Supported by steep mountain slopes, the Puflatsch plateau towers over the high plain of the Seiser Alm by a good 300 meters like a higher level. As a flattened northwestern edge elevation of the Alm, the Puflatsch does not correspond to the ideal of a Dolomite mountain, but its location and elevated position mark it as an outlook and hiking mountain of rank, as demonstrated by several alpine businesses, numerous hiking trails, and a small gondola lift bringing visitors to the plateau from the south. The circuit presented here is probably the easiest way to get to know the advantages of the mountain. From the hotel settlement Kompatsch, easily accessible by the Seiser Alm cable car or toll road, we circle the plateau past the interesting "Hexenbänke" counterclockwise, enjoying wonderful close and far views.
From the valley station in Seis, we take the Seiser Alm cable car up to the top station. Here we follow the asphalt road (trail no. 14) between hotel complexes northwards, then uphill through meadows in a northwest direction to a junction. We turn right onto the path marked PU through a wooded area and then hike northeastwards through meadows in zigzags up to the Tschötschalm, 2030 m, with a magnificent view of Langkofel and Schlern. We continue on the PU path through meadows in bends and switchbacks up to the Puflatsch lift top station, 2104 m, home to the Puflatsch lift restaurant, and then ascend northeast to the "Engelrast" viewpoint, 2119 m, at the southern edge of the Puflatsch plateau. Here a grand panorama over the entire area of the Seiser Alm unfolds!We go back to the Puflatsch lift top station and shortly turn right (north). The path leads down to a crossing where we continue straight on the road marked PU on the eastern edge of the Alm plateau northwards to a fork (to the
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