Austria
Limestone, glaciers and huts above the treeline
Austria is Alpine country: almost two thirds of it lies high. In the north are limestone walls and the wild rivers of the Gesäuse, in the middle the glaciers of the Ötztal and Stubai Alps, in the south the Carnic ridge with its alpine meadows.
Between the mountains lie valleys of larch meadows and hay barns, and the huts of the Alpine club make multi-day walks possible without a tent.
The season runs from June to October. Above 2,500 metres snow lies until well into June.
Trips in Austria
Lechtal · AustriaLechweg Oberes Lechtal
Three days on the Lechweg from Lech am Arlberg to Elbigenalp: wild river, gorge and painted houses.
Gesäuse · AustriaGesäuse Hüttenrunde
Hut to hut through Austria's wildest national park: seven days around the limestone towers of the Ennstaler Alpen, from Admont past the Bergsteigerdorf Johnsbach and back over the Haller Mauern.
Zillertaler Alpen · AustriaBerliner Höhenweg
A demanding eight-day hut-to-hut round through the High Alps Nature Park of the Zillertal Alps, over seven ridges and the 3,134 m Schönbichler Horn, through the glacier heart of the range.
Hohe Tauern · AustriaWiener Höhenweg
Six hut-to-hut days through the wild heart of Hohe Tauern National Park, from the Iselsberg pass to the Glocknerhaus below the Grossglockner. Turquoise lakes, secured passes, huts at 2,500 metres.
Stubai Alps · AustriaStubaier Höhenweg
Nine stages on the Stubaier Höhenweg: 85 kilometres past eight huts, between 2,000 and 2,900 metres, glaciers all around.
Tyrol · AustriaKarwendeltour
Four days through the Karwendel, the largest nature reserve in the Northern Limestone Alps: from Scharnitz over three huts to the Achensee.