Sunday, 22 June 2008
Over the top: SuperAlp2 celebrates its final day
The last day of SuperAlp! led participants to the top of Monte Rite, where a first World War fort has been transformed by the famous alpinist Reinhold Messner into a mountain museum.
Some one hour and a half took participants hiking there, where Reinhold Messner was waiting for the group.
After visiting the museum and enjoying the amazing view of the Dolomites, the SuperAlp! 2008 edition ended meeting 19 local mountain farmers, discussing with them the present situation of mountain agriculture and its possible future in the frame of the Protocol Mountain Agriculture of the Alpine Convention.
The very first assessment of the event is more than positive.
The Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention would like to thank all the participants and supporters, the Austrian Ministry of the Environment, the Aut. Region Trentino/Alto Adige-Südtirol, the French Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Planning, the Province of Belluno and all public bodies and private sponsors that allowed the implementation oh the project.
Who knows… see you next year?
Saturday, 21 June 2008
Walking the Dolomites
We woke up surrounded by clouds. "Definitely, no luck with the weather" - was our very first thought. Approaching the starting point of our hike the sun started to shine on us, on our hiking day. Artur Kammerer, Director of the Department of Nature and Landscapes of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano Bozen, and Apollonio Larese, our guide, were waiting for us at the beginning of the trail. We started walking along the Val Fiscalina/Fischleintal, astonished by the changing landscape. Akio, the Japanese journalist member of the SuperAlp!2 group, in his first contact to the Dolomites was impressed most of all by the colour of the rocks and by their proximity to the valley. Some interviews while walking on a moderate hill, the silence and the sound of our steps where the trail started to be steep. Some 6 hours took us from the
Thursday, 19 June 2008
19th June Mäder/A – Innsbruck/A – Bolzano-Bozen/I
Jouney to Innsbruck, head office of the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention. There will be an excursion using the new cableway Hungerburg, designed by the Iranian architect Zaha Hadid and which allows getting to the Hafelekar station (2330 m) directly from the city centre!
After enjoying the experience of having lunch at “high-altitude”, the group will go back to the city and visit the head office of the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention. In the afternoon participants will travel by train to Bolzano-Bozen, the branch office of the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention and Alpine Town of the Year 2009.
Location Means of Transport Departure Arrival Note
Mäder - Götzis by bus 22 08:34 08:43
Götzis - Rankweil by train R 5617 08:47 08:55
Rankweil – Innsbruck Hbf by train OEC 669 09:05 11:21
Innsbruck Hbf - Congress on foot 11:21 11:45
Congress – Hungerburg (886m) – Hafelekar (2.330m) - Congress by cable car 11:45 15:30
Congress – Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention On foot 15:30 15:45
15:45 – 17:00 Visit to the head office of the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention
Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention - Innsbruck Hbf on foot 17:00 17:20
Innsbruck Hbf – Bolzano Bozen by train OEC 189 17:29 19:29
For detailed Information
Alpine Convention http://www.alpconv.org
Nordpark Innsbruck http://www.nordpark.com/
Alpine Town of the Year Association http://www.alpenstaedte.org
Alpine Convention cities
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
18th June program
18th June Brig/CH – Mäder/A
In the late morning the group will travel to Mäder, head office of the “Alliance in the Alps”, the network of municipalities. In the evening there will be a meeting with the President of the Network “Alliance in the Alps” and the representatives of CIPRA International, the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps.
Location Means of Transport Departure Arrival Note
Brig - Zürich HB by train IC 823 10:49 12:58
Zürich HB - Feldkirch by train OEC 161 13:40 15:18
Feldkirch - Götzis by train R 5644 15:28 15:42
Götzis – Mäder by bus 22 15:46 15:52
17.30 -19.00 meeting with the President of the Network “Alliance in the Alps” and the representatives of CIPRA International
For detailed information
Alpine Town of the Year Association http://www.alpenstaedte.org
“Alliance in the Alps”, the network of municipalities http://www.alleanzalpi.org
CIPRA International http://www.cipra.org
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
17 June – Last Swiss day
Monday, 16 June 2008
Stormy Top of Europe
Although we could not see Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, we enjoyed the company of the Alpine Pearls representative, who reported about this network and its plans for sustainable Alpine mobility and tourism. Two Alpine guides joined us for a nice walk from Kleine Scheidegg to Eigergletscher, where we will spend the night, hoping for an improvement of the weather for tomorrow. Overall a day with short horizontal distance travelling, but travelling up some 3000 meters with this incredible mountain train, and with some walking.