Dangerously switch-backing trails past precipitous rides close to the eternal ice of the Similaun Glacier. In early June, 2000 South Tyrolean sheep and their herdsman Elmar Horrer start their walk from Vernagt in Schnalstal to Ötztal’s lush summery pasturelands in the North Tirolean Niedertal valley near Vent.
This true Alpine crossing in early summer takes much longer than the return walk in September. Elmar and his team have to clear the snow away or tread new paths for the animals.