Kronberg - Lerch

Category: easy
Starting point: the car park by the fire brigade hall below the village centre of Aldein
Walking time: ca. 3 hours
Difference in altitude: 110 m
Possibilities for refreshments: Inn Schlögler, Inn Larcher, Pizzeria Waldrast
Route: From Aldein follow the signs for route Nr. 10 in the direction Weissenstein, as far as the Bachnerhof, then take route L as far as the farm Leitner and continue to the Inn Schlögler. From there descend to Aldein. First take the round past the farms Stürz, Schor, Unich, Pichl, and Bauer am Lehen. Return on the main road and continue past the farms Häusler, Moser, Flascher and Larcher. Here take the steep former cart route of the Lercher farmers to the Lehner or Förster farms. Then follow footpath Nr. 9 as far as the Wieser farm. Now go through the Aldein housing estate back to the starting point.
Special tip: From the farm Leitner or the Inn Schlögler there are splendid views of the Etsch Valley, the Ötztaler Alps, the Ortler, the Fleimstaler mountains, the Brenta range, Paganella, Weisshorn, Schwarzhorn, Lagorai, Cislon, Trudner Horn Nature Park, the Salurn Gap etc.
Some of the farmhouses in Aldein have their own bread baking ovens. These are still used once or twice a year, even nowadays, to bake the well-known local breads, the Aldein "Breatlen" and "Pitschen".

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