Flattach to Mallnitz

15.1km/1103m ascent/632m descent
Another day with the ‘Difficult’ rating but we all managed very well. We did not have the fallen trees, avalanche areas and tricky river crossings to negotiateLæs mere
15.1km/1103m ascent/632m descent
Another day with the ‘Difficult’ rating but we all managed very well. We did not have the fallen trees, avalanche areas and tricky river crossings to negotiateLæs mere
17.7 km/230m ascent/730m descent/6.5 hours
Today was a spectacular day as promised, with a walk out to a mountain lake (Stappitzer See) and then continuing on through 2 river gorges. This path wasLæs mere
12.9km/908m ascent/637 descent/5.5 hours
Today’s walking was listed as ‘easy’ but we all felt the humidity and felt like we could not get out of 1st gear. I was apologising for ‘faffingLæs mere
22km/ 709m ascent/ 653m descent/ 6 1/2 hours
We conquered another schlutt (canyon) today, minus the audacious walkway. The mountains changed as we left the Tauern Hohe Alpine landscape to theLæs mere
14km/255m ascent/563m descent/3.5 hours
An easy day of walking but still very hot in the full sun. Gmünd is a pretty Artists’ town but things were still fairly slow and sleepy because it’s onlyLæs mere
14.8 km/ 4.5 hours/ 310m descent/460m ascent
We really made the most of our last relatively easy and short stage.
It was hot and sunny for our few hours of walking but unfortunately another stormLæs mere
22km/8 hours/1670m ascent/466m descent
We walked up into the clouds today with wonderful views of the lake below and the mountains all around. When we arrived at a mountain hut at midday the ownerLæs mere