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To the Earth Pyramids

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  • Earth pyramids Steinegg / Collepietra
    Earth pyramids Steinegg / Collepietra
    Photo: Sternendorf / Astrovillaggio, Eggental Tourismus Genossenschaft
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moderate
Distance 5.4 km
1:41 h
282 m
282 m
999 m
819 m

Romantic hike through forests, meadows and gorges with a view of the mighty earth pyramids, remnants from the ice age. 

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moderate
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Highest point
999 m
Lowest point
819 m
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Coordinates:
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46.484165, 11.456123
DMS
46°29'03.0"N 11°27'22.0"E
UTM
32T 688514 5150774
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Turn-by-turn directions

Starting from the village square in Collepietra (820 m), and go up, past the Café Christl, through Oberdorf to the barn in front of the Weißes Bild cahpel (895 m). Here you turn left towards Hotel Steineggerhof and then at the beginnig of the fence right down in the meadow. 3 wooden pyramids are the signposts. You reach the Katzenbach gorge, cross it and come on an adventurous trail in the Glirgerwiese, after this begins the Lahnweg with its bridges. In the lanes you are directly below the earth pyramids and can observe the formation of the earth cones. Continue to the Raffeinerhof and on the tarred road towards Heiglerhof. Before this branches off to the right a path with the marking no.2. This leads slightly uphill past the Dosserhof to the main street.
Continue on to the Dosser-Kreuz, from where you descend directly to the earth pyramids and to the viewing platform. The path continues, past the pyramids, to the Glirgerkreuz and over the Katzenbachweg back to the Weißes Bild chapel and the village Collepietra. 

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Public transport

Getting to the starting point of the tour by public transport is easy and convenient. By public bus line:
- 182 from Bozen | Bolzano,
- 180 or 187 from Karersee | Lago di Carezza, Karerpass | Passo Costalunga, Welschnofen | Nova Levante
- 182 from Birchabruck | Ponte Nova
- 184 from Stenk, Eggen | Ega, Obereggen
- 184 or 181 from Weissenstein | Pietralba, Petersberg | Monte San Pietro, Deutschnofen | Nova Ponente
- 182 from Gummer | San Valentino
- 180 from Val di Fassa

Bus stop: Steinegg | Collepietra Village; online timetable search at www.suedtirolmobil.info/en/
Meeting point: Steinegg | Collepietra Village: https://goo.gl/maps/zPEHzkrnyukyEXoHA

Getting there

Getting to the starting point of the tour by public transport is easy and convenient.

By public bus line:
- 182 from Bozen | Bolzano,
- 180 or 187 from Karersee | Lago di Carezza, Karerpass | Passo Costalunga, Welschnofen | Nova Levante
- 182 from Birchabruck | Ponte Nova
- 184 from Stenk, Eggen | Ega, Obereggen
- 184 or 181 from Weissenstein | Pietralba, Petersberg | Monte San Pietro, Deutschnofen | Nova Ponente
- 182 from Gummer | San Valentino
- 180 from Val di Fassa

Bus stop: Steinegg | Collepietra Village; online timetable search at www.suedtirolmobil.info/en/ Meeting point: Steinegg | Collepietra Village: https://goo.gl/maps/zPEHzkrnyukyEXoHA

By car: Destination: Steinegg | Collepietra Parking: parking lot Café Christl
Meeting point: Steinegg | Collepietra Village: https://goo.gl/maps/zPEHzkrnyukyEXoHA

Parking

Parking: parking lot Café Christl

Meeting point: Steinegg | Collepietra Village: https://goo.gl/maps/zPEHzkrnyukyEXoHA

Coordinates

DD
46.484165, 11.456123
DMS
46°29'03.0"N 11°27'22.0"E
UTM
32T 688514 5150774
w3w 
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Difficulty
moderate
Distance
5.4 km
Duration
1:41 h
Ascent
282 m
Descent
282 m
Highest point
999 m
Lowest point
819 m

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