the Kalvarienberg to the Ebele vantage point (981 m) and then on to the Habicher See, which has a Caribbean feel and is fed by a waterfall. In winter it freezes over, then dries up and

This is undoubtedly the king's stage of the DMK TRANSALP: over a distance of more than 20 kilometers, almost 1,800 meters in altitude have to be overcome and at the Langtaler Joch the limit of three thousand meters is exceeded. Since the alpine route leads over the Langtal Glacier, there are sometimes

The stage leads to the mountain station of the Hochmuth cable car above Meran. If you go down with this and end the DMK TRANSALP already in Dorf Tirol, this 10th tour day is the crowning glory of the crossing of the Alps.



From the Stettiner Hütte you go over the Eisjöchl (2,875 m), which for mountain