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Paperback - PVC
Published
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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340g
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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
 
 

April 2011

The following huts remain closed
Heinrich Schwaiger Haus (Glockner Round Tour)
Alte Prager Hut (Venediger Rucksack Route; Hoehenweg

Glockner Runde Tour - Stage 6

Gleiwitzer Hut to Heinrich Schwaiger Haus
Note that the Heinrich Schwaiger Haus is closed for the foreseeable future.
Alternative accommodation can be sought at Fuerthermoaralm located at Mooserboden Stausee reservoir.
Contact;     Martina Aberger, Fuerth 3,  A-5721 Piesendorf

Tel; (0043)6547 7158 23435 / Email; office@fuerthermoar.at / Website; www.fuerthermoar.at

 
 
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