Austrian Alps Vacation Rental

Ski Tour in Lungotz

freundliche Grüße — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:46:33 +0000

Spectacular views up the Lungotz valley

Beautiful views at every corner

View off the top toward Lungotz and Annaberg

Headed up the final climb

Dachstein-West After Epic Snow in Austrian Alps

freundliche Grüße — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:55:25 +0000

From 11.01.2012.

Looking back on a lot of possibilities

Wanna stop for a beer?

All alone but access back to the lift without hiking

Fresh powder and sunshine on the first day after the big storm.

Dachstein-West - lift accessed sweetness

First day of skiing in Lungoetz

freundliche Grüße — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:05:43 +0000

New ‘Fun Areas’ on Dachstein-West

freundliche Grüße — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:49:56 +0000

Dachstein-West Expands 'Fun Areas'

65 cm of snow forecast on our mountains over 3 days

freundliche Grüße — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:47:59 +0000

The forecast predicted 65 cm of snow on Dachstein over Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. It is definitely snowing in Annaberg today!

Because of this I changed the slideshow from summer to winter pictures. Have your thoughts turned to winter already?

Snow on September 19th already!

Waldbad Lungotz

freundliche Grüße — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:56:23 +0000

Waldbad Lungotz – an outdoor swimming area about ten minutes from our place.

Waldbad Lungotz - Photo 1

Waldbad Lungotz - Photo 2

Via Ferrata – Donnerkogel

freundliche Grüße — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:00:25 +0000

This is a via Ferrata up the Donnerkogel, which is just behind our house. We cheated and got a ride up as high as the road would go (about 10 minutes) then hiked (about an hour and a half) to the start of the route. Another option would be to drive to Gosau and take the gondola up, so the start of the route would be a 15 minute hike.

Including the car ride up and down (from the same point), as well as a beer on the way down (half an hour) the round trip was about 7 hours.

Via Ferrata – Gosausee

freundliche Grüße — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:57:21 +0000

There is a great via ferrata route at Gosausee, only a half hour from our house. It is rated B with some short sections of C and boasts a great cable-crossing. It was my first via ferrata so my heart was in my throat over the crossing but made it ok. Here are some pictures from the route.

Overview of the main part of the route (follow the white line on the cliff)

Lower section of the via ferrata

The lower section is very close to the lake.

There are excellent foot rungs any time the rock footholds are sketchy.

Looking down to the lake from the upper section.

The cable crossing - heart in the throat for me!

The final section of the descent.

Giro d’Italia Stage 13 – May 20th, 2011

freundliche Grüße — Mon, 09 May 2011 11:53:55 +0000

Stage 13 of the 2011 Giro d’Italia climbs Grossglockner. Yesterday we drove over the pass and I made a video of the climb and terrain that the race will be going through. Amazing, amazing country and it was a great day. Below is a little preview of the sections of the climb.

Grossglockner High Alpine Road :: Großglockner Hochalpenstraße

freundliche Grüße — Mon, 09 May 2011 09:29:27 +0000

The Grossglockner High Alpine Road is about an hour drive away and here are some pictures we took from our trip over yesterday. For the official website and to plan a trip please go here: http://www.grossglockner.at/en/. It was definitely worth the 29 EUR fee for our car but I imagine that it could get insane during the summer on peak days!

These pictures are in order as you drive from the Zell am See side.