Mount Helm and Rotwand, Sexten’s local mountains

Mount Helm, to the north of Sexten, is our panoramic mountain, and its summit at 2,434 m lies on the border with East Tyrol. You go up with the Helmjet Sexten gondola lift, in 10-⁠person cabins from 1,310 m to the mountain station at 2,039 m.

From Vierschach, a district of Innichen (San Candido) with its own railway station, the new 10-⁠person gondola lift “Helmissimo” runs up Mount Helm from winter 2026/27, replacing the old lift. On the other side of the valley, the Rotwand gondola lift runs from Bad Moos up to the Rotwandwiesen meadows at 1,925 m.

Near the mountain station of the Rotwand gondola lift lives a herd of reindeer from Finland, now in its third generation. You are welcome to watch the feeding and learn a few things about this special member of the deer family. The current dates are on dreizinnen.com. Afterwards you can stop at the Rudihütte hut.

Fighting took place on the Rotwand during the First World War, and in the Anderter Alpe area an open-air museum now commemorates those years. The well-waymarked trail no. 15 also follows old wartime paths and is easy to walk. It leads from the Rotwandwiesen meadows through meadows and forests and beneath bizarre rock formations to the Kreuzbergpass.

From our hotel at Europaweg 16 in Sexten, it is only a few metres to the valley station of the Mount Helm cable car. In winter the piste runs right up to the door, so you click into your bindings and off you go. You can get your ski pass from us at reception, which saves you queuing at the ticket office.

The public bus takes you to the Rotwand gondola lift in Bad Moos, and by car it is only a few minutes away. If you book one of our offers with the Südtirol Guest Pass, you can travel on all public transport in South Tyrol.