This is the "high" point of my trip--staying overnight at 2,000 meters above sea level--at timberline, among the peaks of the Alps.
I took a tram up to the top of the peaks that are just north of Innsbruck and then hiked in 7 kilometers to a hiking hut that was built in 1926 and still run as a guest house high up in the mountains.
The mountains were beautiful and the day was mostly sunny. The food served was about as good as any I've had in Germany and they seemed to enjoy all of the guests for the night.
There were sheep up at that elevation grazing with their bells around their necks and still snow on some of the trail.
It made me feel so at home! Here there is no language barrier. I felt like being in the high mountains of Utah and Colorado.
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| Innsbruck from above. |
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| There are two trams. The second takes you to the very top. |
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| Crosses atop every peak. |
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| Places where they had installed cable alongside the trail for a little help. Austrian flags painted on the rocks made sure you didn't lose your way. |
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| Still snow on the trail in places. |
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| You know you are not in the US when you see these alongside the trail. |
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| The "hut." |
3 comments:
HOW COOL!!!
That looks beautiful! That trail looks scary though. The snowy spots remind me of hiking Timp with you.
That is freaky! Did you hang with the other guests at night?
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