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Großglockner from Ködnitztal

Date:
17.07.2016
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
12:00h
Distance:
15.8km

We started from Lucknerhaus, where a nice guy drove us up to Lucknerhuette (in order to give us an easy start into this hike)! From Lucknerhuette, we did a relaxed walk up to the Fanatscharte (and Stuedlhuette, there). On Stuedlhuette, we met our guide (from the Kalser Bergfuehrer) and discussed the weather (it really did not look promising, both in terms of rain/snow and also wind). After some thinking, we decided to still make an attempt, at least up to Adlersruhe (and Erzherzog-Johann-Huette, there). We started (into the freezing rain) and followed the "Normalweg", which leads around Schere, first, before then ascending on the upper-left side of Koednitzkees, before crossing over (to the east), leaving the glacier there, and continuing as a moderately easy climibing stretch >>>

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Hiking up Teischnitztal

Date:
16.07.2016
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:00h
Distance:
13.6km

We started from the Spöttling-Taurer houses at the upper end of Kals am Grossglockner and headed for Teischnitztal from there. After only a few minutes, one connects to the road that leads further to Moaalm. Instead of following this road for long, we turned right just before crossing Teischnitzbach, and took a forrest road that winds upwards at the slopes of Tschenglkopf. When stepping out of the forrest at about 2100m sea-level, a dramatic canyon opens in front, leading to the upper parts of Teischnitztal. We continued on the forrest road also through this canyon until the place, where the valley opens up at the end of the canyon (there is also a small bridge that connects to the other, western side of this valley from there). Just before getting to this bridge, actually, we turned >>>

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Boeses Weibl from Lucknerhaus

Date:
15.07.2016
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
7:00h
Distance:
15.4km

We started from Lucknerhaus and went first via Nigglalm to Oberfigeralm. From there, we continued into the valley of the Peischlachbach, heading for Peischlachtörl at 2484m. There, we turned right (into southern direction) and started the actual ascent to the Boeses Weibl. The ridge leads up to the Tschadinsattel, from which it only is several minutes to the top of the Boeses Weibl. Unfortunately, we could not reach the top, while the weather was still OK---so we had to imagine the great views from the top of this mountain. We then descended along the same route until we came to a place (on the ridge), where a path to the west, towards Tschadinalm, separates (at about 2760m sea-level). We then continued towards Tschadinalm (at about 2325m sea-level), before turning right again and connecting >>>

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Greibühel-Figerhorn-Tschenglopf

Date:
14.07.2016
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
6:00h
Distance:
12.4km

We started from the Spöttling-Taurer houses a bit above Kals am Grossglockner. We first followed the road towards Kals a bit (to the place called Burg). Right before the bridge over Burgerbach, we turned left and followed a forrest road, leading into the valley of Burgerbach. Only a bit into this direction, the path turns right and crosses Burgerbach---from there on, it leads upwards towards Geierspitz (2102m). From there, the path extends over nice mountain meadows towards Greibühel (2247m). This place offers wonderful views, especially towards south, across Ködnitzvalley and towards Schönleitenspitze, etc. At this place, we split into two parties, of which one continued along this meadow-path, descending towards Lucknerhaus in Ködnitztal. The other two of us continued towards >>>

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Dorfertal next Kals am Grossglockner

Date:
13.07.2016
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
2:15h
Distance:
6.9km

We started from the Spöttling-Taurer region above Kals am Grossglockner and walked directly into the Daberklamm from there. This narrow canyon is interesting to visit and from an observation platform, one has great views into the canyon. Soon after, we reached the beautiful Dorfertal, which extends far north from there and offers wonderful hiking opportunities (easy and demanding). We went a little into Dorfertal, reaching Bergeralm, where we turned around. On our way back, we decided to follow the old connection of Dorfertal with Kals, crossing over Moaalm. Also from there, one enjoys very nice views, both into Dorfertal and over Kals. From there, it was then a quick and easy descent back to the Spöttling-Taurer area. All in all, this hike was mostly relaxing and easy---in the beautiful >>>

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Blauspitze near Kals am Grossglockner

Date:
12.07.2016
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
8:00h
Distance:
17.0km

We started from Spöttling-Taurer in the upper end of Kals am Grossglockner, crossed over the Kalserbach there to the western side of the valley, and ascended from there along the Mitterbach-valley towards Kereralm. From there, we continued upwards towards the Hohes Tor. At about 2000m sea-level, we ended up in a thunderstorm and started to feel somewhat uneasy, exposing us too much to the bad weather. We therefore turned around and descended, again, following a forrest road southwards from Kereralm (at about 1800m sea-level). We connected to the place, where a lift comes up from Grossdorf, connecting to Ganotzalm, further up. We continued on the forrest road, which leads up to the hut Glocknerblick on about 1950m sea-level. There, we had a nice rest and filled up some energy (unfortunately, >>>

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Biking through the Alps 6: Pens-Innsbruck

Date:
30.08.1998
Characteristic:
Bike trip
Duration:
7:30h
Distance:
81.7km

The last, sixth day of this one-week bike-trip through the Alps in Südtirol should bring us over the impressive Penserjoch (at 2200mosl) and then, via Sterzing and the Brenner, to Innsbruck, where we had planned to conclude our trip. We first cycled the roughly 800 height-meters up to Penserjoch in a little less than two hours, enjoying our last pass over 2000mosl, before continuing further northwards. What followed, was a long and fast descent down to Sterzing (at about 930mosl), from where we headed further towards the Brenner (minor pass at about 1365mosl). This brought us also back to Austria. From there, we basically "just" did a long descent towards Innsbruck (about 40km), where we arrived at about 4pm in the afternoon. All in all, this six days long bike trip through >>>

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Biking through the Alps 2: Defereggen-Misurina

Date:
25.08.1998
Characteristic:
Bike trip
Duration:
9:00h
Distance:
81.6km

Day 2 of this multi-day bike-trip through the Alps should bring us from Austria to Südtirol, Italy. To do so, we had the plan to cross the 2040m high Stallersattel, coming from Defereggen. About two hours after having started in Bruggen (at about 1315mosl), we arrived at Stallersattel and enjoyed the beautiful mountain landscape there with satisfaction. :-) What followed, was a fast and long descent into the Antholzer valley (southwest of Stallersattel and already in Südtirol, Italy). At about noon-time, we were down at about 1000mosl, again, and turned left into the Pustertal (basically towards the east!). After a relatively short stretch in this comparably busy valley, we turned right, again (into southern direction), entering the Pragser valley with the plan to cycle up to Plätzwiesen >>>

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Biking through the Alps 1: Lienz-Defereggen

Date:
24.08.1998
Characteristic:
Bike trip
Duration:
3:15h
Distance:
37.2km

The plan of this multi-day bike trip was to explore the beautiful Alps in Südtirol by bike. To begin with this adventure, we first took the train from Wien to Lienz, starting there at about 4pm in the afternoon. We first followed the Isel-valley in northwestern direction until we arrived in Huben about 1 hour later. There, we left the relatively flat Isel-valley and turned left (then in western direction), entering Defereggen via a first steep ascent. Passing by Hopfgarten and St. Veit in Defereggen, we cycled to a place called Bruggen, where we stopped for the night. Having reached a height of already 1315mosl (after about 43km of cycling on this day) promised to be a good start into day 2, where we first planned to ascent further, up to Stallersattel at about 2000mosl. More details about >>>

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Biking across the Alps 2.2: Hermagor-Döllach

Date:
13.08.1997
Characteristic:
Bike trip
Duration:
10:00h
Distance:
94.3km

The second day of this multi-day bike trip across the Alps brought us close to the big goal, the Glockner Hochalpenstrasse. First, however, we continued through the Gail-valley for about 40km until we came to Kötschach-Mauthen, where the valley stops to be wide and comparably flat. This was the point, where we wanted to cross over to the Drau-valley (in the north of the Gail-valley). Thus, we traversed the Gailbergsattel, i.e., the first major pass on this trip (almost 1000mosl). Once in the Drau-valley, we continued in western (northwestern) direction, getting closer to Lienz quickly. Before actually getting to Lienz, however, we made a turn to the north, leaving the Drau-valley again and crossing over the second major pass on this day, i.e., Iselsberg (about 1200mosl), to the Möll-valley. >>>

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