Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 27th, 2009
‘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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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 [...]
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Posted in A hot tip on Aug 25th, 2009
It is an open secret that Lake Zell is one of the region’s most beautiful places in the summer months. My colleagues have already raved about the lake in this blog and actually I cannot help but agree: Lake Zell with its cool water and lapping waves is my most favourite spot in summery Zell [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 18th, 2009
‘Trapped at the Chair Lift’ was the title of the play performed by the ‘Theatre without a Stage’ on Schmittenhöhe last Saturday: a ‘tragic’ comedy which did not fail to stimulate the risible muscles of 150 enthusiastic guests.
The gorgeous weather contributed its share and allowed for the last two Hochkultur events to take place as [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 15th, 2009
The weather forecast has announced fog and clouds and in the afternoon we are even supposed to see some rain. However, for us these are perfect conditions to make an excursion into another world. When we set out from Mitternberghof inn, the sky is covered in clouds. Following trail no. 82/83 we reach a crossroad [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 20th, 2009
From last Friday to Sunday the sky above Zell am See was more colourful than we are generally used to. This was due to the PARAnoia ACRObatixx Paragliding World Cup which was staged in Pinzgau for the third time in a row. More than 40 participants outdid each other in performing daredevil tricks and stunts [...]
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Posted in A hot tip on Apr 28th, 2009
It is a true sight for sore eyes when I take a look out of my window in the mornings and let my gaze wander across crystal clear Lake Zell amidst the incomparable Alpine panorama of our beautiful region of Zell am See-Kaprun. I am itching to set out for one of the lidos on [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 24th, 2008
Let’s go to Zell’s town festival – and who’ll be the ‘lucky’ devil who gets to drive the car? No one! From now on, there is a very attractive alternative to go to the Summer Nights’ Festival of Zell am See. Every Wednesday the Pinzgauer Lokalbahn railway company puts on the special ‘Town Festival Express’ [...]
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