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Vienna's local mountains Ski touring guide

Vienna's local mountains - from the Vienna Woods and Wechsel, Ötscher and Hochkar to the Fischbach Alps - are the cradle of alpine skiing. The tradition of ski mountaineering is strong here. It is hardly surprising that not only the Schneeberg, the easternmost two-thousand-meter peak in the Alps, but also the numerous peaks around it have established themselves as popular attractions for ski tourers. The Rother ski touring guide "Wiener Hausberge" presents 50 varied ski tours.<br>The spectrum of tour options is broad: from easy beginner routes to racy gullies and cirques, from short ascents and long descents to high alpine ski mountaineering tours, from popular routes to lonely tracks in untouched nature, there is a suitable tour for every taste and every weather situation!<br><br>Each tour is presented with reliable directions and a tour map with the route marked. A color-coded difficulty scale facilitates the selection, while clear tour characteristics provide information about the starting point, altitude difference, requirements and much more. Information on avalanche risk, slope orientation, orientation and the best time of year is essential. There are also tips on places to stop for refreshments and variations for each route.<br>Wolfgang Ladenbauer, long-time regional director of the Lower Austria/Vienna Mountain Rescue Service, presents his collection of the 50 most beautiful ski routes in the Vienna area in this volume.<br><br><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wolfgang Ladenbauer | Bergverlag Rother | 2nd edition 2015 | 144 pages | 89 color illustrations, 50 tour maps at a scale of 1:50,000 and 1:75,000, two overview maps | format 11.5 x 16.5 cm | paperback with Polytex lamination</span></p>