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Virgen - By car, it only takes a few minutes to get from upper walls after Hinterbichl to come. The two small towns in Virgental are connected by a road, and there are traffic jams in this corner of Osttirol only when harvest times vehicles blocking the route. Vacationers can choose the path of the upper walls after Hinterbichl but take two and a half days - with a tour from hut to hut on the offshoot of the Osttiroler
Eagle Way, which takes its name primarily because of its shape contributes to the Tyrol map.
The line in the Hohe Tauern National Park leads to heights of almost 2800 meters, offers excellent views of the three thousand Lasörling and Großvenediger - and also many marmots can meet there.
Day 1: From top to Bonn-walled hut Matreier
For Walter, the Eagle Zörer a light training route. More than 60 times was the 38-year-old mountain guide already on top of the Grossglockner, three peaks in Asia and the Aconcagua in the Andes, he has defeated. There are almost 1350 meters of altitude on this day not a big challenge - it looks quite different for "Tyrolean lowlands", which even the heavy backpack is not used to.
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The route leads first through a thick larch forest, lots of moss growing on the trees - and it goes right off steeply. But Zörer has enough air to move from the Tyrolean Eagle to tell the tourists in two different variants can run: close to the bottom of the valley on a "trail" - or with the metallurgical nights - on the "mountaineers route." At a leader they can then usually abandon - all without alpine experience is not.
The offshoot of the long-distance Osttiroler have compared to "big brother" to the north of the Alps an advantage that the guide says: "In northern Tyrol is often in stark limestone underway. Here, the landscape is lovely." This is also the stops after the first steep piece: At the Chapel of All Saints is it worth to a big rock to climb and the view over the green slopes of Virgental to enjoy.
250 m altitude difference further in the Gottschaunalm, where the tree line is already in sight, the Kuhweiden spread in all directions. In the fountain in front of the hut running cold water, which cools the milk Senner - just the right reinforcement before the next rise.
Obstler pot and swirl
In the serpentine is now climbing again and again sounds the whistle of the marmots in the air, which is now noticeably thinner. Or is the only way the walker before? The steps are slower in any case, the difficult terrain - big boulders and slabs come in place of the narrow Erdpfades.
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On the southern edge of the Alps: The Virgental extends between the three-Grovenediger and Lasörling
Five hours walk is called the electronic guidebook as a guide for the ascent to the Bonn-Matreier hut in about 2750 meters altitude. But that is probably too optimistic estimate, the clock on your wrist is far more.
In the thirties built-Bonn Matreier Refuge is the only one with a German and an Austrian alpine section jointly. In the cellar bullert the stove. Wolfgang Heinz Hüttenwirt gives a Obstler, for pot strudel with whipped cream served a hot chocolate. "If at least 15 guests to stay over night, there is a buffet dinner," he announces. Schade, today there are not many: The selection of the 18 beds and 50 mattresses camps remains high.
Clouds are raised, a view of the valley is no longer possible. Outside it is quiet, only the wind roars around the hut. The feeling of being alone with them and to be more to life than just a few hundred meters in altitude distance to have won, comes on rapidly. At the end of the world to think that this is not just a lonely island in the Pacific or in the vastness of Siberia, but also between the bunk beds with fitted sheets and checkered pillows.
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