Lower Tauern

#717 among destinations in Austria

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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The Lower Tauern or Niedere Tauern are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps, in the Austrian states of Salzburg and Styria. ()

Local name: Niedere Tauern Maximum elevation: 9393 ftCoordinates: 47°16'0"N, 13°45'42"E

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SalzburgAustria

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

Nearby attractions include: Hochgolling, Hochwildstelle, Kasereck, Schladming Tauern.

~310 ftSW
Prominent peak with trails and vistas
Hochgolling
2 min walk • The Hochgolling is a mountain of the Eastern Alps, located on the border of Steiermark and Salzburg, Austria, near the ski resort of Schladming. It is the highest peak of the Lower Tauern range.
5.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hochwildstelle
146 min walk • The Hochwildstelle or Hohe Wildstelle is a mountain, 2,747 m, and the second highest peak in the Schladming Tauern as well as the highest mountain entirely on Styrian territory in Austria.
2.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kasereck
60 min walk • The Kasereck, at 2,740 m above sea level, is one of the highest peaks of the Schladming Tauern and thus also the Lower Tauern. It is the most prominent summit on the crest that runs from the Hochgolling southwards and separates the valleys of Göriachtal in the west and Lessachtal in the east.
~0 ftN
Mountain subrange with numerous trails
Schladming Tauern
1 min walk • The Schladming Tauern are a subrange of the Austrian Central Alps within the Eastern Alps. Together with the Radstadt Tauern, the Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern and the Seckau Tauern the Schladming Tauern form the major range known as the Low Tauern.
6.6 miNW
Winter sport, Ski area
Hochwurzen
169 min walk • Hochwurzen is a ski area located in Austria. It is part of the Schladminger 4-Berge-Schaukel, which are four interconnected mountains.
1.7 miW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Landawirseehütte
44 min walk • The Landawirseehütte is an alpine club hut of the Lungau Section of the Austrian Alpine Club in the Schladminger Tauern. It is located on the lower Landawirsee, east of the Trockenbrotscharte and is a base on the Zentralalpenweg, an Austrian...
5.4 miW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Ignaz-Mattis-Hütte
139 min walk • The Ignaz Mattis Hut is a refuge of the Vienna Section of the Austrian Alpine Club in the Schladminger Tauern. It is located above the northern shore of the Lower Giglach Lake on the Central Alpine Trail of the ÖAV.
4 miNE
Alpine hut, Hiking
Preintalerhütte
103 min walk • The Preintalerhütte is a refuge of the Alpine Society Preintaler in the Schladminger Tauern in Styria in Austria.