A comprehensive guidebook detailing walking routes in Austria. The 101 walks reflect the diversity of this popular region and cover Austrias magnificent Alps - including the Ratikon, Silvretta, Stubai and Zillertal - as well as the Dachsteingebirge, Hohe Tauern and the Karawanken. Graded according to difficulty and ranging from short walks of a few kilometres to day hikes and multi-day hut-to-hut tours, from the classic to the lesser-known, there is something to suit every level of ability and ambition. A full description of each route is accompanied by clear sketch maps. This book has all the information you need to make the most of an active walking holiday in Austria, including information on public transport, accommodation, gear required and safety issues, full details of over 100 mountain huts and a German-English glossary. Austria is one of Europes most walker-friendly countries. Its 40,000km of well-maintained and waymarked trails pass more than a thousand Austrian mountain huts and countless attractive villages, hospitable hotels, inns and restaurants. It also boasts an extensive, integrated public transport system that is particularly useful for walkers. The Austrian landscape is enchanting in its beauty, featuring rugged limestone spires, towering snowy peaks, majestic lakes and tranquil valleys.

A lifelong passion for the countryside in general, and mountains in particular, drives Kevs desire to share his sense of wonder and delight in the natural world through his writing, guiding, photography and lecturing. Spending several months every year among various high mountain regions researching guidebooks, makes him The Man with the Worlds Best Job; a title he aims to keep by remaining active for another 100 years at least. Kev has enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Cicerone since the 1970s, producing 50 books, including guides to five major trekking regions of Nepal, and to numerous routes in the European Alps and Pyrenees, as well as walking guides for Kent, Sussex and the Cotswolds and he has several more books in the pipeline. His latest book, A Walk in the Clouds, is a collection of autobiographical short stories recording 50 years of mountain travel and adventures. He is also the contributing editor of the collaborative guide Trekking in the Himalaya. A frequent contributor to outdoor magazines, Kev also writes and illustrates brochures for national tourist authorities and travel companies. When not away in the mountains, Kev lives with his wife in a small cottage among what he calls the Kentish Alps, with unrestricted walking country on the doorstep. But he also travels throughout Britain during the winter months to share his love of the places he writes about through a series of lectures.

Map key Overview map Introduction Austrias Alps Mountain flowers Wildlife Getting there Transport within Austria Accommodation The Austrian Alpine Club The routes Equipment Recommended maps Using this guide 1 Ratikon Alps Introduction Route 1 Douglass Hut - Lunersee Circuit - Douglass Hut Route 2 Douglass Hut - Totalp Hut - Lunersee Alm - Douglass Hut Route 3 Douglass Hut - Schesaplana Route 4 Douglass Hut - Cavelljoch - Douglass Hut Route 5 Ratikon Hohenweg Nord Route 6 Tschagguns - Lindauer Hut Route 7 Tilisuna Hut - Sulzfluh 2 Silvretta Alps Introduction Route 8 Gaschurn - Tubinger Hut Route 9 Tubinger Hut - Hochmaderer Joch - Bielerhohe Route 10 Bielerhohe - Saarbrucker Hut Route 11 Wiesbadener Hut - Litzner Sattel - Saarbrucker Hut Route 12 Bielerhohe - Wiesbadener Hut - Radsattel - Bielerhohe Route 13 Galtur - Jamtal Hut Route 14 Hut to Hut across the Silvretta Alps 3 otztal Alps Introduction Route 15 Hut to Hut across the otztal Alps Walks in the otztal Route 16 Obergurgl - Schonwies Hut - Rotmoostal Route 17 Obergurgl) - Schonwies Hut) - Langtalereck Hut Route 18 Langtalereck Hut - Hochwilde Haus 4 Stubai Alps Introduction Walks in the Sulztal Route 19 Circular Walk from Gries-im-Sulztal Route 20 Gries-im-Sulztal - Winnebachsee Hut Route 21 Gries-im-Sulztal - Sulztalalm - Amberger Hut Route 22 Hut to Hut in the northwest Stubai Alps Walks in the Stubaital Route 23 Neder - Pinnisalm - Innsbrucker Hut Route 24 Ranalt - Nurnberger Hut Route 25 Nurnberger Hut - Niederl - Grunausee Route 26 Oberiss - Franz Senn Hut Route 27 Franz Senn Hut - Rinnensee Route 28 The Stubaier Hohenweg 5 Zillertal Alps Introduction Route 29 Ramsau - Laberg - Mayrhofen Route 30 Mayrhofen - Finkenberg - Mayrhofen Route 31 Mayrhofen - Niedermoor - Penkenalm Route 32 Zillergrund Reservoir - Plauener Hut Route 33 Madseit - Hollenstein Hut - Lanersbach Route 34 Breitlahner - Berliner Hut Route 35 Schlegeis Reservoir - Pfitscher-Joch-Haus Hut to Hut in the Zillertal Alps Route 36 The Berliner Hohenweg Route 37 The Zillertal Hohenweg 6 Kitzbuheler Alps Introduction Walks from Soll and Ellmau Route 38 Soll - Scheffau Route 39 Ellmau - Hochsoll Route 40 Ellmau - Panoramaweg - Rahnhartalm - Ellmau Walks from Westendorf and Brixen Route 41 Westendorf - Brixen - Westendorf Route 42 Westendorf - Nachsollberg - Einkodlscharte - Westendorf Route 43 Westendorf - Brechhornhaus - Talkaser Route 44 Westendorf - Gampenkogel - Talkaser Route 45 Westendorf - Einkodlscharte - Brixenbachgraben Valley - Brixen Route 46 Brixen - Hochbrixen - Soll Walks from Kitzbuhel Route 47 Kitzbuhel - Schwarzkogel Route 48 Hechenmoos - Bochumer Hut Route 49 Hechenmoos - Tristkogel - Saaljoch - ?Bochumer Hut - Hechenmoos Walks from Saalbach and Hinterglemm Route 50 Saalbach - Hinterglemm - Lindlingalm Route 51 Mitterlengau - Tristkogel - Hochtorsee Route 52 Saalbach - Spielberghaus - Burgeralm Route 53 Saalbach - Spielberghaus - Kleberkopf Route 54 Saalbach - Barnkogel - Spielberghorn - Saalbach Route 55 Saalbach - Geierkogel - Viehhofen Route 56 Saalbach - Klinglertorl- Zell am See Walks from Zell Am See Route 57 Zell am See - Thumersbach- Zell am See Route 58 Zell am See - Viehhofen Route 59 Zell am See - Maurerkogel - Rohrertorl - Schmittenhohe 7 Kaisergebirge Introduction Route 60 Kufstein - Hinterbarenbad - Hans-Berger-Haus Route 61 Kufstein - Vorderkaiserfelden Hut Route 62 Vorderkaiserfelden Hut - Pyramidenspitze Route 63 Kufstein - Vorderkaiserfelden Hut - Stripsenjochhaus Route 64 Stripsenjochhaus - Steinerne Rinne - Ellmauer Tor - Grutten Hut Route 65 Soll - Hintersteiner See - Soll Route 66 Scheffau - Wilder-Kaiser-Steig - Riedl Hut - Ellmau Route 67 Ellmau - Gaudeamus Hut - Grutten Hut - Riedl Hut - Ellmau Route 68 The Wilder-Kaiser-Steig Route 69 Griesenau - Griesner Alm Route 70 Griesenau - Stripsenjochhaus Route 71 Griesner Alm - Stripsenkopf - Feldberg - Griesner Alm Route 72 A Tour of the Wilder Kaiser 8 Dachsteingebirge Introduction Walks from Filzmoos Route 73 Filzmoos - Hofpurgl Hut - Sulzenhals - Sulzenalm - Filzmoos Route 74 Filzmoos - Sulzenalm - Filzmoos Route 75 The Gosaukamm Circuit Walks from the Bachlalm Route 76 Bachlalm - Tor - Dachstein-Sudwand Hut - Bachlalm Route 77 Bachlalm - Sulzenhals - Rotelstein Route 78 Bachlalm - Sulzenhals - Hofpurgl Hut - Filzmoos Gosautal and Hallstatter See Route 79 Vorderer Gosausee - Hintere Seealm Route 80 Steeg-Gosau - Hallstatt - Steeg-Gosau 9 Hohe Tauern Introduction Walks from Badgastein Route 81 Badgastein - Palfnersee - Badgastein Route 82 Badgastein - Graukogel - Reedsee - Badgastein Route 83 Badgastein - Bockstein - Badgastein Route 84 Badgastein - Oberer Bockhartsee - Sportgastein Walks from Kaprun Route 85 Kaprun - Krefelder Hut Route 86 Krefelder Hut - Salzburger Hut - Kaprun Route 87 Kaprun - Scharfer Grat Route 88 Kaprun - Heinrich-Schwaiger-Haus Route 89 Kaprun - Austriaweg Route 90 Hut to Hut across the Glockner Group Walks from Matrei in Osttirol Route 91 Matreier Tauernhaus - Innergschloss Route 92 Innergschloss - Ochsnerwaldweg - Innergschloss The Virgental Route 93 Stroden - Essener-Rostocker Hut Route 94 The Venediger Hohenweg The Tauerntal Route 95 Europa Panoramaweg Goldried - Kals-Matreier-Torlhaus - ?Kalser Hohe - Goldried Route 96 Matrei - Sudetendeutsche Hut(2656m) - Matrei Walks from Kals Am Grossglockner Route 97 Kals - Studl Hut Route 98 Kals - Glorer Hut - Lucknerhaus 10 Karawanken Introduction Route 99 Barental - Klagenfurter Hut Route 100 Klagenfurter Hut - Bielschitza Route 101 Schaidasattel - Hochobir Appendix A Useful addresses Appendix B Bibliography Appendix C Menu items Appendix D German-English glossary Appendix E Index of routes