Walking in Austria      

We have spent six out of our last seven summer holidays in the Austrian Alps, walking from hut to hut. These huts are more like mountain hostels, sometimes accommodating more than a hundred people, and offering basic dormitory style sleeping quarters, hot food and drink. They are run by the Austrian Alpine Club, which even has a British Section.

We have not got round to scanning in any of our own photos yet, but in the meantime you can have a look at some of the huts we have stayed in, courtesy of the Alpine Club's own website:

Hochlandhütte: The first we ever stayed in, actually in Germany near to the Austrian border.

Lizumer Hütte: One of the smallest huts we have been in.

Furtschaglhaus: Up near the glaciers in the Zillertaler Alps, on the Austrian/Italian border.

Hanauer Hütte: Hut in the Lechtaler Alps.

Bremer Hütte: Fairly small hut in the Stubai Alps.

Winnebachseehütte: In the western Stubai, beside a small lake and waterfall.

Simonyhütte: Outside the hut there were dog kennels for about 30 huskies!

Prielschutzhaus: We stayed here the night before the full eclipse in 1999.

Tübinger Hütte: In the Silvretta Alps, near the Swiss border.