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FROM FLOWERING ORCHARDS TO HIGH MOUNTAIN GLACIERS

MOUNTAIN BIKE SECTION
Distance: 24.2 km.
Difference in altitude: 954 mt.
Total effective diff. in altitude: 1,538 mt.

Starting from the car park in front of the Naturns village hall at 554 mt. above sea-level, the route leads upwards along an asphalt road to the Patleidhof farmhouse (1,386 mt.) on the Naturnser Sonnenberg and then follows the Waalweg, a path which borders the farmers' water irrigation channels, to the Innerunterstell farm at 1,472 mt.. It flattens out for a little before heading down to the Hof am Wasser"farm at 888 mt. and then back upwards to the ArcheoParc in the village of Unser Frau at 1,508 mt.) which marks the end of the first section.

RUNNING SECTION
Distance: 11.8 km.
Difference in altitude: 495 mt.

The running heat leads up from the ArcheoParc through the woods to the Vernagt dam (1,700mt.) and then on over the dam itself to the little Leiter chapel along the path on the left bank to the end of the lake. It then heads gently downwards over a suspension bridge to the forest path on the right side of the valley, then upwards for a little through meadows belonging to the Untergerstgras farm at 1,750 mt. before leading off to the other side of the valley again. Then it heads gently upwards along another delightful forestry path to the valley station of the Glacier Cable-Car at Kurzras, 2,011 mt., at the end of the second section.

SKI TOUR SECTION
Distance: 6.2 km.
Difference in altitude: 1,201 mt.

The ski-tour course runs up along the "Schugglerabfahrt", the so-called Smugglers' Run, from Kurzras to the glacier cable-car mountain station with an altitude difference of 1,200 mt. A number of steep climbs alternate with more gentle uphill sections, leading up past the Schmugglerscharte and the impressive glacier lake up to the Schönen Aussicht mountain refuge hut and on to the finishing point of the Ötzi Alpine Marathon at the Grawand at 3,212 mt. above sea-level. Ötzi, the Man from the Ice, was found on the nearby Tisenjoch at much the same altitude and the great views of the surrounding peaks are just reward for the participants after so much hard work and training