Walking in Austria 101 Routes - Day Walks, Multi-day Treks and Classic Hut-to-Hut Tours

by Reynolds, Kev

• ISBN13: 9781852848590
• ISBN10: 1852848596
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-12-31
• Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited

Summary

A comprehensive guidebook detailing walking routes in Austria. The 101 walks reflect the diversity of this popular region and cover Austria's magnificent Alps - including the Rätikon, Silvretta, Stubai and Zillertal - as well as the Dachsteingebirge, Hohe Tauern and the Karawanken. Graded according to difficulty and ranging from short walks of a few kilometres to day hikes and multi-day hut-to-hut tours, from the classic to the lesser-known, there is something to suit every level of ability and ambition. 

A full description of each route is accompanied by clear sketch maps. This book has all the information you need to make the most of an active walking holiday in Austria, including information on public transport, accommodation, gear required and safety issues, full details of over 100 mountain huts and a German-English glossary. 

Austria is one of Europe's most walker-friendly countries. Its 40,000km of well-maintained and waymarked trails pass more than a thousand Austrian mountain huts and countless attractive villages, hospitable hotels, inns and restaurants. It also boasts an extensive, integrated public transport system that is particularly useful for walkers. The Austrian landscape is enchanting in its beauty, featuring rugged limestone spires, towering snowy peaks, majestic lakes and tranquil valleys.

Author Biography

Kev Reynolds is a freelance writer, photojournalist and lecturer. A prolific compiler of guidebooks, his first title for Cicerone Press appeared in 1978; he has since produced 27 titles for Cicerone, with others being researched. A member of the Outdoor Writers' Guild, the Alpine Club and Austrian Alpine Club, his passion for mountains and the countryside remains undiminished, and he regularly travels throughout Britain to share that enthusiasm through his lectures.

Table of Contents

Map key

Overview map

Introduction

Austria’s Alps

Mountain flowers

Wildlife

Getting there

Transport within Austria

Accommodation

The Austrian Alpine Club

The routes

Equipment 

Recommended maps

Using this guide

1 Rätikon Alps

Introduction

Route 1 Douglass Hut – Lünersee Circuit – Douglass Hut

Route 2 Douglass Hut – Totalp Hut – Lünersee Alm – Douglass Hut

Route 3 Douglass Hut – Schesaplana

Route 4 Douglass Hut – Cavelljoch – Douglass Hut

Route 5 Rätikon Höhenweg Nord

Route 6 Tschagguns – Lindauer Hut

Route 7 Tilisuna Hut – Sulzfluh

2 Silvretta Alps

Introduction

Route 8 Gaschurn – Tübinger Hut

Route 9 Tübinger Hut – Hochmaderer Joch – Bielerhöhe

Route 10 Bielerhöhe – Saarbrucker Hut

Route 11 Wiesbadener Hut – Litzner Sattel – Saarbrucker Hut

Route 12 Bielerhöhe – Wiesbadener Hut – Radsattel – Bielerhöhe

Route 13 Galtür – Jamtal Hut

Route 14 Hut to Hut across the Silvretta Alps

3 Ötztal Alps

Introduction

Route 15 Hut to Hut across the Ötztal Alps

Walks in the Ötztal

Route 16 Obergurgl – Schönwies Hut – Rotmoostal

Route 17 Obergurgl) – Schönwies Hut) – Langtalereck Hut

Route 18 Langtalereck Hut – Hochwilde Haus

4 Stubai Alps

Introduction

Walks in the Sulztal

Route 19 Circular Walk from Gries-im-Sulztal

Route 20 Gries-im-Sulztal – Winnebachsee Hut

Route 21 Gries-im-Sulztal – Sulztalalm – Amberger Hut

Route 22 Hut to Hut in the northwest Stubai Alps

Walks in the Stubaital

Route 23 Neder – Pinnisalm – Innsbrucker Hut

Route 24 Ranalt – Nürnberger Hut

Route 25 Nürnberger Hut – Niederl – Grünausee

Route 26 Oberiss – Franz Senn Hut

Route 27 Franz Senn Hut – Rinnensee

Route 28 The Stubaier Höhenweg

5 Zillertal Alps

Introduction

Route 29 Ramsau – Laberg – Mayrhofen

Route 30 Mayrhofen – Finkenberg – Mayrhofen

Route 31 Mayrhofen – Niedermoor – Penkenalm

Route 32 Zillergrund Reservoir – Plauener Hut

Route 33 Madseit – Höllenstein Hut – Lanersbach

Route 34 Breitlahner – Berliner Hut

Route 35 Schlegeis Reservoir – Pfitscher-Joch-Haus

Hut to Hut in the Zillertal Alps

Route 36 The Berliner Höhenweg

Route 37 The Zillertal Höhenweg

6 Kitzbüheler Alps

Introduction

Walks from Söll and Ellmau

Route 38 Söll – Scheffau

Route 39 Ellmau – Hochsöll

Route 40 Ellmau – Panoramaweg – Rahnhartalm – Ellmau

Walks from Westendorf and Brixen

Route 41 Westendorf – Brixen – Westendorf

Route 42 Westendorf – Nachsöllberg – Einködlscharte – Westendorf

Route 43 Westendorf – Brechhornhaus – Talkaser

Route 44 Westendorf – Gampenkogel – Talkaser

Route 45 Westendorf – Einködlscharte – Brixenbachgraben Valley – Brixen

Route 46 Brixen – Hochbrixen – Söll 

Walks from Kitzbühel

Route 47 Kitzbühel – Schwarzkogel

Route 48 Hechenmoos – Bochumer Hut

Route 49 Hechenmoos – Tristkogel – Saaljoch – ?Bochumer Hut – Hechenmoos

Walks from Saalbach and Hinterglemm

Route 50 Saalbach – Hinterglemm – Lindlingalm

Route 51 Mitterlengau – Tristkogel – Hochtorsee

Route 52 Saalbach – Spielberghaus – Burgeralm 

Route 53 Saalbach – Spielberghaus – Kleberkopf

Route 54 Saalbach – Barnkogel – Spielberghorn – Saalbach

Route 55 Saalbach – Geierkogel – Viehhofen

Route 56 Saalbach – Klinglertörl– Zell am See

Walks from Zell Am See

Route 57 Zell am See – Thumersbach– Zell am See

Route 58 Zell am See – Viehhofen

Route 59 Zell am See – Maurerkogel – Rohrertörl – Schmittenhöhe

7 Kaisergebirge

Introduction

Route 60 Kufstein – Hinterbärenbad – Hans-Berger-Haus

Route 61 Kufstein – Vorderkaiserfelden Hut

Route 62 Vorderkaiserfelden Hut – Pyramidenspitze

Route 63 Kufstein – Vorderkaiserfelden Hut – Stripsenjochhaus

Route 64 Stripsenjochhaus – Steinerne Rinne – Ellmauer Tor – Grutten Hut

Route 65 Söll – Hintersteiner See – Söll

Route 66 Scheffau – Wilder-Kaiser-Steig – Riedl Hut – Ellmau

Route 67 Ellmau – Gaudeamus Hut – Grutten Hut – Riedl Hut – Ellmau

Route 68 The Wilder-Kaiser-Steig

Route 69 Griesenau – Griesner Alm

Route 70 Griesenau – Stripsenjochhaus

Route 71 Griesner Alm – Stripsenkopf – Feldberg – Griesner Alm

Route 72 A Tour of the Wilder Kaiser

8 Dachsteingebirge

Introduction

Walks from Filzmoos

Route 73 Filzmoos – Hofpürgl Hut – Sulzenhals – Sulzenalm – Filzmoos

Route 74 Filzmoos – Sulzenalm – Filzmoos

Route 75 The Gosaukamm Circuit

Walks from the Bachlalm

Route 76 Bachlalm – Tor – Dachstein-Südwand Hut – Bachlalm

Route 77 Bachlalm – Sulzenhals – Rötelstein

Route 78 Bachlalm – Sulzenhals – Hofpürgl Hut – Filzmoos

Gosautal and Hallstätter See

Route 79 Vorderer Gosausee – Hintere Seealm

Route 80 Steeg-Gosau – Hallstatt – Steeg-Gosau

9 Hohe Tauern

Introduction

Walks from Badgastein

Route 81 Badgastein – Palfnersee – Badgastein

Route 82 Badgastein – Graukogel – Reedsee – Badgastein

Route 83 Badgastein – Böckstein – Badgastein

Route 84 Badgastein – Oberer Bockhartsee – Sportgastein

Walks from Kaprun

Route 85 Kaprun – Krefelder Hut

Route 86 Krefelder Hut – Salzburger Hut – Kaprun

Route 87 Kaprun – Scharfer Grat

Route 88 Kaprun – Heinrich-Schwaiger-Haus

Route 89 Kaprun – Austriaweg

Route 90 Hut to Hut across the Glockner Group

Walks from Matrei in Osttirol

Route 91 Matreier Tauernhaus – Innergschlöss

Route 92 Innergschlöss – Ochsnerwaldweg – Innergschlöss

The Virgental

Route 93 Ströden – Essener-Rostocker Hut

Route 94 The Venediger Höhenweg

The Tauerntal

Route 95 Europa Panoramaweg Goldried – Kals-Matreier-Törlhaus – ?Kalser Höhe – Goldried

Route 96 Matrei – Sudetendeutsche Hut(2656m) – Matrei

Walks from Kals Am Grossglockner

Route 97 Kals – Stüdl Hut

Route 98 Kals – Glorer Hut – Lucknerhaus

10 Karawanken

Introduction

Route 99 Bärental – Klagenfurter Hut

Route 100 Klagenfurter Hut – Bielschitza

Route 101 Schaidasattel – Hochobir

Appendix A Useful addresses

Appendix B Bibliography

Appendix C Menu items

Appendix D German–English glossary

Appendix E Index of routes