Winter in Valle Aurina: Skiing at Speikboden & Klausberg

How about a sauna session high on a mountain? This is possible with the mountain igloos on the Speikboden. Sweat it out and enjoy the view. Who does not want that? Every week in winter, according to the motto “Sauna is better outside”, a sauna stay with a panoramic view of over 2,000 m awaits you.

This question in the Valle Aurina dialect (in German “Are we going to see the nativity scenes?”) is heard all the time in Lutago during the Christmas season. And there are plenty of nativity scenes to see in the “Maranatha” folk art and nativity scene museum in Lutago, just a few minutes’ walk from Fronza. Oriental mangers, alpine mangers or very modern examples: here you can admire all kinds of nativity scenes and follow the development of this cultural asset over the centuries. A great experience.

Would you like to combine a pre-Christmas atmosphere, some exercise in the fresh air and a great nature experience? This is possible on the Advent weekends at the “Taufra Advent” in Sand in Taufers. A nativity scene exhibition, a short hike through the winter forest with many pleasant light installations and at the end a small Christmas market in a wildly romantic place. How about a cup of mulled wine at the foot of the famous Reiner waterfalls?

Visiting waterfalls is always an impressive experience. Also and especially in winter, when they are partly frozen into ice. The Reinbach falls behind Sand in Taufers or the Pojer waterfall near Lutago are definitely worth a visit in winter. The Reinbach Falls are three waterfalls that the stream from the Reintal has to overcome to get into the Ahr. All three are easy to reach and easily accessible with paths, some of which are suitable for pushchairs. The Pojen waterfall can be easily observed directly from the valley, but can also be reached via a well-developed hiking trail.

At the two locations in Prettau and in Steinhaus, the South Tyrolean Museum of Mining recalls a glorious chapter of the Valle Aurina past. At the Steinhaus site there is a lot to learn about the everyday life and the lives of the miners, the other servants and their families. Good luck!

When the meadows behind Kasern and the mountain peaks of the surrounding 3,000 m peaks lie under a thick blanket of snow, then the valley floor of the rearmost Valle Aurina is particularly suitable for a winter walk to the Heilig Geist Chapel. By the way, the local trail also attracts numerous cross-country skiing fans to this place of power with guaranteed snow.