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No country waltzes so effortlessly between urban and outdoors as Austria. One day you’re cresting alpine summits, the next you’re swanning around imperial Vienna.
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With a total height of 380 meters, the waterfalls of Krimml are the highest falls in Europe. This natural wonder, devided into three steps is situated near Krimml in Austria in the national park “Hohe Tauern”. Every year, the falls are viewed by around 400,000 visitors.
The Krimml Waterfalls, with approximately 400.000 visitors per year, are one of Austria’s top 10 most visited attractions, and the fifth highest waterfalls in the world. An average of 5.6 m³ of water per second plummets into the valley over the three stages of falls, with an entire impressive waterfall drop of 380 meters.
Within the silver mine in Schwaz, you can experience the hard life of underground mining 500 years ago. The Classic Tour of 90 minutes allows you to take a look at the role Schwaz played on the scene of the Medieval world.
The hike shows the historical farmhouses in Rofen. Follow the Rofen gorge over the suspension bridge, and through beautiful mountain pastures with a unique flora, the road leads back to Vent.
The trail to the Amberger Hütte starts in Gries. At a hight of 2136 meters, you have a fantastic view of the Stubai Alps.
This trail in the Kaunertal valley provides information on more than 40 native tree and shrub species.
Near the Kaunertal glacier road, take a short walk to the crystal clear Seeles See overlooking the Weißseespitze.
The Martin Busch hut is located in the heart of the Ötztal valley Alps, at a height of 2501 meters. She equally provides an ideal starting point for mountain tours during the summer, or ski tours during the winter.
The trail to the Winnebachseehütte is a beautiful lonely tour, partly steep and stony but otherwise easily. The hut is located north on Gries, in the Sulztal, in the Stubai Alps in Tyrol in Austria. A crystal clear mountain lake is nestled next to the hut. At a height of 2362 meters you can enjoy the views of the magnificent mountains and a majestic waterfall.
The “Kaunerberger Wasserweg” has been assuring the irrigation of fields, orchards and gardens at Kauns and Kaunerberg for over 60 years now. The 12 kilometer long irrigation system fetches water from the Gallrutt glacier and leads it via a channel and two tunnels along the mountain slope towards the village Kaunerberg. This hiking trail follows a part of this channel system, including passing the almost 1000 meter long Gallrutt tunnel.
The Taschachhaus is situated at the end of the Pitztal, in Tyrol. As a training base from the German Alpine Club (in german DAV), the hut offers ideal conditions for high alpine tours, ice routes, basic and advanced training, expedition preparations but also very beautiful single and multi-day hikes in an impressive landscape.
Setting out from the car park in Zaunhof/Grüble (St. Leonhard) at the Ludwigsburger Hütte freight lift take either the well signposted but steeper path (partly with stairs) or walk along the goods track to the Ludwigsburger Hütte at 1935 meter. The very pretty location of the hut offers views of the Hohe Geige, the glacier, the Rofele Wand and the Venet. Return the same way to Zaunhof.
