Spitzmauer - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

The Große Priel is the only peak in the Dead Mountains that protrudes above the 2500 m mark, and its rocky neighbor, the Spitzmauer, is considered the most beautiful elevation of the Dead Mountains. It ranks among the ultra prominent peaks of the Alps. Part of the Northern Limestone Alps, its steep Dachstein cliffs form the northeastern rim of a large karst plateau and are visible from afar across the Alpine Foreland.

A beautiful artificial lake in Hinterstoder, Upper Austria, created by impounding the river Krumme Steyr. The pond resides at the altitude of 612 m above sea level at the foot of the Großer Priel in the Totes Gebirge mountain range. Calcium-rich marl covers the lake bottom where stoneworts and common water-crowfoots grow. The southern bank displays a strip of phragmites, other shores only show sparse patches of common reed and a wet meadow borders in the west.

Almsee is a lake in Upper Austria's part of the Salzkammergut in the Almtal valley, 11 kilometers south of the village of Grünau im Almtal. A good picnic and camping location where you have possibilities of fishing bathing and so more. The lake drains through the Alm River. Since 1965, the area around the Almsee is under nature conservation.

Lake Toplitz is a lake situated in a dense mountain forest high up in the Austrian Alps. It is loca­ted in a Natu­re Reser­ve, which means that the­re are restric­tions on what acti­vi­ties are per­mit­ted the­re. Swim­ming. It is fed by beau­ti­ful water­falls as well as an under­ground tri­bu­ta­ry from Lake Kam­mer­see.

The Tauplitzalm is a high plateau in the Styrian part of the Salzkammergut . The plateau is located in the southeast of the Dead Mountains and is at an altitude of 1600 m above sea level. There is a well-developed tourist infrastructure on the Tauplitzalm , so there are several catering and accommodation establishments, a ski area and, since 1963, a church of its own.

Warscheneck is a mountain of the Totes Gebirge in the Eastern Alps, in Upper Austria. It is located near the town of Liezen, and is a popular mountain for hiking in the summer and ski touring in the winter.