16.07.2026

etting off from the Zans car park, you quickly leave the hustle behind. The path first climbs gently through dense, shady conifer forests, where the scent of Swiss pine and damp moss lingers in the air. Step by step, you draw closer to the towering north faces of the Geisler group, rising almost vertically into the sky.

Along the way, it's not about athletic achievement but about consciously taking in the details: the rough feel of the dolomite rock beneath your fingers, the quiet murmur of mountain streams, and the monumental interplay of light and shadow on the pale rock walls. The trail winds just below the tree line, offering quiet spots in the soft alpine grass again and again, inviting you to pause.

By the end of the hike, what stays with you isn't the feeling of having conquered a trail, but the deep stillness of a landscape that has kept its own sense of time for thousands of years.

• Start and finish: Zans car park / Waldschenke
• Trail numbers: 6, 35, 28
• Character: Moderate mountain hike on well-trodden paths at the foot of the Geisler north faces
• Duration: approx. 4.5 hours
  • A shorter variant leads from Zans along trail no. 36 to the Glatsch Alm, then via 36 B and 35 to the Gschnagenhardt Alm and the Geisleralm. Continue on trail no. 36 to the Dusler Alm and back to Zans. • Tour length: 9 km • Duration: approx. 3 hours
• Best season: From June well into golden October