An alpine adventure – from east to west through Austria

Now it has started, our little project for this summer. We passed the Czech border this morning and are now starting our big crossing of Austria.



What's the plan? In 25 days the van takes you across the Alps, from the Czech border to Liechtenstein (or Lake Constance, I don't know exactly yet).



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Rax-Schneeberg is the name of today's Alpine region where we stopped. To be honest, I have to admit, I haven't heard anything about it before. With the Schneeberg massif, we have therefore chosen the most prominent mountain. With over 17 kilometers and 1,400 meters in altitude, the tour to the highest… read more

Today we stopped in the Seckauer Tauern in Styria and we were quite impressed. Of course, when you go up the highest mountain (Geierhaupt) in the best hiking weather, it can only be awesome.



Although the ascent of almost 1,200 meters was below what we did yesterday, it cost a lot of grain. What a few… read more

From the Hannoverhaus over the Ankogel to the Celler Hütte and the next day descent to the mountaineering village of Mallnitz, that was the plan for the last two days. But sometimes you just have to reschedule. We started early at the Hannoverhaus and dared to climb the 3,252 meter high Ankogel. But… read more

Finally we can walk through the mountains for several days at a time. Today our longest trek of this crossing of Austria started. In six days it goes through the Glockner and Schober groups.



From Heiligenblut we climbed to the foot of the Großglockner today, but not without making a detour to the Gössnitz… read more

It was short and painless today to the Salmhütte. We'd better do without the glacier trail after looking at the weather forecast. Somehow I'm not so lucky with the weather this year. Still, it was a great tour.



First we climbed up to the Stockerscharte, from where we could take a last look at the Pasterze… read more

Hike from the foot of the Großglockner over a 3,000-meter peak and then spend a night in a bivouac at over 2,900 meters to see the almost perfect sunset. Doesn't that sound too good to be true?



That's exactly how my hike was today. In bright sunshine, we hiked leisurely over lush alpine meadows, bridges… read more

The night in the bivouac was surprisingly relaxing, although I got a headache due to the altitude overnight. We made the one and a half hour descent to the Elberfelder Hütte quite brisk, driven by a thirst for coffee. We would have loved to stay a little longer, but we still had two strenuous ascents… read more

For us, the time in the Schobergruppe is unfortunately over again, but what a brilliant end! Today we followed the path of the water and climbed from the Noßberger Hütte through the magical Gradental back into the valley.



We walked past mountain lakes, wild streams, shallow streams and steeply falling… read more

Well, I can't really recommend this round. Actually, we just wanted to do a lap with Lotte on our day off. But it was so hot in the valley that we quickly took the gondola up the mountain. But really, it was so built up and overcrowded up here, terrible. On my demanding tours that I usually do, I almost… read more

You don't believe how frustrated I am! It could have been so perfect. We found a great parking space for our van, only 15 minutes away from the Schlegeis reservoir, where our ascent to the Hohe Riffler should start today. The night was great, at six we peeled out of bed full of anticipation, bright sunshine… read more

Nice to shoulder the trekking backpack again and go on a hut tour, especially since the last two day tours in the Zillertal were not necessarily satisfactory. In two days we will now explore the Tux Alps. On the agenda today were the two highest peaks in the Alpine region, the Geier (2,857 meters) and… read more

After the fantastic weather yesterday, today we hiked down in the clouds to the Tux valley. A gap and a small peak still had to be conquered. The definitely biggest challenge was crossing a huge cow pasture with a lot of young stunted animals. Not only were they standing directly on the way, but they… read more

It's good if there are two ways to the hut! The Stubai Alps greet us with bad weather: gray, wet and cold. The planned tour up to the Sulzenauhütte with an ascent of 1,500 meters was therefore not particularly tempting. Today we decided on a short variant over the "Wild Water Path".



That was definitely… read more