Mendel circuit (Prazollsteig and Göllersteig)

Start: Mendelbahn mountain station
Finish: Mendelbahn valley station
Duration: approx 4 hours (alternative route: 6 hours)
Elevation gain: approx 1,120 m (additional 150 m for the alternative)
Route: Right behind the train station, take the path to the left (no. 500). Walk by the Enzian hut, take the path to the left, and follow path no 500. Walk past the mid-way hut and take another left at the crossroads via the Prazoller Steig (no. 538) to the St. Anton sport facilities and from there head on the Malga path to the valley station of the Mendelbahn railway.
Alternative: same starting point as the regular route, yet walk past the mid-way hut, continue to the Romeno hut and then to the Überetsch hut (path no. 10) and from there across the Göllersteig down (path no. 523) to the St. Anton sport facilities and on the Malga path to the valley station of the Mendelbahn railway.