Tour description
The path provides information about the history and characteristics of this breed of sheep, which is native here and was endangered. The route leads from the town center of St. Gallenkirch down to the Ill River, downstream between forest and pastures to the district of Galgenul. At the bridge over the Suggadinbach, the path goes uphill along the stream towards Gargellen. Via Rüti, it continues along the Montafoner Steinschaf pastures further upstream, until the path on the other side of the valley leads back to St. Gallenkirch via Außergampaping and Neuberg.
The Montafoner Steinschaf is an endangered sheep breed that was found only sporadically in the remotest Montafon. It was displaced by larger and more fattenable breeds. From 1989 on, typical animals were purchased and a breeding register was established to avoid inbreeding. Since then, the breed has been bred throughout Vorarlberg.
