An Austrian Alps Snowshoe Adventure Location: Silvretta Alps, Austria Elevation Gain: 2,250 feet Mileage: 17.2 miles Difficulty: Moderately Difficult Type: Snowshoe Background Berggasthof Hotel Piz Buin and Wiesbadenerhutte are high alpine mountain huts. Mountain huts are generally in the mountains and are only accessible by foot. The huts are a building built for mountaineers, climbers,Continue reading “Silvretta-Stausee to Wiesbadenerhutte – Austria”
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Ratikon Tour
Where: Switzerland Mileage: ~40 miles Difficulty: Strenuous Hut to Hut Ratikon Tour See video of trip below. The Rätikon is a mountain range situated on the borders of Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The highest peak is under 3000 meters, the advantage to this range is that almost every mountain can be easily reached without crampons and/orContinue reading “Ratikon Tour”
Hochleckenhaus via Klienklause: Austrian Alps
6:30 pm. hits and we still decide to climb up to Hochleckenhaus (1572 meters). In the beginning we stood next to a picturesque lake. The first part of this hike was fairly easy for only 15 minutes. Then the challenge was on; going through steep parts over tree roots, rock slide areas, hiking through snowContinue reading “Hochleckenhaus via Klienklause: Austrian Alps”