The mountaineering village of Prägraten on the Großvenediger in East Tyrol is now the 30th time our vacation home for our mountain vacation. The place is located in the Virgen valley at 1350m above sea level and is the ideal starting point for numerous mountain activities. The town is surrounded in the south by the Lasörling group and in the north by the Venediger group.
Prägraten am Großvenediger is in the eponymous region of the Venediger Group, which belongs to the Hohe Tauern (Austrian Central Alps). The highest elevations are in the northeastern municipal area on the border with Matrei and Salzburg. The highest peaks are the Großvenediger (3657 m), followed by the east-facing mountain range with the Rainerhorn (3559 m), the Black Wall (3503 m), the Hohen Zaun (3451 m) and the Kristallwand (3310 m). To the south are Weißspitze (3300 m) and the Hohe Eichham (3371 m). From the Großvenediger to the west, the main ridge of the mountain range continues via the Großer Geiger (3360 m) to the Simonyspitzen (3473 m), the Dreiherrnspitze (3499 m) and the Rötspitze (3496 m). The Venediger group is still heavily glaciated in these areas and includes the Umbalkees, the source area of the Isel. In the south, Prägraten is bordered by the southern foothills of the Venediger group, the Lasörling group. Since the border to the neighboring Defereggental runs along the watershed, the peaks of the Lasörlings (3098 m), the Stampfleskopf and the Finsterkarspitze are on the municipal area of Prägraten.
Source: Wikipedia