Experience Hohe Tauern National Park
Challenges including 3,000-meter peaks and astonishing hikes with National Park Rangers allow adults and children to experience first-hand an array of incomparable natural wonders. Enjoy nature during a memorable family hike, refresh yourself in the mist cast off by a waterfall. A green natural backdrop and a world of glaciers provide ample space for all of your personal vacation impressions.
The opportunities available to you during Summer 2013 are an ideal way to discover the unique natural and cultural setting of the National Park accompanied by a local expert. A love for nature is, without a doubt, the most important requirement for participating in these excursions. A certain degree of restraint, patience and a little experience out in the open countryside are other “items” you should have tucked away in your pack as well.
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Every Monday:
Info MORNING: HOhe Tauern national park
An opportunity to learn all about our nature and adventure program. A National Park Ranger will give you some hiking tips and tour recommendations from our current program.
Meets: 09.00 a.m. at Bramberg Tourist Office, lasts until 11.30 a.m.
Event Dates: 08.07. - 02.09.2013
Every Monday:
On the Smaragdwanderweg (from 6 years)
National park hike along the Smaragdwanderweg into the Habachtal valley. On the way, the national park ranger will tell you about the Hohe Tauern National Park and the region. Hiking tips for the days to follow are included, of course!
Level of difficulty: easy
Sign-Up: the day before 16:00
Meeting point: 12:45 Habachtal parking lot,
Lasts: until about 17:00 (return trip by Tälertaxi shuttle bus or on foot)
Cost: free with guest card, without guest card € 7.00 adults, € 5.00 kids (excl. shuttle fare)
Minimum number of participants: 4 persons
Held from: 08.07. – 09.09.2013
Every Tuesday:
Local Wildlife
Together with your national park ranger, you’ll reach the observation point from Alpenrose Inn. With a spotting scope and binoculars, you’ll be able to observe deer, chamois, marmot and, with some luck, golden eagle in the pristine Habachtal valley. The national park ranger will tell you everything there is to know about the wildlife and their habitat in the Hohe Tauern National Park.
Level of difficulty: easy
Sign-Up: On the day before, until 4 p.m.
Meeting point: 4:00 p.m. parking place Habachtal, Lasts: until about 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Guided tour with guest card; free, without guest card € 7.00 Adults, € 5.00 Kids (excl. shuttle fare)
Minimum number of participants: 8 persons
Held from: 18.06. – 10.09.2013
Every Wednesday:
ICE WORLDS - GLACIERS THEN AND NOW
Form – grow – melt away. Here the participants will get to know interesting facts about glaciers and how the Tauern valleys were formed.
Difficulty: challenging
Sign-Up: by 4 p.m. of the day before
Meets: 7:30 a.m., Hopffeldboden car park
Fee: Tour free with Guest Card, otherwise € 10.00 adults, € 6.00 children (excl. taxi fare)
Minimum Participation: 4 people
Event Dates: 10.07. - 04.09.2013
Comments: Suitable for children 8 and up
Every Wednesday and Friday:
Hochfeld Mine, National Park
The old copper mines in Untersulzbachtal are open to summertime visitors as part of a guided tour. Offered twice daily, they provide fascinating insights into the Habach geological series, telling us much about how the rocks, minerals and ores of the area were originally created. Furthermore, visitors gain fascinating insights into the tough work environment endured by miners of bygone days.
Difficulty: moderate
Registration: by 4 pm of the day before
Meets: 10 am and 2 pm, Hochfeld mine in the national park, lasts ca. 2 hrs.
Cost: Guided tour free with Wildkogel Card, with guest card € 10,00 adult, € 5,00 child
Minimum participation: 6 people, children ages 3 and up
Event Dates: 05.06. - 25.10.2013
Comments: Good shoes and warm clothing required (temperature in the mine: 6°C)
Be sure to calculate in time to get there: Either on foot alongside the Untersulzbach waterfall, leading from Gasthof Schütthof, actual walking time ca. 1 hr., or ride the Valley Taxi.
Every Thursday:
SUMMIT MEETING Larmkogel
As one of the "easy" 3,000 meter peaks of the Venedigergruppe, the Larmkogel is an ice-free look-out mountain in a class of its own. With views of the Habachkees, the group will scale the 1,500 metres elevation gain to the top, stopping off at the Thüringerhütte Hut and guided by a park ranger. The descent is on the other wind gap, past the Fürtherhütte Hut in Vordermoos into Hollersbachtal valley and the Ofner Boden slope.
Level of difficulty: challenging
Sign-Up: on the day before, until 04.00 p.m.
Meeting point: 6:45 a.m. Habachtal parking lot, Lasts: until about 7:00 p.m.
Cost: Guided tour with guest card; free, without guest card € 10.00 Adults, and € 6.00 Kids up to 14 years (excl. shuttle fare)
Minimum number of participants: 4 persons
Held from: 11.07. - 05.09.2013
Note: Alpine day with long but rewarding ascent and descent. Good basic fitness and equipment suitable for high mountains (warm clothes, gloves, cap) required!
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