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A signpost by the tourist office in Gaschurn’s main street directs the way down a side road towards the river. Do not cross at the first opportunity, but turn left along a side road, then cross at the next bridge, arriving on the main road opposite the Versettla Bahn. Take a service road left of the cableway entrance, and when this ends by a restaurant, go ahead on a stony track, cross a stream and turn right on another service road.

Following the Garnera Bach upstream, the tarmac ends by some houses, but an unmade road continues, twisting uphill through the wooded gorge (Garneraschlucht) at the Garneratal’s entrance. At the first hairpin a footpath breaks away to climb alongside the river’s waterfalls, and about 1hr from Gaschurn it brings you to the large and attractive group of timber buildings of Ganeu (1420m) set among pastures. The track also reaches this hamlet, then continues upvalley, crossing the stream several times.

Although it’s perfectly feasible to follow the unmade road/track all the way to the Tübinger Hut’s goods lift about 6km beyond Ganeu, a better option is to take the path which remains on the east bank of the stream as far as a bridge where you rejoin the track. The valley is surprisingly level for while, then it rises on the approach to the Garneralpe (1675m). Once again it’s possible to take a path on the east bank, rejoining the track where it crosses the stream a little over 1km further on.