Category: Climbing & Mountaineering
Via ferratas, summit tours and alpine faces for everyone who wants to climb high. Here we gather destinations around climbing and mountaineering, from secured routes to classic high tours.
The Dolomites are a striking mountain group of the Southern Limestone Alps with pale dolomite rock, jagged towers and walls, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site since 2009. The highest peak is the Marmolada (Punta Penia, 3,343 m), the only significant glacier region of the range. Activities Hiking and mountain…
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At 3,798 m the Großglockner is Austria's highest mountain and the defining pyramid of the Glockner group in the Hohe Tauern, on the Tyrol/Carinthia border in the Hohe Tauern National Park. The Großglockner High Alpine Road leads to the Franz-Josefs-Höhe with views of the summit and the Pasterze glacier. Activities…
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At 3,768 m the Wildspitze is the highest mountain in North Tyrol and the Ötztal Alps and, after the Großglockner, Austria's second-highest mountain. The glaciated summit is a classic high tour with starting points in Vent and at the Pitztal glacier and requires full glacier equipment. Activities High-alpine tour over…
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At 2,713 m the Watzmann is Germany's third-highest mountain and at the same time one of its most legendary. Its distinctive profile with the Hocheck, Mittelspitze and Südspitze, the so-called ‚Watzmann children‘, shapes the panorama above the Königssee. Tours on the Watzmann Watzmannhaus (1,930 m): The classic approach from Wimbach/Ramsau…
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