Nice and scenic tour up to Kieneck and then via an easy climbing route (Ninegrat, UIAA I) towards the impressive Gaisstein which offers maybe the most scenic view over the Gutensteiner Alps. The climbing part (Ninegrat) can be bypassed by … Continued
Long but promising hiking tour up towards the Röthelstein, passing by the impressive Drachenhöhle cave and continue towards Rote Wand, offering amazing views towards the Grazer Bergland. Long but promising hiking tour to Röthelstein via the Drachenhöhle and continue towards … Continued
Climb up the Kleiner Otter via its western ridge (UIAA II-) and then combine it with an scenic hike towards Großer Otter. The descend is done passing by the Kummerbauer restaurant and then ascending up to Sonnwendstein, allowing another promising … Continued
The Alpannonia® long distance trail combines in up to 7 stages a tour from the eastern alps in Austria towards the “pannonian lowlands” in Hungary. This tour combines stage the extended first stage 1a and the first part of stage … Continued
Long and demanding hiking tour up to the highest point in Lower Austria: The Klosterwappen at Schneeberg. The tour leads through the beautiful Weichtalklamm (easy Via Ferrata (A/B)) along and partly inside a small river and then up through mountain … Continued
Very long and demanding tour at the Hochschwab group: Climb the Messnerin from Tragöß via the Kamplsteig and the Peter Meissl Steig, traverse towards the Pillsteiner Höhe, descend via an unmarked and abandoned trail to Hainzleralm, ascent again to Häuslalm … Continued
End of Service Notice: “Suunto track & activities”. Suunto stopped their awesome service of Movescount that was used in this blog to link to activities and the used tracks (GPX) for download purposes. Thus, we need to stop from now … Continued
Difficult, exciting but crowded via ferrata leading up to the Hohe Wand via the Gebirgsvereinssteig (D) whereas the demanding crux is a slippery and extremely exposed traverse requiring a lot of boldness and power. The tour then continues towards another … Continued
Difficult but promising via ferrata up to the Preiner Wand at the Rax (1783m) via the Hans von Haidsteig (D) whereas the demanding crux is a chimney which is very often wet and therefore very slippery. After visiting the summit, … Continued
A very long but promising tour up to the Ebenstein (2123m), starting from the amazing Grüner See and then up to the Pribitz (1579m) allowing an amazing view from top onto the green lake. The descent is done via the … Continued