Mar 03 2025
Großer Hochkasten 🏔️ Overview Großer Hochkasten is a remote limestone mountain in Austria’s Totes Gebirge, a rugged karst massif within the Northern Limestone Alps. Rising to approximately 2,389 meters (7,838 feet), the mountain stands in the northern part of the district of Liezen in Styria, very close to the border with Upper Austria. Großer Hochkasten …
Mar 02 2025
The Ore Mountains, known as the Erzgebirge in German and Krušné hory in Czech, form a long mountain range along the border between Germany and Czechia. Although their summits are modest compared with the Alps, the range is one of Central Europe’s most historically important mountain landscapes. Dense forests, broad upland plateaus, peat bogs, mountain …
Mar 01 2025
Klínovec Klínovec is the highest mountain in the Ore Mountains (Krušné hory/Erzgebirge), rising to 1,244 meters (4,081 feet) in northwestern Czechia near the German border. Although its broad, forested summit is less rugged than many famous alpine peaks, Klínovec is an exceptionally prominent mountain, with approximately 750 meters (2,461 feet) of topographic prominence and more …
Feb 28 2025
🏔️ Overview Großer Osser, known in Czech as Velký Ostrý, is a striking 1,293-meter (4,242-foot) mountain on the border between Germany and Czechia. Its rocky summit rises above the forests of the Bavarian Forest and Bohemian Forest (Šumava), forming one of the most recognizable peaks of the Kunisch Mountains. Together with the neighboring Kleiner Osser …
Feb 27 2025
Jezerní hora Jezerní hora rises above two of Czechia’s most famous glacial lakes in the northwestern Šumava Mountains, also known as the Bohemian Forest. Reaching approximately 1,344 meters (4,409 feet), it is the highest summit of the Královský hvozd and Železnorudská hornatina mountain districts. The mountain is especially notable for its dramatic glacial landscape. The …
Feb 26 2025
Großer Arber Großer Arber, known in Czech as Velký Javor, is the highest mountain in the Bavarian Forest and the wider Bohemian Forest mountain system. Rising to approximately 1,455.5 meters (4,775 feet) in southeastern Germany, it towers above a landscape of dense forests, glacial lakes, rocky summit formations, and deep valleys near the Czech border. …
Feb 25 2025
Traunstein 🏔️ Overview Traunstein is one of the most recognizable mountains in Upper Austria, rising abruptly above the eastern shore of Lake Traunsee near the town of Gmunden. At 1,691 meters (5,548 feet), it is not exceptionally high by Alpine standards, yet its steep limestone walls and isolated position at the northern edge of the …
Feb 24 2025
Alberfeldkogel Alberfeldkogel is a scenic limestone summit in the Höllengebirge of Upper Austria, rising above the lake-filled landscapes of the Salzkammergut. Although modest in elevation compared with Austria’s great 3,000-meter peaks, Alberfeldkogel is an especially rewarding destination because the Feuerkogel cable car provides convenient access to the high plateau. The mountain is known for its …
Feb 23 2025
Großer Höllkogel 🏔️ Overview Großer Höllkogel is the highest mountain in the Höllengebirge, a rugged limestone massif in Upper Austria’s Salzkammergut region. Rising to 1,862 meters (6,109 feet), the mountain stands above a broad karst plateau between the Traunsee and Attersee areas and forms one of the most geographically prominent summits in this part of …
Feb 22 2025
Rotgschirr 🏔️ Overview Rotgschirr is a striking limestone mountain in Austria’s Totes Gebirge, a rugged karst range within the Northern Limestone Alps. Rising to 2,270 meters (7,448 feet), the mountain stands directly on the boundary between Upper Austria and Styria and is particularly prominent above the Almsee and the high country surrounding the Pühringerhütte. Although …
