Trekking in Austria's Hohe Tauern

Introduction When to Go Getting There (and Back) Places to Stay Visiting Innsbruck Tourist Offices Post Offices Places to Leave Luggage Health and Fitness Emergencies, Mountain Rescue and Insurance The Austrian Alpine Club About Huts Using this Guide Maps and Guidebooks Alpine Walking Skills Kit List Mountain Guides The Reichen Group Introduction and Topography The Reichen Group Hut-to-Hut Rucksack Route Stage 1 Mayrhofen to Plauener Hut Excursion from Plauener Hut Stage 2 Plauener Hut to Birnlucken Hut Stage 3 Birnlucken Hut to Warnsdorfer Hut Stage 4 Warnsdorfer Hut to Krimmler Tauern Haus Stage 5 Krimmler Tauern Haus to Zittauer Hut Stage 6 Zittauer Hut to Richter Hut Stage 7A Richter Hut to Plauener Hut via the Zillerplatten Scharte Stage 7B Richter Hut to Plauener Hut via the Gams Scharte The Venediger Group Introduction and Topography The Venediger Group Hut-to-Hut Rucksack Route Stage 1 Matrei in Ost Tyrol to Essener Rostocker Hut Stage 2 Essener Rostocker Hut to Johannis Hut via the Turmljoch Stage 3 Johannis Hut to the Bonn Matreier Hut via the Zopat Scharte and Eissee Hut Stage 4 Bonn Matreier Hut to Badener Hut via the Gatten Scharte Stage 5 Badener Hut to Neue Prager Hut via the Loebbentorl Excursion from Plauener Hut Stage 5A Badener Hut to Venediger Haus (alternative bad weather route) Stage 6 Neue Prager Hut to Sankt Poltener Hut Stage 7 Sankt Poltener Hut to Matreier Tauern Haus The Venediger Glacier Tour Stage 1 Mayrhofen to Warnsdorfer Hut Stage 2 Warnsdorfer Hut to Essener Rostocker Hut via the Gams Spitzl and Mauertorl Excursions from the Essener Rostocker Hut Stages 3-6 See Venediger Rucksack Route stages 2-5 Stage 7 Neue Prager Hut to Kursinger Hut via the Gross Venediger Excursion from Kursinger Hut Stage 8 Kursinger Hut to Warnsdorfer Hut via the Obersulzbach Kees glacier and Gams Spitzl The Gross Glockner Group Introduction and Topography The Glockner Group Hut-to-Hut Rucksack Route Stage 1 Lucknerhaus to Studl Hut Excursions from the Studl

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.