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Trekking in Austria's Hohe Tauern

Venediger, Glockner and Reichen Groups

Author

Allan Hartley

Cover

Paperback - PVC

ISBN

9781852845681

Published

20 Jan 2010

Availability

Published

Edition

First

ISBN (10)

1852845686

Size

17.2 x 11.6 x 1.9cm

Weight

340g

Pages

256

Originally Published

20 Jan 2010

Price £15.00

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 levels of difficulty, in the Gross Glockner, Reichen and Venediger mountain groups, and a fifth tour of the whole region and includes a comprehensive hut directory.

Seasons

the summer alpine season runs from mid-June to the end of September; snow can linger to June and 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 Reichen group

Difficulty

paths and tracks are waymarked and frequently signposted; unless you intend to venture onto 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 Group containing the greatest concentration of 3000m peaks in the Eastern Alps