Nov 16 2024
Großglockner 🏔️ Overview Großglockner is the highest mountain in Austria and one of the defining peaks of the Eastern Alps. Rising to 3,798 meters (12,461 feet), its sharp, pyramid-shaped summit towers above the glaciers and deep valleys of Hohe Tauern National Park on the boundary between Carinthia and East Tyrol. Often simply called the Glockner, …
Nov 15 2024
Großes Wiesbachhorn 🏔️ Overview Großes Wiesbachhorn is one of the great high mountains of the Austrian Alps, rising to 3,564 meters (11,693 feet) in the Glockner Group of the Hohe Tauern. Located entirely within the state of Salzburg, the mountain towers above the valleys of Kaprun and Fusch and forms the dominant summit of the …
Nov 04 2024
Maja E Radohimes | Radohina 🏔️ Overview Maja e Radohimës is one of the great limestone summits of northern Albania, rising above the valleys and villages of the Albanian Alps with a broad, imposing profile of pale rock, steep cliffs, and deeply eroded mountain terrain. Commonly listed at 2,568 meters (8,425 feet) above sea level, …
Nov 03 2024
Mount Triglav 🏔️ Overview Rising dramatically above the Julian Alps of northwestern Slovenia, Mount Triglav is far more than the country’s highest mountain. At 2,864 meters (9,396 feet) above sea level, it is a national symbol, a centerpiece of Triglav National Park, and one of the most culturally significant summits in the European Alps. Triglav …
Oct 31 2024
Hoher Dachstein 🏔️ Overview Hoher Dachstein is one of Austria’s most distinctive mountains, rising to 2,995 meters (9,826 feet) in the Dachstein Mountains of the Northern Limestone Alps. Its summit sits directly on the boundary between the Austrian states of Upper Austria and Styria, forming the highest point of both. Although several Austrian mountains are …
Oct 30 2024
Hochgolling 🏔️ Overview Hochgolling is the commanding high point of the Schladminger Tauern and the entire Low Tauern (Niedere Tauern) of Austria. Rising to 2,862 meters (9,389 feet), the mountain stands prominently above the deep valleys of Salzburg and Styria, where its dark rock walls form one of the most recognizable silhouettes in this part …
Oct 29 2024
Hochwildstelle | Hohe Wildstelle 🏔️ Overview Hochwildstelle, also known as Hohe Wildstelle, is one of the most impressive mountains of Austria’s Schladming Tauern. Rising to 2,747 meters (9,012 feet) in the state of Styria, it is the second-highest summit of the Schladming Tauern, surpassed only by nearby Hochgolling. Hochwildstelle has another distinction that gives it …
Aug 29 2024
Risetenstock 🏔️ Overview Risetenstock is a striking 2,290-meter (7,513-foot) mountain in the Urner Alps of central Switzerland. Rising along the boundary between the cantons of Nidwalden and Uri, the mountain forms part of a long, scenic ridge that connects several notable summits, including Schwalmis, Hoh Brisen, and Oberbauenstock. Although Risetenstock is considerably lower than the …
Aug 28 2024
Hoh Brisen Hoh Brisen is a rugged mountain in the Urner Alps of Central Switzerland, rising to 2,413 meters (7,917 feet) on the boundary between the cantons of Nidwalden and Uri. Although it is slightly higher than its better-known neighbor, Brisen, Hoh Brisen receives far fewer visitors because reaching its summit involves an exposed, demanding …
Aug 26 2024
Engelberger Rotstock 🏔️ Overview Engelberger Rotstock is a striking 2,818-meter mountain in the Urner Alps of Central Switzerland, rising above the high country between Engelberg and the Isenthal valley. The summit stands directly on the border between the cantons of Obwalden and Uri, surrounded by steep limestone terrain, lingering snowfields, alpine meadows, and a cluster …
