Daniel and Upsspitze

From the station forecourt, walk a few meters towards Reutte, pass under the tracks, and return on the other side. Shortly after the station, a path branches off to the left, leading up the slope. At a bench, turn left onto a trail that rises noticeably and goes fairly directly upwards. It touches a forest road twice at its switchbacks before crossing it shortly thereafter. After a sweeping hairpin turn, another trail comes in from the left (the later descent path) and crosses the forest road again. Shortly after, the trail reaches briefly open terrain from where the double summit of Daniel and Upsspitze can be seen for the first time. A track is crossed and the meadow is ascended. A forest road is reached and after an ascent is left again straight ahead. The trail forks there; either slightly to the left or continue on a new trail to the right towards the already near Tuftlalm. Behind the buildings, another trail begins, which climbs near the chapel first over an alpine meadow to the forest edge. Mostly quite steep and with only very few flatter sections, the trail leads up an almost straight spur of the Upsspitze and finally reaches the forest boundary, where the view opens again. Still in the dwarf pine zone, the trail deviates noticeably to the left once but quickly returns to the ridge spur. Partly over boulders, but increasingly gravelly terrain, the trail continues quickly directly towards the Upsspitze. About one hundred vertical meters below the summit, it then turns right and reaches the connecting ridge to Daniel, from where its summit is quickly reached over rocky terrain.

After the well-deserved summit break, return to the connecting ridge, from where a narrow trail branches off directly leading to the Upsspitze. A small step has to be climbed here. Then it continues easily to the Upsspitze, which offers a beautiful view over the western part of the Daniel ridge and into the Zwischentoren valley. The descent from the Upsspitze goes a bit west to a terrain shelf. There begins a steep trail that runs down over large gravel fields and after another shelf leads into the dwarf pine belt. At the end of it is the Grüne Ups, from which a trail leads left towards Tuftlalm. After a winding crossing of a clearing, this joins a forest road, which now leads with only moderate gradient to the Tuftalm.

From the Tuftlalm, continue downhill on the now familiar path. Behind the meadow already known from the ascent and the following crossing of the forest road at the trail junction, turn right now. The signpost names the next trail as "very difficult," but basically it is only very steep. With some surefootedness, one descends quickly, touching the forest road twice and crossing it on the third encounter. Then the trail becomes a bit less steep and finally joins a forest road. Continue downwards on this and near the valley, turn left to the outdoor swimming pool. There begins a forest road that leads directly to the station, which is reached via the already known underpass.