Special Tickets

In collaboration with several partners in the Merano and Environs region, the Val Senales Glacier Cable Car Association offers a selection of Ultimate Experience Package Offers.

With the Glacier & Palms ticket (Gletscher und Palmen), visitors can explore the Trauttmansdorff Castle and its lush gardens and the Val Senales Glacier area at a discounted price. The Glacier Wine Rallye ticket combines the outdoor experience of the glacier with culinary delights, and invites you to enjoy fine wine tasting at seven rustic ski mountain huts in the Val Senales area.

The high altitude Oetzi Galcier Tour winds through the fascinating Hochjochferner glacier area and leads to the Tisenjoch area, where the famous “Ice Man” was discovered at 3200 meters above sea level. The Seilbahnkarte Meraner Land ticket offers hikers a reduced rate for several cable cars and lifts in Merano and Environs.

TRANSHUMANCE TICKET

The transhumance in Val Senales Valley, which is still practiced and deeply rooted in local tradition, dates back 600 years. This ancient tradition is now part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. The annual migration in Val Senales Valley is the only cross-border and trans-glacial transhumance in existence. Every year, the shepherds lead flocks of 3,000 – 4,000 sheep on a mass migration from Vernago and Maso Corto across two mountain passes to the fertile pastures of Vent in neighboring Austria. The transhumance in the Val Senales Valley covers more than 40km, across gullies and snow-covered fields.

In September sheep, shepherds and dogs are coming back. For this occasion, we have created a ticket, which is valid only on 11th September 2022 - the special transhumance ticket.

Info and prices

OETZI GLACIER TOUR AT THE VAL SENALES GLACIER IN SOUTH TYROL

Glacier tour to the discovery place of the ice mummy Oetzi

The Oetzi Glacier Tour starts from the upper Val Senales Valley cable car station, over the Hochjochferner glacier and up to the discovery place of the Ice Mummy Oetzi on the Tisenjoch mountain area (3200 meters above sea level). Every Tuesday from mid-June until April, experienced mountain guides accompany Alpine hikers through the fascinating landscape of the Oetztal Alps. This one-day round trip following the footsteps of the “Ice Man” is offered as a mountain hike during the summer and a ski tour in the winter and spring.

The total walking time is about seven to eight hours. Participants are required to have a good level of conditioning and sure footing. Alpine mountain experience is not needed.

Information on registration and prices can be found here.

EXPERIENCE THE GLACIER IN VAL SENALES WITH THE GLACIER ADVENTURE CARD

To the Bella Vista Mountain Hut with the Glacier Experience Card: The perfect offer for walking enthusiasts and winter hikers to enjoy a fantastic snow day out on the Val Senales Glacier. In around six minutes, the Glacier cable car will whisk you up to the top station and the Glacier Hotel & Restaurant Grawand at an altitude of 3,212 metres. From here, you take the Grawand chairlift to the Ötzi Biwak mountain hut and then the Gletschersee chairlift to the valley station of the chairlift. The Bella Vista hut can then be reached on foot in about 30 minutes, or the hut warden can arrange to pick you up at the Hintereis chairlift: call +39 0473 662140.

Price per person: € 40,00
*Ticket includes return journey on the Glacier cable car, the Grawand and the Gletschersee chairlifts.