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‘Mountain Festival’ on Schmittenhöhe on 6th September 2009
On Sunday, 6th September, Schmittenhöhe is inviting its guests to enjoy the traditional ‘Mountain Festival’ and the ‘Ranggler Alpencup’ wrestling tournament with high-class participants. The ‘Mountain Festival’ is kicking off with a mountain mass at Elisabeth Chapel at 10 am.
The following morning get-together includes a presentation of the [...]

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Yes, we are here by bike!

50 centimetres of fresh snow on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road and wintry temperatures are just too much, even for the toughest cyclists participating in PEAKBREAK. For this reason the original route was redirected: instead of going from Lienz to Going via Grossglockner, the third stage of the race went from Piesendorf to Going. When [...]

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1,000 kilometres and 18,000 metres in altitude: these are the facts behind PEAKBREAK, a cycle race which can be compared with the Österreich Rundfahrt and the Giro d’Italia. The only difference is that absolutely everyone can participate in PEAKBREAK. One of the ambitious athletes is a familiar face from Zell am See: Alexander Lechner, also [...]

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