Cicerone Trekking in Austria's Hohe Tauern: The Reichen, Venediger and Gross Glockner Groups
by Allan Hartley
Situated in the heart of Austria and the Eastern Alps, the Hohe Tauern National Park is the largest in Europe and a World Conservation Area, taking in the Tyrol, Salzburg and Karnten. The area boasts dramatic valleys headed by scores of peaks and hikers are well supported by some of the best huts in the Alps. The Park is centered on the Gross Glockner, at 3798m is Austria's highest mountain. Long-distance hiking in Austria's Hohe Tauern concentrates on three areas - the little known Reichen Group with its folklore of dwarves and giants, the Venediger Group with its glaciers and finally the Gross Glockner Group taking centre stage. Various hut-to-hut tours are described here, including the new Glockner Round that links seven huts together without having to cross glaciers.
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Situated in the heart of Austria and the Eastern Alps theHohe Tauern National Park is the largest in Europe and aWorld Conservation Area, taking in the Tirol, Salzburgand Karnten. The area boasts dramatic valleys headed byscores of peaks and trekkers are well supported by someof the best huts in the Alps. The Park is centred on theGross Glockner, at 3798m Austria's highest mountain."Trekking in Austria's Hohe Tauern" concentrates on threeareas - the little known Reichen Group with its folkloreof dwarves and giants, the Venediger Group with itsglaciers and finally the Gross Glockner Group takingcentre stage. Various hut-to-hut tours are describedhere, including the new Glockner Round that links sevenhuts together without having to cross glaciers. Thistitle describes 5 long-distance treks, including a 10-daytraverse across the whole area. Alternatives, excursionsand ascents of nearby peaks are also suggested in it.
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5 long-distance treks taking in Venediger, Glockner and Reichen Groups.
Author Biography
In addition to his first loves - Austria and the Alps - Allan Hartley has climbed across the globe from East Africa to the Falkland Islands, in Nepal and Pakistan, the Zagros mountains of Iran and the Hajr Mountains of the Arabian Peninsula. He is a member of the Austrian Alpine Club and an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society. This is his third Alpine guide for Cicerone.
Table of Contents
IntroductionWhen to GoGetting There (and Back)Places to StayVisiting InnsbruckTourist OfficesPost OfficesPlaces to Leave LuggageHealth and FitnessEmergencies, Mountain Rescue and InsuranceThe Austrian Alpine ClubAbout HutsUsing this GuideMaps and GuidebooksAlpine Walking SkillsKit ListMountain GuidesThe Reichen GroupIntroduction and TopographyThe Reichen Group Hut-to-Hut Rucksack RouteStage 1 Mayrhofen to Plauener HutExcursion from Plauener HutStage 2 Plauener Hut to Birnlucken HutStage 3 Birnlucken Hut to Warnsdorfer HutStage 4 Warnsdorfer Hut to Krimmler Tauern HausStage 5 Krimmler Tauern Haus to Zittauer HutStage 6 Zittauer Hut to Richter HutStage 7A Richter Hut to Plauener Hut via the Zillerplatten ScharteStage 7B Richter Hut to Plauener Hut via the Gams ScharteThe Venediger GroupIntroduction and TopographyThe Venediger Group Hut-to-Hut Rucksack RouteStage 1 Matrei in Ost Tyrol to Essener Rostocker HutStage 2 Essener Rostocker Hut to Johannis Hut via the TurmljochStage 3 Johannis Hut to the Bonn Matreier Hut via theZopat Scharte and Eissee HutStage 4 Bonn Matreier Hut to Badener Hut via the Gatten ScharteStage 5 Badener Hut to Neue Prager Hut via the LoebbentorlExcursion from Plauener HutStage 5A Badener Hut to Venediger Haus (alternative bad weather route)Stage 6 Neue Prager Hut to Sankt Poltener HutStage 7 Sankt Poltener Hut to Matreier Tauern HausThe Venediger Glacier TourStage 1 Mayrhofen to Warnsdorfer HutStage 2 Warnsdorfer Hut to Essener Rostocker Hut via theGams Spitzl and MauertorlExcursions from the Essener Rostocker HutStages 3-6 See Venediger Rucksack Route stages 2-5Stage 7 Neue Prager Hut to Kursinger Hut via the Gross VenedigerExcursion from Kursinger HutStage 8 Kursinger Hut to Warnsdorfer Hut via theObersulzbach Kees glacier and Gams SpitzlThe Gross Glockner GroupIntroduction and TopographyThe Glockner Group Hut-to-Hut Rucksack RouteStage 1 Lucknerhaus to Studl HutExcursions from the Studl HutStage 2 Studl Hut to Salm Hut via the Pforte ScharteStage 3 Salm Hut to Glockner HausStage 4 Glockner Haus to Fusch via the Phandl ScharteStage 5 Fusch to Gleiwitzer HutStage 6 Gleiwitzer Hut to Heinrich Schwaiger HausExcursions from Heinrich Schwaiger HausAlternative Stage 6 Gleiwitzer Hut to KaprunStage 7 Heinrich Schwaiger to Rudolfs Hut/Berg HotelExcursions from Rudolfs HutStage 8 Rudolfs Hut to Sudetendeutsche Hut via theKalser Tauern and Gradetz SattelExcursions from the Sudetendeutsche HutAlternative Stage 8 Rudolfs to Kalser Tauern Haus via the Kalser TauernStage 9 Sudetendeutsche Hut to Matrei in Ost TyrolHut DirectoryAPPENDIX 1 Useful Contact InformationAPPENDIX 2 German-English GlossaryAPPENDIX 3 Further Reading 240APPENDIX 4 Across the Hohe Tauern National ParkIndex
Long Description
Situated in the heart of Austria and the Eastern Alps theHohe Tauern National Park is the largest in Europe and aWorld Conservation Area, taking in the Tirol, Salzburgand Karnten. The area boasts dramatic valleys headed byscores of peaks and trekkers are well supported by someof the best huts in the Alps. The Park is centred on theGross Glockner, at 3798m Austria's highest mountain."Trekking in Austria's Hohe Tauern" concentrates on threeareas - the little known Reichen Group with its folkloreof dwarves and giants, the Venediger Group with itsglaciers and finally the Gross Glockner Group takingcentre stage. Various hut-to-hut tours are describedhere, including the new Glockner Round that links sevenhuts together without having to cross glaciers. Thistitle describes 5 long-distance treks, including a 10-daytraverse across the whole area. Alternatives, excursionsand ascents of nearby peaks are also suggested in it.
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