Otto-Haus

This transition leads over the beautiful meadows of the Rax and offers great views of the surrounding landscape. The path is easy and well marked.

Circular route from the Rax cable car parking lot in Hirschwang via the Wiener Wasserleitungsweg to Kaiserbrunn, from there ascent on the Rax via ...

The transition to the Neue Seehütte via the ridge route, as the name suggests, runs along the ridge at the edge of the Rax high plateau.

This crossing leads over the beautiful meadows of the Rax and offers great views of the surrounding landscape. The path is easy and well signposted.

Hike from Hirschwang via the Knappenhof to the Ottohaus on the Raxalpe

Easy panoramic hike on the Rax plateau to the Habsburghaus via the Preiner Wand Cross

From the valley, you ascend through beautiful coniferous forest and pass through the impressive "Törl." A rock gate that resembles the opening in a ...

Very beautiful and by now very popular enjoyable climbing on the right part of the Upper Preinerwand.

A longer, scenically varied ascent via the Törlweg to the Rax plateau. The journey to the starting point in Hirschwang is easily done by train and ...

This stage combines a steep, rocky ascent with exciting views deep down over the Wachthüttelkamm to the Rax with a beautiful, scenic plateau hike. 

One of the first enjoyable sport climbing routes in the Upper Preinerwand.

Excellent crack and offwidth climbing at the left edge of the Lechnermauern pillar!

Popular, magnificent, and classic ascent mostly on solid rock. 

Great steep route to the left of the Preinerwand slab on very good rock. 

From the mountain station of the Rax cable car, you hike on marked paths up to the Otto-Schutzhaus and from there down over the Grünschacher ...

Short, punchy via ferrata detour from Ottohaus on the Rax

The Törlweg to the Rax high plateau is always an experience. First, you go through coniferous forest and later through the rock gate and up onto ...

Excellent and very well secured enjoyable climbing in the area of the Preinerwand slab.

After the ascent with the gondola, you walk across the unique high plateau of the Raxalpe. The wide paths are well marked and also easy for ...

Snowshoe hike on the Rax from the mountain station of the Rax cable car to Ottohaus

From the valley, hike up through a beautiful forest and pass through the impressive "Törl", a rock gate reminiscent of an opening in a medieval ...

Wachthüttelkamm and Rudolfssteig The ridges and crests around the Große Höllental, supported by huge walls, form a horseshoe open to the north, a ...

Statt mit der Seilbahn aufs Raxplateau zu "gondeln", gibt es auch eine Vielzahl interessanter An- und Abstiege, die uns abseits des touristischen ...

The Jakobskogel with the summit cross Freiheitskreuz is one of the subsidiary peaks of the Rax group in the Rax-Schneeberg range.

On the trail of Camillo Kronich on the RaxBefore the construction of the Rax cable car in 1926, which was Austria's first passenger cable car at ...

Beginner's tour with summit victory on the Jakobskogel on the Rax.

This transition leads over the beautiful meadows of the Rax and offers great views of the surrounding landscape. The view from the Höllentalaussicht ...

Hut hopping from the Raxalm Mountain Inn, past the Ottohaus, along the ridge trail via the Preiner Wand Cross to the Neue Seehütte.

Snowshoe hike on the Rax from the Rax cable car mountain station to the Neue Seehütte

From Höllentalstraße up the ridge with a few crossings of the Staudengraben to Praterstern and from there over the outer wall to the cable car.

This access leads through the magnificent Große Höllental. From the Weichtalhaus, you hike along the steep rock faces of the Höllental and then ...

The walls of the Große Höllental reach their greatest height in their innermost corner. They are ideal for a secured passage – especially in a ...

​ ▶ Der bereits 1903 errichtete Steig über die Brandschneide auf das Raxplateau beginnt in Kaiserbrunn beim  Landgastgof am Wasserwerk 01 gleich ...

The 12th stage of the route on the Vienna Alpine Arc (WAB) is accompanied by alpine grass, larches, and rugged yet safe terrain. A wonderful ...

Die einfachste Art, den Charakter eines der beliebtesten Wiener Hausberge kennenzulernen, ist die Auffahrt auf das Raxplateau mit der bereits 1926 ...

The elementary school for via ferrata aspirants Next to the neighboring Teufelsbadstubensteig, the longer Alpenvereinssteig, which leads in a ...

The Austrian long-distance trail 01 - also called the Northern Alpine Trail - crosses Austria in an east-west direction, between the Wienerwald ...

This tour is ideal for enjoying the views of the surrounding mountains.

A panorama hunting trail on the south side of the Rax leads to a rocky wilderness that is rarely visited.

Traditionally used by lumberjacks and hunters, the trail over the Wachthüttelkamm is today one of the most popular Rax ascents from the Höllental – ...

Rax-North on unmarked paths: lonely, wild and adventurous…

Into the rock arena of the Great Hell ValleyIn the magnificent Hell Valley, on the slopes of Raxalpe and Schneeberg, lies one of the cradles of ...

​ ▶ We park our car in the Weichtal-Haus parking lot, which is located on a side street to the right of the Höllental federal highway, walk to ...

Hike from the Raxalm Mountain Hut via Ottohaus and Neue Seehütte, continuing along the Göbl-Kühn Trail to the Waxriegelhaus. ***** Note: ...

Scenic summit crossing on the southern edge of the Rax plateau The massive limestone slab of the Raxalpe drops off to the south towards the Prein ...

Via the scenic, wild romantic Teufelsbadstubensteig (via ferrata difficulty B) we ascend to the Ottohaus. For peak collectors, a detour to ...

Huts hike from the summit station of the Rax cable car, via Ottohaus and Karl-Ludwig-Haus to Preiner Gscheid - easily accessible by public transport!

One of the great classic Rax climbs with unique scenic impressions and beautiful via ferrata sections. Partly quite serious alpine atmosphere, do ...

Hut hike from the mountain inn, past the Ottohaus, Neue Seehütte, Karl-Ludwig-Haus, Habsburghaus and Waxriegelhaus to the Edelweisshütte on the ...

Beautiful and varied circular hike on the Rax plateau - best enjoyed as a leisurely two-day tour with an overnight stay at the Habsburghaus!