To mark the ‘Schofschoad’ festival in Vernago, museum director Johanna Niederkofler will be giving a tour of our exhibition ‘The valley where the Iceman was found’. The short tour with aperitif will take place in the middle of the morning. The focus will be on the fascinating history of sheep in Schnals.

Die Kurzführung eignet sich als Einstieg für die Besichtigung des campus transhumanza (Tag der offenen Tür von 10:00 – 17:00 Uhr) und lässt sich mit dem Besuch des Hirtenfests und der Schofschoad in Vernagt kombinieren. Die Ankunft der Schafe wird in Vernagt ab ca. 14:00 Uhr erwartet, im Anschluss beginnt hier das Aufteilen der Schafe an ihre Besitzer. Die Kollegen der Alpininteressentschaft Niedertal und des Schafzuchtvereins Schnals freuen sich auf Ihr Kommen. Vernagt erreicht man am Veranstaltungstag am besten zu Fuß (200 Hm, 30-45 min) oder per Shuttle, den die Tourismusgenossenschaft zwischen 9:30 – 16:00 Uhr mit Abfahrt an unserem Besucherparkplatz organisiert.

The short tour is a great introduction to the campus transhumanza (open day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and can be combined with a visit to the shepherds’ festival and the Schofschoad in Vernago. The sheep are expected to arrive in Vernagt at around 2 p.m., after which they will be distributed to their owners. Our colleagues from the Niedertal Alpine Association and the Schnals Sheep Breeders’ Association look forward to seeing you there. On the day of the event, Vernago is best reached on foot (200 m elevation gain, 30-45 min) or by shuttle, which the tourism cooperative organises between 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., departing from our visitor car park.

For some of the more than 1,000 sheep and shepherds, the Schofschoad in Vernago is also the place where they spend their first night on the way home and to their autumn pastures on the Val Venosta Sonnenberg. In the early hours of the morning, they will begin the second stage of their journey over the Taschljöchl to the Kortscher Alm in the Schlandrauntal valley. This grazing practice is called transhumance. It has a long history in the Val Senales valley and was recognised as intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2019.

No registration required | at 10:00 | Included in the admission fee | Course 1 | Visitor‘s Centre (#01) | Duration: approx. 45 minutes