Speikboden (South Tyrol)
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Speikboden from northeast. Right on the foothills of the place Luttago, behind the Weißenbachtal
The Speikboden is a lying between Weißenbachtal, Mühlwalder Ahrntal valley and mountain range. It represents the easternmost part of a coarse setting to southeast spur of the Western Zillertal Alps dar. The highest point reaches a height of 2517 m slm and is also called Speikboden. Other named peaks of the massif are the Seewassernock ( 2516 m), the Great Nock (2400 m), the Small Nock ( 2227 m) and the Gornerberg ( 2,475 m ).
The valley villages include Lappach Luttago, Muehlwald, Campo Tures, St. Johann and Weissbach.
Sonklarhütte
To the south of the summit at an altitude of 2420 m slm was erected in 1876 by the then section Campo Tures and named after Carl Sonklar Sonklarhütte. The hut was built in just a few weeks and was one of the first huts in South Tyrol. At first they only offered 10 places to stay, so in 1899 a larger hut had to be built. During World War II, the cabin was not maintained and fell into disrepair after the war. A 1926 scheduled maintenance by the new owner, the Bruneck section of the CAI, was not implemented.
Ski resort
On the Speikboden will find an extensive, eponymous ski area with runs up extends to the third sand in the extreme Ahrntal. Originally the had in the early 1970s by local investors and Bavarian support built (Bernhard luck) and expanded many times, ski the double name Michlreis - Speikboden ( after the bottom section of the resort ).
The ski area is roughly divided into two sections. The first section is the ski descent, which in turn consists of two sub- sections. From the mountain station to the restaurant " Central Station" You ride on a black initially, then red slopes. From the Restaurant " middle station " performs a black slope of Michlreis to the valley. The entire valley run is 5.5 km long.
In the upper section, a boiler, which is called "plateau", three red runs, two blue and one black run (called " Sonklar " ) can be traveled, which can be reached with detachable chair lifts and cable cars. This upper section is just for beginners and families at a suitable area, because one has a clear selection of well prepared slopes. At the base station, there is also a beginner hill on which the skitechnischen basics can be learned and which is also equipped with a chair lift.
In the summer, the ski lifts are open, the Speikboden has an extensive and very well-maintained trails.
Lifts
Snowpark
At the edge of Seenock slope there is a 400 meter long snow park with jumps and rails of all skill levels.
Toboggan runs
Two toboggan runs start at the top station of the cable car Speikboden. One leads to Weissenbach, the other of the free ski bus takes the sled driver back to the base station according to Speikboden Luttago from where.
Paragliding, paragliding, hang-gliding
The Speikboden was known at the distance fliers by Kurt Eder. The South Tyrolean rarely leaves his home and is regularly in the XC World Wide rating on the podium. This points to the potential of the area. The Speikboden is suitable for both beginners and experienced pilots an excellent haul flight area can be flown all year round, the best conditions are found, however, from June to September. A wide panorama stretches from the launch sites, in the south, you can even look up in the central Dolomites. The Speikboden lies just south of the Zillertal Alps main ridge. He is thus poorly protected from the north wind; this blows too strongly, is not better flown. The underlying high imposing Durreckmassiv protects the launch site before but moderate north wind.