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7 Aug 2025

Hiking Tour: “Nord-Süd-Weitwanderweg 05 Stage 19: From Plotscherbauer to Oskar Schauer Sattelhaus”

by Stefan Probst | posted in: Adventure, Difficult, Hiking, Long-Distance Hiking, Nord-Süd-Weitwanderweg 05, Outdoor, Photos, Summer | 0

Nineteenth stage of the Nord-Süd-Weitwanderweg 05 starting from Plotscherbauer towards Oskar Schauer Sattelhaus via Fensteralm, Speikkogel and Gleinalm-Schutzhaus The North-South-Long-Distance trail (Nord-Süd-Weitwanderweg, also known as the “05”) starts in the north of Austria at Nebelstein and ends in the south … Continued

15 Jun 2025

Hiking Tour: “Nordalpenweg 01 Stage 10 | Nord-Süd-Weitwanderweg 05 Stage 12: From Hohe Veitsch to Voisthalerhütte”

by Stefan Probst | posted in: Adventure, Difficult, Long-Distance Hiking, Nord-Süd-Weitwanderweg 05, Nordalpenweg 01, Outdoor, Photos, Summer | 0

Either the tenth stage of the Nordalpenweg 01 or the twelfth stage of the Nord-Süd-Weitwanderweg 05 starting at the Graf-Meran Haus at the Hohe Veitsch to the Voisthalerhütte via Seewiesen. The Northern Alpine Long-Distance trail (Nordalpenweg, also known as the … Continued

28 Aug 2024

Hiking Tour: “Nord-Süd-Weitwanderweg 05 Stage 7: From Texing Plankenstein to Ötscher/Tormäuer and Laubenbachmühle”

by Stefan Probst | posted in: Adventure, Difficult, Hiking, Long-Distance Hiking, Nord-Süd-Weitwanderweg 05, Outdoor, Photos, Summer | 0

Seventh stage of the Nord-Süd-Weitwanderweg 05 starting from Texing Plankenstein via Plankenstein and St. Anton an der Jeßnitz to Ötscher/Tormäuer and further to Laubenbachmühle. The North-South-Long-Distance trail (Nord-Süd-Weitwanderweg, also known as the “05”) starts in the north of Austria at … Continued

3 Jun 2023

Hiking Tour: “From Kirchberg/Wechsel to Gloggnitz via Schottwien”

by Stefan Probst | posted in: Difficult, Hiking, Outdoor, Photos, Public Transportation, Summer | 0

Very long but promising tour starting in Kirchberg am Wechsel and ending in Gloggnitz. The tour offers several time promising views whereas the impressive highway bridge at Schottwien is the central orientation point. Very long but scenic hiking tour from … Continued

20 May 2023

Hiking Tour: “Öhler, Dürre Wand & Rastkreuz from Puchberg”

by Stefan Probst | posted in: Difficult, Hiking, Outdoor, Photos, Public Transportation, Summer | 0

Long but extremely promising tour up to Öhler and Dürre Wand starting from Puchberg am Schneeberg and ending in Grünbach. The tour passes several waterfalls, nice huts offering enjoyable refreshments and offers promising views towards Schneeberg. Scenic hiking tour from … Continued

8 Nov 2022

Hiking Tour: “The big Proles Tour”

by Stefan Probst | posted in: Adventure, Difficult, Hiking, Outdoor, Photos, Summer | 0

Long and demanding but extremely promising tour starting at Frein an der Mürz up to Großer and Kleiner Proles and then further to Kleiner and Großer Königskogel. The tour then bypasses the Königsalm and Dürrieglalm and continues ascending up to … Continued

24 Sep 2022

Alpine Tour: “Patscha, Pommesberg and Feichteck via Jägersteig”

by Stefan Probst | posted in: Adventure, Alpine Tour, Difficult, Hiking, Outdoor, Photos, Summer | 0

This long and demanding tour starts in the Weizklamm gorge and follows the exciting Jägersteig towards the Rablgrat with its Nepal-bridge as highlight. The tour then follows up aside the Rablgrat (UIAA I+) towards the Sattel and from there then … Continued

27 Aug 2022

Hiking Tour: “The 7 summits of Vienna”

by Stefan Probst | posted in: Difficult, Hiking, Outdoor, Photos, Public Transportation, Summer | 0

This very long tour leads up to the 7 summits of Vienna: the “Kaltbründlberg”, “Hornauskogel”, “Dreihufeisenberg”, “Rosskopf”, “Schutzengelberg”, “Hermannskogel” and the “Vogelsangberg”. The tour starts at the St. Veiter Tor and first leads through the Lainzer Tiergarten to the scenic … Continued

15 Jul 2022

Hiking Tour: “AlProbstEberl Part 3: From Seewiesen to Mariazell”

by Stefan Probst | posted in: Adventure, Difficult, Hiking, Outdoor, Photos, Public Transportation, Summer | 0

The AlProbstEberl® long distance trail combines in 3 stages a tour through the Hochschwab area, starting from the iconic “Grüner See” at Tragöß via the impressive Sonnschienalm and the Hochschwab towards “Mariazell”. This tour covers the stage 3, hiking from … Continued

3 Jul 2022

Alpine Tour: “Schneeberg via Novembergrat (I+) from Schneebergdörfl”

by Stefan Probst | posted in: Climbing, Difficult, Hiking, Outdoor, Photos, Summer | 0

Climb up Schneeberg starting from Schneebergdörfl via the Novembergrat (UIAA I+). After mastering this scenic trail, the tour heads towards the Fischerhütte and Kaiserstein and then to the highest point of the Schneebergplateau – the Klosterwappen. The descent is done … Continued