Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: austria

Like the previous shot, this could have been from the car or on foot. I really don't remember.

I don't remember whether I shot this at the end of the hike, or in the car on the way back to Nova Pec. In any case, I really like this one.

I just shot this because I liked how it looked, although now I think I have some better shots.....

More hiking signs.....

Here's the second shot I took. The trail was actually not a proper dirt trail, as it has paved with tarmac, but we saw relatively few cars.

Here's the first photo I took at the start of our hike, which was originally supposed to be a dog walking trip!

I'm guessing this travel centre was a hotel and such, but I didn't investigate. The most important thing was that I got the name of the town on it! I never planned to go to Austria on this trip, so I wanted to note the place names.

Austria, famously, has ample tourist facilities, especially for hiking, so obviously there was a map at the trailhead.

This was a pub at the trailhead of Ulrichsberg Schoneben, where I unexpectedly found myself on an unplanned third trip to Austria. The reason was that me and one of my friends were driving around looking for a place to walk her dog, and found ourselves at the border crossing with our passports in the car, so we figured we'd walk the dog in Austria.

took this on my way up Grosser Priel, approaching Welser Hutte, just visible to the left at the top. This was already high enough so that we were above the treeline and in the snow.

After hiking part of the way up Grosser Priel in the dark and the rain the first day (or night, rather), and in the daylight the second day (not the original plan but...), we slept in Welser Hutte, waking up to this spectacular scene of clouds lying low on what are by no means low mountains. My friends climbed to the summit on this day, although I had to give up rather quickly for safety reasons, as I'm no expert, so Welser Hutte was again a refuge for me. We climbed down immediately afterwards, in better weather and in daylight.