Slow Food | Gailtaler alpine cheese from Sonnenalpe

Level of difficulty: Medium
  • 8.7 km
    Distance
  • 2.5 h
    Duration
  • 1508 vm
    Lowest elevation
  • 1703 vm
    Highest elevation
  • 295 vm
  • 300 vm

Slow Food | Gailtaler alpine cheese from Sonnenalpe

Comfortable hike from Sonnenalpe Nassfeld with stops at two typical cheese alpine pastures – a delightful discovery route about Gailtaler alpine cheese (g.U.).

Suggestion
  • Buy fresh Gailtaler alpine cheese directly on site

  • Must try: The spicy-aromatic Gailtaler alpine cheese (g.U.) is a genuine Slow Food product – traditionally handmade with milk from the region’s pasture cattle

  • Visit other cheese alpine pastures nearby: Rudnig Alm, Tröpolacher Alm

Equipment

Sturdy footwear, drink, rain protection.

Directions

If you want to start the route in the valley, take the Millenium Express from Tröpolach and then the Madritschenbahn to Sonnenalpe.

(Bike transport is possible on both mountain railways!)

You can also reach Sonnenalpe by car via the B90 Nassfeld pass.

A first glimpse

Some impressions of the tour

Käserei Tressdorfer Alm - NLW
Tourismusinfo Nassfeld-Pressegger See
Tourismusinfo Nassfeld-Pressegger See
Tourismusinfo Nassfeld-Pressegger See
Nassfeld - Pressegger See
Käserei Tressdorfer Alm - NLW
Tourismusinfo Nassfeld-Pressegger See
Tourismusinfo Nassfeld-Pressegger See
Tourismusinfo Nassfeld-Pressegger See
Nassfeld - Pressegger See
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Location & Arrival

The Nassfeld-Pressegger See holiday destination is located in Carinthia / Austria directly on the border with Italy.

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