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The Serles - A classic among Tyrolean peaks

You start your tour at the Maria Waldrast monastery inn and keep left, where you pass through a barrier and immediately reach the Maria Waldrast spring fountain. A signpost shows you the way to the Serles (Path 121 - Panorama Trail or also called the Jubilee Trail). Through a small gate in the fence, you reach the trail, which immediately takes you up into the forest. The path winds steeply upwards until, after about 80 meters of elevation, it briefly turns right and then quickly swings southwest again.

Soon the forest thins out, and you hike through the mountain pine zone, always following the slope, through a few scree ravines in a south-southwest direction. Here the terrain opens up, and you find yourself below the Serlesjöchl Pass, which you cannot yet see. Across a wide hollow between the Serles and the Lämpermahdspitze, the trail now climbs gently westward and later northwestward.

Follow the marked trail at a moderate ascent through a cirque until you reach the Serlesjöchl (2,384 m). Here, a breathtaking backdrop opens up. To the right, the trail continues to a rocky step with a ladder, which you climb. Afterwards, you climb over some easy rocks secured with wire ropes. The path then continues over a gravelly ridge, where you master an easy traverse to the right over a wire rope-secured rock slab.

Finally, you climb a narrow trail over the wide scree ridge, which leads you to the summit rocks. Over easy rocks, you climb to the highest point, where a huge summit cross awaits you – and a view that is simply stunning.

You'll have breathtaking views of the Stubai Valley, the Wipp Valley, and the surrounding peaks of the Stubai and Tux Alps. Especially on clear days, the view extends as far as the Dolomites in the south and the Karwendel Mountains in the north.

PS: At the end of the tour near Maria Waldrast, you'll find a wading pool, perfect for cooling off your smoking feet after a strenuous hike!