TRIP REPORT:
Hiking the Austrian Alps
Summary of our September 2022 hiking trip in Austria
We led a group that hiked in Austrian alps in September 2022. Here is the report from that trip.
There are few places more beautiful than the mountain pastures of western Austria and this hiking trip introduced our group of hikers to some of the best that these mountains have to offer.
We met the group at the airport in Zurich where boarded a train for Austria, switching onto a smaller valley train line to bring us to Schruns in the Montafon Valley. There we checked into Hotel Auhof which was to be our headquarters for the next eight nights.
Each morning we set out directly on foot, or started with a cable car ride, to explore a new part of the valley.
For lunch we’ll picnicked or eat at mountain huts and at the end of the day we returned to the hotel for a spell in the sauna before settling into a gourmet dinner.
About the Hiking
As the Montafon valley in Austria is a ski center in the winter, there are a number of major cable cars which we’ll use to climb out of the valley and quickly arrive above tree line. Once there, walked through mountain pastures and over an occasional pass. There was no rock climbing or crossing of glaciers. The hiking was an intermediate nature.
We left our bags at the hotel, so we only needed to carry a small pack while hiking with additional outerwear, water and a snack.
The Hotel Auhof
During our trip, we stayed at the three-star Hotel Auhof that easily exceeds Austria’s high standards for hospitality. The rooms each have private bathrooms and comfortable beds.
Spa facilities at the hotel included sauna, steam room and Kneipp pool.
Photos from the trip
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