High Tauern

#618 among destinations in Austria

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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The High Tauern are a mountain range on the main chain of the Central Eastern Alps, comprising the highest peaks east of the Brenner Pass. The crest forms the southern border of the Austrian states of Salzburg, Carinthia and East Tyrol, with a small part in the southwest belongs to the Italian province of South Tyrol. The range includes Austria's highest mountain, the Grossglockner at 3,798 metres above the Adriatic. ()

Local name: Hohe Tauern Area: 708.88 mi²Elevation: 12461 ftCoordinates: 47°10'0"N, 12°30'0"E

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SalzburgAustria

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High Tauern – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Granatspitze, Tauernkogel, Larmkogel, Tauernkogel.

5.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Granatspitze, National parks of Austria
133 min walk • The Granatspitze is the mountain giving its name to the Granatspitze Group in the High Tauern, the Alpine backbone of Austria. This, despite the fact that several peaks in this group are actually higher, for example the Stubacher Sonnblick which is less than a kilometre to the north and two metres higher.
1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tauernkogel
25 min walk • The Tauernkogel is a mountain, 2,988 m, in the Venediger Group of Austria's High Tauern. It lies west of the Felber Tauern and the border between the states of Salzburg and Tyrol runs over the summit. It may be climbed on a difficult mountain tour via a steep snowfield in about 1.½ hours from the St. Pöltner Hut.
4.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Larmkogel
117 min walk • The Larmkogel is a mountain in the Venedigergruppe with an altitude of 3017 m above sea level in the province of Salzburg.
6.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tauernkogel, National parks of Austria
161 min walk • The Tauernkogel is a 2683 m above sea level mountain in the Granatspitzgruppe of the Hohe Tauern in Austria. The peak is located exactly on the border line between East Tyrol and Salzburg not far from the Kalser Tauern, a transition between the...
4.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Glockenkogel, National parks of Austria
105 min walk • The Glockenkogel is a 2828 m above sea level mountain peak in the main Alpine ridge of the Granatspitzgruppe in the north of East Tyrol. In addition to the main peak, there is also the 2679 m a.s.l. western peak.
2.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Teufelsspitz, National parks of Austria
68 min walk • The Teufelspitze, also Teufelspitz, is a 2813 m above sea level mountain peak in the main Tauern ridge of the Granatspitzgruppe in the north of East Tyrol and southeast of Salzburg, respectively. The first ascent was made on July 21, 1926 by W.
5.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Schwarzkopf
132 min walk • The Schwarzkopf is a 2996 m above sea level mountain peak in the main Tauern ridge of the Venediger group. It is located in the southwest of the district of Zell am See or in the north of East Tyrol.
3.5 miW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Neue Fürther Hütte
91 min walk • The Neue Fürther Hütte is a refuge of the Fürth Section of the German Alpine Club. It is located at an altitude of 2201 m above sea level in the uppermost Hollersbach Valley in the province of Salzburg in Austria.
5.5 miW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Neue Thüringer Hütte
141 min walk • The Neue Thüringer Hütte is an alpine club hut owned by the Verein Neue Thüringer Hütte e. V. a Thuringian section community, which is run in the form of an association. The association includes a total of five sections of the German Alpine Club.
5.9 miSW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Neue Prager Hütte
150 min walk • The Neue Prager Hütte is, along with the DAV-Haus Obertauern, the Hannoverhaus, and the Klostertaler Umwelthütte, the fourth own alpine club hut of the German Alpine Club and is therefore not affiliated with any section.
0.7 miS
Alpine hut, Hiking
St. Pöltner Hütte
17 min walk • The St. Pölten Hut is an alpine club hut of the St. Pölten Section of the Austrian Alpine Club in the province of Salzburg on the border with Tyrol. It is located in the Venedigergruppe at 2481 m above sea level west above the pass of the Felber...