From the Rastkogel Hut, follow the signposts in the direction of Rastkogel and Sidanjoch. A gentle uphill walk across the beautiful mountain world with magnificently blooming almrausch takes you to the Sidanjoch pass in approx. 15min. This is where the turnoff can be taken to the Rastkogel summit on the one hand (the Via Alpina Innsbruck alternative) and the right-hand trail down to Hochfügen on the other. A narrow trail leads downward. A little above the Pfundsalm meadow, you will reach a roadway. The trail to the lower Pfundsalm meadow takes approx. 1h. Here, you must decide whether to take the detour to Hochfügen to have something to eat, or to walk directly to the Lamargalm meadow. The trail to the Lamargalm meadow offers an advantage in that it crosses the sloping ridge at a more or less even altitude and can save you approx. 30min. The other option is the trail to the right towards Hochfügen (2h from the Rastkogel Hut). After the newly built valley station for the connecting railway between Hochfügen and Hochzillertal, a road leads uphill to the left. After several hairpin bends, you will reach the Lamargalm meadow with an approx. 20min climb. Keep to the right here and follow the road further on a gentle incline, until a little track branches off into the wood on the right-hand side. Trail number 10 is very beautiful, and mainly runs along the sloping ridge through sparse trees and across wide spaces that are almost entirely covered in almrausch. After approx. 1h 15min, you will reach the Maschentalalm meadow. Keep slightly to the left here and follow the path between the Alpine huts to the rather elevated bench. The roadway is soon reached and the trail continues in parallel to it. After a short downhill stretch, there will be another fork in the road. Keep to the left once more, following the signposts for the Loassattel pass. After approx. 2h from Hochfügen, you will reach the lovely setting of the Loassattel pass and enjoy a view over the Karwendel massif and the Inntal valley for the first time. The Gamsstein inn is being renovated and will only open again for guests in a few years. However, an alternative overnight accommodation option is the Gasthof Loas inn, which is only 500m further downhill along the road. For those who are not overly tired, it is also possible to go directly to the Kellerjoch Hut, which means a further climb of approx. 2h.
(Christina Schwann, OeAV)
 

After the Reichenspitze peak and the Pfunderer mountains, the Tuxer Alps represent the third largest subgroup in the Zillertal Alps. The widely interspersed foothills differ enormously in height and landscape character from the high ridges in the South. From the highest peak in the group, the Lizumer Reckner standing at 2,886m, the ridge stretching northwards from the Tuxer Joch pass divides into several branches. They are named the Glungezerkamm, Malgrüberkamm, Hirzerkamm and Rastkogelkamm ridges after their most important elevations. The summits are free of glaciers and alpine grass colonies and almrausch roses grow at very high altitudes, but there are also distinctive mountain personalities here such as the Rastkogel standing at 2,762m in altitude or the Kellerjoch standing at 2,344m in altitude. In addition to this, these mountains situated to the side of the lofty Karwendel limestone massif – separated by the wide Inntal valley – offer a wonderful view back over the Zillertal Alps and northwards into the Karwendel mountains.
(Christina Schwann, OeAV)