Üntschenspitze

From the Hinterhopfreben bus stop, first walk back a short distance along the road until the forest trail begins on the right. Pass the beautiful houses and the Chapel of St. Mary in Hopfreben, continuing to follow the forest trail. You’ll soon enter the forest and begin winding your way uphill. First, you’ll reach the Ünschenbergvorsäß; after many more switchbacks, just past the tree line, you’ll arrive at the Vorderüntschenalpe.
From here, a narrow hiking trail winds its way uphill.
Once on the ridge, I head east toward the Häfner Joch to continue on to the summit of the Güntlespitze (though you could skip this summit or save it for another time and head directly to the Üntschenspitze, heading west).
Once I reach the summit of the Güntlespitze, after a short rest, I head back the same way to the Häfner Joch and continue westward along the ridge to the Üntschenspitze. At the summit, we take a longer break.
Then we head back along the same path until just past the Häfner Joch. Soon we reach a fork in the trail, where this time I take the left path, heading downhill. After a short while, we reach the Häfneralpe. We follow the well-marked trail continuously downhill or toward the valley. The next alp along the way is the Pisialpe. Here, a forest trail begins again; we follow it out of the valley until we reach the outskirts of Schoppernau. At the fork near the Üntschenvorsäß, I head east toward the village (not south down toward the road). North of the country road, a quieter path runs parallel to it; shortly thereafter, we reach the Church of St. Philippus & Jakobus and walk from there to the “Gemeindeamt” bus stop near the Hotel Krone.