Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 3rd, 2010
Airfield of Zell am See, 31st January 2010, 10 am. For my colleague Andrea who works at the tourist information, too, and me this meant that our balloon start had to be scheduled for 10.15 at the latest. Nope, wrong guess. It was not until we had a serious talk with the clerk of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 26th, 2009
Early on Sunday morning, at 8:15 am to be precise, we packed our rucksacks, laced up our walking boots and took one of the very first gondolas of the ‘Gletscherbahn Kaprun’ cable-car facilities to an altitude of 3,029 metres. From there, we set out to conquer the last 200 metres of altitude to the cross [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26th, 2009
The 107-metre-high Moosersperre, one of the dams of the Mooserboden Alpine reservoirs of Kaprun, is definitely an impressive and breathtaking sight. An absolute highlight which you should make sure not to miss is to participate in a guided tour of the retaining wall.
The construction of the Tauernkraftwerk power plant started in 1938. In 1952, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14th, 2009
‘Welcome, fans of motorcycling!’ From 21st to 24th May 2009, Kaprun is hosting the BMW Mountain Days once again. For a long weekend everything will revolve around powerful engines, speed, and the fun of motorcycling!
Besides various summit tours participants can look forward to an interesting supporting programme during the day, too: set out to explore [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 24th, 2008
Now I have finally climbed my first mountain of more than 3,000 metres of altitude as well! Conditions were perfect: a cloudless sky and a mild breeze accompanied me on my way to the summit of Kitzsteinhorn. The view is absolutely breathtaking: besides the Grossglockner Mountain range with several summits of more than 3,000 metres, [...]
