Austria mountains

"A Mountainbike training to the Hahnenkamm as preparation for the Arlberger Mountainbike Marathon. Nice weather, sunny but not too hot and a nice quiet path without hikers and E-bikers....:-)" - Hahnenkamm, martin-nijboer, Jul 25, 2018

"Last day of an Austrian holiday. A morning walk from Niederau village to the summit before it became too hot. A steady zig zag path up to the ridge, which was busy with people from the cable car. A short walk along the ridge past a mountain cafe and small chapel led up on to the summit. Good views of the surrounding hills. Descended by cable car as had to meet others." - Markbachjoch, davidlong, Jul 20, 2018

"This was the 5th peak of a walk to 6 peaks in the Wildschonau area of the Austrian Tyrol. We went by bus from our base in Niederau to Auffach, then up new lift to Krinjoch. A v hot day with sun and clouds. From the top of the lift we walked over 3 easy summits, Schatzberg 1903m, Hahnkopf 1902m and via a small lake to Gern 1852m. There are unbroken views of the Gr Galtenberg 2424m which lies further up the valley, together with the surrounding Wildschonau peaks. We descended again before ascending to the steeper summit of Joelspitz 1964m. After a short break we continued SE and dropped to anoth" - Saupanzen, davidlong, Jul 18, 2018

"This was the last peak of a walk to 6 peaks in the Wildschonau area of the Austrian Tyrol. We went by bus from our base in Niederau to Auffach, then up new lift to Krinjoch. A v hot day with sun and clouds. From the top of the lift we walked over 3 easy summits, Schatzberg 1903m, Hahnkopf 1902m and via a small lake to Gern 1852m. There are unbroken views of the Gr Galtenberg 2424m which lies further up the valley, together with the surrounding Wildschonau peaks & more distant snowy peaks. We descended again before ascending to the steeper summit of Joelspitz 1964m. After a short break we conti" - Laempersberg, davidlong, Jul 18, 2018

"Part of holiday based in Niederau, bus to Auffach, then up new lift to Krinjoch. A v hot day with sun and clouds. From the top of the lift, and easy ascent to the popular Schatzberg summit. From here we continued along the ridge to the summit of Hahnkopf, where there are unbroken views of the Gr Galtenberg 2424m which lies further up the valley. We then descended steeply to a small lake. Here we left the main track & continued over a small summit and then walked to the steep summit of Joelspitz 1964m. After a short break we continued SE and dropped to another col, then up the steep sided Saupa" - Hahnkopf, davidlong, Jul 18, 2018