Hiking and mountaineering are popular pastimes in India Austria, both with locals and tourists who go on vacation to the Alpine republic.
The landscape of Austria enables almost any type of mountain tour: from a meadow hike along the Danube to a climbing tour in the Dachstein massif. In the hilly areas of the foothills of the Alps, there are also many hikes for pleasure hikers. Only high-altitude mountaineering at extreme heights is not possible in Austria due to the maximum elevation at 3,798 m (Großglockner).
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Routes
In Austria there are a large number of hiking trails, themed trails, long-distance hiking trails, etc. There are also various seals of approval for hiking trails.
High trails
Appropriate experience is required for high-alpine stages over 2,000 m: rocky steep terrain, partially exposed or rope-secured trails and also old snow fields in summer are possible, absolute surefootedness and a head for heights may be required in sections. The weather conditions have a strong influence on the requirements of the tour.
- Berliner Höhenweg Circular hiking trail in six to seven daily stages in the Zillertal Alps;
- Schladminger Tauern Höhenweg in seven stages from the Hochwurzen in Rohrmoos to St. Nikolai in the Sölktäler Nature Park. Classification as "difficult".
- Stubai High Trail: a high alpine circular route in 9 demanding stages over the mountains at the back Stubai Valley. Start and finish is Neustift in the Stubai Valley.
Long-distance hiking trails
In Austria there are several long-distance hiking trails, some of which extend over the entire east-west extension of the country. The "big 10" of these long-distance hiking trails are numbered 01 to 10. In addition to the "big 10" there are other well-known long-distance hiking trails.
The 10 major Austrian long-distance hiking trails
- Path 01: North Alpine Path
- Path 02: Central Alpine Path
- Path 03: Südalpenweg
- Path 04: Voralpenweg
- Path 05: north-south path
- Path 06: Mariazeller Ways
- Path 07: Eastern Austrian border path
- Path 08: Eisenwurzenweg
- Path 09: Salzsteigweg
- Path 10: Rupertiweg
Other well-known long-distance hiking trails
European long-distance hiking trails through Austria
Of the 11 European long-distance hiking trails established by the European Hiking Association (ERA), the following 5 run through Austria:
- European long-distance hiking trail E4
- European long-distance hiking trail E5
- European long-distance hiking trail E6
- European long-distance hiking trail E8
- European long-distance hiking trail E10
The hiking trails mostly run on existing routes and are marked and maintained by the individual member associations (e.g. ÖAV Innsbruck or ÖAV Haus im Ennstal).
→ For further Europe-wide long-distance hiking trails see also: Long-distance hiking trails
Themed walks
Wine walks
Way of St. James
- On the subject Way of St. James
Other pilgrimage routes
Regional routes
Hiking regions
Here are some regions listed that are especially suitable for hiking.
- Bregenz Forest
- Donauauen National Park
- Gesaeuse National Park
- Hohe Tauern National Park
- Kitzbühel Alps
- East Tyrol
- Ötztal Alps
- Ramsau am Dachstein
- Salzkammergut
- Schladming-Dachstein
- Stone sea
- Tennengebirge
- Wachau
- Zillertal Alps
Thematic routes
Stay
There are numerous refuges in the Austrian Alps, operated by the Austrian Alpine Club or the German Alpine Club. There are also numerous privately managed alpine pastures and shelters. The website of the offers a good overview of accommodation options Austrian hiking villages.
literature
cards
Web links
- VAVÖ - Association of Alpine Clubs in Austria
- Austrian Alpine Club - largest Austrian hiking and mountain sports association
- ÖWD - Austrian hiking villages, marketing community
