Serles

The dominating one - Seven Summits Stubai

Above all mountains rules a king. Actually, the ruler of the Tyrolean mountains is a queen, who reigns with her mighty scepter the world of summits from the Stubai Alps all the way to the city of Innsbruck. Among these summits stands the Serles as an almost completely isolated pyramid of rocks which, according to a myth, is a ferocious knight with his two sons. They were cursed by a farmer because of their violent temper, their cruelty and their barbarity. Now King Serles and his sons as secondary peaks have remained fossilized there where his castle once had been. The outstanding three-piecesetting of the summit on which the story is probably based greatly impressed Goethe during his travels to Italy and thus he gave them the name “Hochaltar Tirols” (high altar of Tyrol) to the Serles.

Absolute view

You not only can see the Serles from Innsbruck, you can also see at least as far from the peak itself. The exposed position opens up amazing mountain views and a panorama beyond comparison, from the Zuckerhütl to the Tux glaciers and from the Dolomites to the Karwendel mountain range. The view from the Serles includes the Inn Valley, the Stubai, as well as the Zillertal Alps.

Distinctive origin

In 1579, when Georg Ernstinger, a mountaineer from Innsbruck, ascended the Serlesspitze from Schönberg via Gleinserberg and Maria Waldrast for the first time, he noticed the specific water at Maria Waldrast. However he was not the first person to value the quality of the water at Maria Waldrast. The place at the bottom of the Serles was already sacred for the Celts. The pilgrims on their way to Rome used the route via Maria Waldrast and drank the water of Maria Waldrast, which has of some of the highest quality in Tyrol. Its journey is said to take almost 100 years through limestone and mineral-based soil on primary rock. The secluded place at the base of the Serles houses a monastery with a church, a fountain of mercy and a chapel of origin at the edge of the forest. It is the highest located place of pilgrimage in Austria.

Seven Summits - Serles

Route Length
10.9 km
Route Time Total
09:11 h
altitude meters uphill
1735 hm
altitude meters downhill
1201 hm
highest point
2708 hm
Difficulty
Hard
Stamina
5/6
Skill
4/6
Puplic transport:
From Innsbruck main train station direct bus to Neustift /Kampl.
Trip to by car:
The tour starts at the end of the Höhlebachstraße at the dam in Kampl, a district of Neustift. Drive out of the valley, turn right shortlybefore the end of Kampl, before the gas station. 
Parking:
There are only a few parking lots available at the starting point.
Starting point:
Neustift, Kampl (994 m)
End Point:
Mountain station Serlesbahnen
Road quality:
Characteristics: Hiking (black mountain track) – short via ferrata (fixed rope route) like passage after the Serlesjöchl (saddle)
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