Zams: Zammer Lochputz, Trails on the Venet and Local Culture

There are various local and landscape experiences that can help guide your choice of accommodation in Zams. Highlights include the Zammer Lochputz with its traces of water and culture, trails around the Venetbahn, historic features in the townscape, and cycle connections through the Inn Valley. This allows you to plan your stay according to different interests without confusing the individual destinations.

Zammer Lochputz: Water, Tunnels and Historical Traces

The tour through the Zammer Lochputz passes, among other things, a ruined forge, the Spiegel Cave and a stone bull. The bull was shaped out of the rock by water. The experience also includes a water fountain, the Lötzer Waterfall, a long tunnel, the Roman Tower and a Kneipp pool. It is also possible to visit a demonstration power plant. The Zammer Lochputz thus combines natural formations, technical elements and historical traces in a single excursion destination.

Hiking Trails Between the Valley and the Mountain Station

The mountain station of the Venetbahn is the starting point for easy family hikes and more demanding summit tours.

The demanding long-distance hiking trail E5 leads from the Memminger Hütte via the Seescharte at 2,599 m through the Zammer Loch to Zams. In the opposite direction, the E5 runs from Zams via the Wiesensteig to the Zammer Alm and the Schihütte Zams, continuing to the mountain station of the Venetbahn and via the Glanderspitze at 2,505 m and the Wannejöchl at 2,495 m to the Larcher Alm and Wenns in the Pitztal. The route therefore includes both the section through the Zammer Loch to Zams and the continuation from Zams via the Venetbahn into the Pitztal.

Another route is the Way of St. James. It leads from Kronburg via Rifenal and Anreit down to the center of Zams. In addition to the long-distance hiking trail, this provides a route that expressly leads into the town center.

Cycling and a Wheelchair-Accessible Path

For mountain bikers, the tour begins at the Venet, at the valley station of the Venetbahn in Zams. It leads via Landeck Castle, the historic Via Claudia Augusta and Fließ to the mountain station of the Venetbahn at 2,212 m.

The Inn Cycle Path R3 runs along an approximately 51 km-long section from Landeck via Zams, Schönwies and Imst to Telfs. There is also the Rolli-Weg Innradweg: This wheelchair-accessible path follows the Inn Cycle Path to the Patscheid meadows below Kronburg. The two descriptions refer to different forms of travel and should be considered separately when planning a trip.

Local Character and History

A distinctive feature of Zams is the preserved tower of the parish church of St. Andrew. It stands as a free-standing campanile and shapes the characteristic townscape. After the great fire of 1911, the church was rebuilt the following year as an enclosed hall church with a deep transept, modeled on the Baroque style. It was ceremonially consecrated on June 10, 1913.

The Zammer Loch is also part of the landscape surrounding the town and is described as one of the most beautiful mountain valleys in Europe. If you would like to consider additional destinations for your travel plans besides Zams, you will also find Kappl, See, Faggen, Ladis, Serfaus, Tösens, Fiss and Pfunds.

For the overarching travel overview: Landeck District.