Please note
Tours are guided in German and Italian only
This website is available in English, but the guides lead the tours in German and Italian. There is no English tour. You are very welcome to join — the way through the adit is the same for everyone, and the guides will help where they can — but the explanations will not be in English. Written information in English is available at the entrance.
Four ways into the mountain
One main tour, one long round and two special tours for anyone who wants to know more. Prices are those of the current season; the association has yet to confirm them for 2027.
Reserve a place
Book online, pay on siteYou sign up here for a guided tour. We keep the place free for you, payment is made on site — in cash or by card. Anyone who comes on the spur of the moment is just as welcome, as long as places are free.
What is different here
Good to knowNo train, no station
Here you walk into the mountain — through adits that were cut by hand. A miner advanced about four centimetres a day that way.
Up to 18 they pay five euros
Not up to 15, not up to 16. Up to eighteen. Children under six come along free.
You can book, but you do not have to
For the St Elisabeth adit it is enough to be there ten minutes before the tour. The long round and the special tours require registration.
The name of the show adit is old, by the way: „St. Elisabeth“ already appears in the Fugger contracts of the 16th century.
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St Elisabeth adit
Main tourThe St Elisabeth adit lies at 1300 metres and is the adit most people come for. You walk to where miners cut silver ore from the rock with hammer and chisel for centuries, past hand-cut side adits, stopes and what is left of the mine railway.
90 minutes
Welcome and equipment at the entrance
Entry into the adit, about 500 metres
Tour through drifts and stopes
Close at the adit mouth
From 6 years
Sturdy shoes required
Warm jacket — it is 8 °C
We provide helmet and lamp
Not wheelchair accessible
German · Italian
Tours are held in German and Italian
An accompanying booklet is available for English-speaking guests
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Adults | 11 € |
| Children (6 to 18 years) | 5 € |
| Children under 6 years | free |
| Family (2 adults + children) | 25 € |
| Seniors (65 and over), pupils and students | 10 € |
| Groups of 15 people or more, per person | 10 € |
| School classes up to 18 years, per person | 5 € |
| School classes 18 years and over, per person | 10 € |
| Special tour outside opening times | 120 € |
St Elisabeth and St Lorenz adits
The long roundIf you want more than the main adit, take the long round: first the St Elisabeth adit at 1300 metres, then up to the St Lorenz adit at 1368. Two levels, one mountain. Between them almost seventy metres of ascent, which you notice on the way up.
About 2 hours
Both show adits
Transfer above ground
Break in between
From 6 years
Some fitness needed
Sturdy shoes, warm jacket
Booking required
Two levels
St Lorenz 1368 m above sea level
St Elisabeth 1300 m above sea level
The only ones of sixteen that can be walked
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Adults | 17 € |
| Children (6 to 18 years) | 9 € |
| Family | 38 € |
| Seniors (65 and over), pupils and students | 16 € |
| Groups of 15 people or more, per person | 16 € |
| Special tour outside opening times | 190 € |
Special tours
By arrangement onlyTwo tours away from the developed path. They are rarely booked. Those who come along talk about it for a long time afterwards. Small groups, dates fixed by arrangement.
Zechensteigertour
The Zechensteiger was the overseer of the mine, he knew every corner. On his tour you leave the developed workings: narrow hand-cut passages, old stopes, timbering. Part of it is crawled, a short section is a via ferrata. You are underway in the St Elisabeth and the St Lorenz adit.
- Durationabout 2.5 hours
- WhereSt Elisabeth and St Lorenz adits
- Difficultyshort via ferrata, grade K2. Partly crawling.
- From10 years
- You needsure-footedness, no fear of confined spaces and the ability to manage on your own
- We provideprotective jacket, helmet and climbing equipment
- Bring alongsturdy shoes and warm clothing. It is 8 °C inside the mountain, and things will get dirty.
- Priceup to 5 people 200 € for the group, from 6 people 35 € per person
- Groupat most 11 people
Booking required. We arrange the date personally, so that a guide who knows the route is there.
Kaltduschertour
This is not a guided tour, this is a caving trip. For half a day you climb and crawl through the labyrinth of adits, from the St Matthias adit through the St Georg adit into the St Elisabeth and the St Lorenz adit. Along the way people who know the trade explain how silver was won here. Water seeps from the rock and drips from the roof, the air is almost saturated, and you will certainly get wet. The name is no exaggeration.
- Durationabout 4.5 hours
- WhereSt Matthias, St Georg, St Elisabeth and St Lorenz adits
- Difficultyvia ferrata K3 according to Hüsler, so a hard one. Plus climbing sections and passages to crawl through.
- From16 years
- You needvia ferrata experience, good fitness, sure-footedness and no fear of confined spaces
- We providehelmet, gloves, overall, boots, lamp and the complete climbing equipment
- Bring alongwarm, comfortable clothing. It is 8 °C in the adit with almost 100 % humidity.
- Priceup to 5 people 550 € for the group, from 6 people 100 € per person
- Groupat most 10 people
- Can be booked in additionMarende (afternoon snack) in the Knappenhaus, 15 € per person
Booking required, and only after a conversation beforehand. We want to know who is coming along before we confirm. Call +39 345 3115661 or write to info@bergwerk.it.