Torkopf

From the bus stop, walk back a few meters and turn left after the somewhat visually unconventional nature park house. Following the signage, now ascend the slope straightforwardly to reach a turning area. Slightly keeping to the right, a trail begins that leads steeply up to a forest road. Continue ascending to the right on this and at the fork reached shortly after, go left. The path leads with moderate inclines into the Ron valley and becomes increasingly flatter near the Ron valley alp meadows. Passing the alpine buildings with only slight inclines, behind which the narrowing path now orients towards the left side of the valley. Shortly before reaching a mostly dry, gravelly stream bed, the path forks; here keep left and cross the stream bed. On the other side, a trail continues, which initially ascends gently through loose forest. Soon the terrain becomes steeper, and generally keeping left, a scree field is reached. It continues winding with switchbacks somewhat more laboriously but technically easy uphill until the scree field below the Tor saddle is left to the left. Over steep, partly eroded meadows, the trail finally leads strenuously but quickly upwards into the already near notch.

After a breather, the technically most demanding part of the ascent to the Torkopf follows. Initially keeping left, an easy rock ridge is reached that had so far blocked the view to the Torkopf. On the other side, descend a few meters in steep, not to be underestimated terrain to bypass a rock. The narrow trail shortly after arrives at a meadow saddle where trail traces in the form of eroded steps lead almost directly up the very steep meadow. Once the trail orients slightly right and flattens somewhat, an unpleasantly exposed, especially slippery when wet, fall-hazardous passage must be negotiated. The following switchback must not be overlooked, after which the trail traces lead somewhat less exposed up to a rock step about chest-high. This must be climbed with some skill; fortunately, the entry is no longer in exposed terrain. Once the step is passed, the technical difficulty decreases significantly, although the trail still demands some attention in the steep meadow terrain until the now near summit of the Torkopf is reached.

The descent initially follows the same path back to the Tor saddle, with the difficulties known from the ascent requiring special caution on the descent. Having safely reached the saddle, begin the descent into the Tor valley keeping left, initially passing the fairly new building of the upper station of the Tor valley alp. Shortly after, a wayside cross placed on a scenic rock is passed, behind which the trail now descends somewhat steeper at times. During the descent into the valley floor, which finally reaches the Tor valley alp itself, various vegetation layers are crossed in quick succession. Upon reaching the alpine building, a drive path begins that initially stays on the left-hand side of the Tor stream. After crossing the stream, the path usually stays near the bank but increasingly bends right near the start of a gorge and finally leaves the Tor valley. Shortly after, a crossing path is reached that leads left into the already near valley floor of the Riß valley and intersects a road near a hiking parking area. Follow this on an accompanying footpath to the left and already in Hinterriß, go over a small hill to the starting point at the Gasthof Post and the bus stop located there.