027 Tour to the "Marzoner Alm" hut (expert)

Course: Naturno – Stava – Ciardes – Castelbello - Malga Marzoner – Montefontana - Lupo Trail – Fontana Trail – Tablá – Naturno

From the town center of Naturno, we take Via Stazione / Bahnhofstraße which leads us to a bridge, the starting point of the cycle path on the Lungoadige / Etschdamm. We turn right and take the cycle path towards Stava, Ciardes and finally Castelbello, `where` we turn left and follow the signs towards "Uphill Marzoneralm". The hut "malga di Marzon" (1600m) is our highest point of the tour, which we reach after 1000 meters of elevation gain, with a few steep uphill sections and through the mountain village of "Montefranco" (1200m). From the "malga di Marzon" we take the Bike Highline Merano and follow the trails to reach the start of the "Lupotrail" (Nr. 4, signposted). On the "Lupotrail" we cross the forest road two times and the first time we get to an asphalted street we leave the trail to proceed on the asphalted street until the next hairpin bend, `where` we take the trail nr.9 (Fontanatrail), which brings us to the farm "Niedermair". By following the technically demanding "Fontanatrail", with a lot of rocky and blocked but also flowy sections, we reach the bottom of the valley at Ciardes, `where` we take the cycle path to return to Naturno.