AustriaWhen you are staying somewhere with lots of mountains, it is inevitable that a “thing” you want to see if on the other side of several mountains. The case today, where we drove nearly two hours back around the top of Salzburg and then south, and then west to get to the Dachstein Mountain in the Austrian Alps. Agenda: A cable car up to 2,700m, a walk across a suspension bridge, a daring walkRead more
AustriaSo there is a suspension bridge which takes you across a ravene, with the option on walking out onto a platform called the "Stairway to Nothingness". I was the only one up for the challenge, until Finn, my boy who is usually afraid of heights, decided to join me. There is no logical reason why this increases the fear factor, but the last three stairs and the platform are made of glass, and reallyRead more
AustriaThere are 8 glaciers up the top of the mountain which are collectively known as the Dachstein Glacier. An enterprising group of people have created an underground (underice?) labyrinth where there are various sculptures carved into ice. At one stage we were in a section with 26 metres of glacier overhead. A bit of trivia... it is a steady -0.2 degrees in all glaciers across the world. Felt a lotRead more
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We got back to the bottom of the gondola run and saw there was a track which took you to across a bit of a track. Had eaten a big lunch, so decided a bit of exercise wouldn't kill us with a 1.5 hour round trip, or thereabouts.
Turned out to be a great idea - the kids got to have some snowball fights, Kate drank out of the little streams of melted snow that were running down the hill, we saw wildRead more
AustriaMore photos, because it was so spectacular and such great fun!
AustriaMit der Gondel ging es heute auf den Dachsteingletscher. Oben war es sehr sehr kalt und windig! Aber die fantastische Aussicht auf die verschneiten Berge und der Besuch im Eispalast haben das alles relativiert. Auf jeden Fall sollte man auf dem Gletscher über die Hängebrücke laufen! Im Winter ist die aber nichts für schwache Nerven ;)
AustriaTagesausflug auf den Dachstein. Es war oben zwar ziemlich neblig, aber auch das kann seinen Reiz haben!
You might also know this place by the following names:
Gemeinde Ramsau am Dachstein
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Are you going to see Hitlers Lair?
Photos will go up tonight... We watched Monuments Men last night whilst we were in the region. Will be at Eagle's Nest in about 2 hours actually. Stopping for a summer toboggan ride on the way.