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20 Jan 2010
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9781852845681
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1852845686
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17.2 x 11.6 x 1.9cm
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256
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20 Jan 2010

Trekking in Austria's Hohe Tauern

Venediger, Glockner and Reichen Groups by Allan Hartley

A guide to trekking in the Hohe Tauern in Austria's Eastern Alps, a World Conservation Area, through Tirol, Salzburg and Karnten provinces. Describes four hut-to-hut treks, of different difficulties, in the Gross Glockner, Reichen and Venediger mountain groups, and a fifth tour of the whole region and includes a comprehensive hut directory. More...

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Seasons

the summer alpine season runs from mid-June to the end of September; snow can linger to June and Read More... early July; mid-July through to mid September is warmer and more settled

Centres

Matrei in Ost Tyrol for the Venediger Group; Kals for the Gross Glockner; Mayrhofen for the Read More... Reichen group

Difficulty

paths and tracks are waymarked and frequently signposted; unless you intend to venture onto Read More... glaciers no special equipment is needed, nor additional climbing skills required

Must See

some of the best alpine scenery in the Eastern Alps; Gross Glockner, Gross Venediger and Reichen Read More... Group containing the greatest concentration of 3000m peaks in the Eastern Alps
 
 

Hut Directory
Alpenvereinshütten, Volume 1 Ostalpen: Deutschland, Österreich, Südtyrol OeAV, AVS and DAV, Bergverlag Rother (2005)
A comprehensive listing of all the mountain huts in the Eastern Alps, with contact information, opening hours, GPS coordinates and much more.

Guide Books
Dieter Seibert, Eastern Alps: The Classic Routes of the Highest Peaks, Diadem Books (1992)

Includes the Reichen Spitze, Wildgerloz Spitze, Gross Glockner, Gross Venediger, Grosses Weisbachhorn, Drei Herrn Spitz, Granat Spitze, Stubacher Sonnblick and Ost Simony Spitz.

Hubert Peterka, Kleiner Führer durch die Glockner-, Granatspitz- und Venediger-Gruppe (Compact Guide), Bergverlag Rother (1980)

Inspirational reading
Readers may find the following mountaineering books from mountain lovers long ago interesting and inspiring – if they can track them down!

Sir Martin Conway, The Alps from End to End, Archibald Constable & Co (1895)

Frank Smythe, Over Tyrolese Hills, Hodder and Stoughton (1936)

Francis Fox Tuckett Pictures in Tyrol and Elsewhere, Longmans, Green & Co (1867)
 

 
 
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