The White Stuff: Mountains
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Austrian Summits
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The Liminal Inntal
No. 105
When you realise you can't live without the cold.................
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Sunburst over Hochobir on New Year's Day 2009
No. 60
Der Hochobir (slowenisch: Ojstrc) ist ein 2.139 Meter hoher Berg in den Karawanken in K�rnten.
Der Name Hochobir stellt eine k�nstliche, am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts vorgenommene Germanisierung des alten Namens slowenischen Ursprungs, Oisterz, dar.[1]
Zum Gebirgsmassiv geh�ren noch der Kleine Obir (1.947 m, auch Kleinobir), Vielspitz (1.623 m), Altberg (1.552 m) und Kuhberg (2.024 m). Der Gipfel ist von der Eisenkappler H�tte (1.555 m) in einer leichten, ca. zweist�ndigen Wanderung zu erreichen. Zur H�tte f�hrt eine 16 Kilometer lange Mautstra�e. Diese ist vom Ebriachtal abzweigend von Bad Eisenkappel oder vom Schaidasattel (1.068 m) erreichbar.
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Der Grossglockner
No. 84
The Grossglockner (Slovene: Veliki Klek, German: Gro�glockner; also Glockner) is, at 3,798 m above sea level, Austria's highest mountain and the highest mountain in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass. This makes it, after Mont Blanc, the second most prominent mountain in the Alps, when measured by relative height.
The Grossglockner lies on the border between Carinthia and the East Tyrol; it is the highest peak in the Glockner group, a group of mountains along the main ridge of the Hohe Tauern. The summit itself lies on the Glockner ridge, which branches to the south off the main ridge. The Pasterze, Austria's biggest glacier, lies at the Grossglockner's foot.
The characteristically pyramid-shaped peak actually consists of two pinnacles, the Gro�glockner and the Kleinglockner (3,700 m), separated by a saddle-like formation known as the Glocknerscharte.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alpine_peaks_by_prominence
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The Way Up
No. 56
Kaerntner Storschitz/Pristovski Storzic is a 1.759m high mountain in the Karawanken region, Eastern Alps. It is in the community of Eisenkappel-Vellach/Zelezna Kapla-Bela (555m high), on the border to Slovenia. There are several ways to the summit.
The shortest approach comes to the summit from the saddle ?Seebergsattel/Jezerski Vrh? at 1.218m. On the Austrian side we first follow a good forrest road (some 300m), then the marked path goes over an alpine meadow and through the forrest, until it becomes steep and exposed (?Krainersteig? which is a Via Ferrata of the easiest type A). Here the route is secured with pegs and steel ropes. Through a short ravine we climb to the notch in the south ridge and on the other side proceed by western slopes. Through pine bushes the path reaches the open summit ridge and the summit itself. 1h 45min. Much longer are approaches from the north and west (Troegern/Korte). There are also ways from farms below the Seebergsattel (saddle).
From the top you have a wonderful view to the Steiner/Kamnik Alps, Karawanken, Triglav Group, Lavantaler Alps and also Tauern Group.
You can make a round tour if you go down in north direction through mountain pine (Pinus mugo) to Kepp, 1.633m. There you go right to Pasterksattel (saddle), 1.401m and back to Seebergsattel. It takes about 2 hours back.
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