With its 40,000 km of well-maintained, waymarked trails, more than a thousand mountain huts, countless attractive villages, hospitable hotels, inns and restaurants, an integrated public transport system, and breathtaking scenery, Austria is one of Europe's most walker-friendly countries. "Walking in Austria" is your guide to more than 100 of the best walks in ten districts that illustrate the rich diversity of the Eastern Alps - all the information you need to make the most of an active mountain holiday.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Austria's Alps; Mountain Flowers; Wildlife; Getting There; Transport within Austria; Accommodation; The Austrian Alpine Club; The Routes; Equipment; Recommended Maps; Using this Guide; Routes; 1 Ratikon Alps: Routes 1-7; Brand, Schruns, Tschagguns, Gargellen; 2 Silvretta Alps: Routes 8-14; St Gallenkirch, Gaschurn, Bielerhohe, Galtur, Ischgl; 3 Otztal Alps: Routes 15-18; Feichten, Plangeross, Mandarfen, Langenfeld, Solden, Obergurgl; 4 Stubai Alps: Routes 19-28; Solden, Langenfeld, Kuhtai, Gries im Sellrain, Neustift; 5 Zillertal Alps: Routes 29-37; Zell am Ziller, Mayrhofen, Finkenberg; 6 Kitzbuheler Alps: Routes 38-59; Westendorf, Brixen, Kitzbuhel, Soll, Scheffau, Ellmau, Saalbach, Hinterglemm, Zell am See; 7 Kaisergebirge: Routes 60-72; Kufstein, Soll, Scheffau, Ellmau, Going, St Johann in Tirol; 8 Dachsteingebirge: Routes 73-81; Filzmoos, Ramsau, Hallstatt; 9 Hohe Tauern: Routes 82-99; Badgastein, Kaprun, Matrei in Osttirol, Kals am Grossglockner; 10 Karawanken: Routes 100-102; Ferlach, Bad Eisenkappel; Appendix A Useful Addresses; Appendix B Bibliography; Appendix C Menu Items; Appendix D German-English Glossary; APPENDIX E Index of Routes

About the Author

Kev Reynolds is a freelance author, photojournalist and lecturer whose first title for Cicerone Press (Walks & Climbs in the Pyrenees) was published in 1978, and has been in print ever since. He has produced many books on the Alps, a series of trekkers' guides to Nepal and, nearer to home, several guides on walking in southern England. He also contributes regular features for the outdoor press, writes and illustrates brochures for tourist authorities, and occasionally leads walking or trekking holidays in various high mountain regions. The first honorary member of the British Association of European Mountain Leaders (BAEML), and a member of the Alpine Club, Austrian Alpine Club and Outdoor Writers' Guild, Kev's enthusiasm for the countryside in general, and mountains in particular, remains undiminished after a lifetime's activity. When not trekking or climbing in one of the world's great mountain ranges, Kev lives among what he calls 'the Kentish Alps', and during the winter months regularly travels throughout Britain to share that enthusiasm through his lectures.