South Tyrol Alpine Club

The South Tyrol Alpine Club (German: Alpenverein Südtirol, Italian: Club Alpino Altoatesino), abbreviated AVS, is an association of German and Ladin-speaking mountain climbers in South Tyrol, northern Italy.

[1] Originally, the South Tyrolean alpine club sections were members of the German and Austrian Alpine Club (Deutscher und Österreichischer Alpenverein).

After the end of the Second World War, on December 31, 1945, the military administration of the Allies permitted the foundation of the South Tyrol Alpine Club.

Nowadays, the AVS takes care of more than 9,500 km of hiking trails and is involved in nature conservancy and South Tyrolean cultural issues as well.

In 2007, the AVS finished its project to digitalise all hiking trails in South Tyrol.