Gaberl Pass - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

The Lavanttal Alps are part of the Central Eastern Alps in Austria and Slovenia, between the river Mur in the north and the Drava in the south. The mountains are named after the central valley of Lavanttal and the Lavant River which runs in their midst. It is one of the iconic attraction in this area which offers trekking and also beautiful views.

The Piber Federal Stud is a stud farm dedicated to the breeding of Lipizzan horses, located at the village of Piber, near the town of Köflach in western Styria. It is the primarybreeding farm that produces the stallions used by the Spanish Riding School, where the best stallions of each generation bred at Piber are brought for training and later public performance.

This is probably the most beautiful race track in the world. Embedded in the green Aichfeld and surrounded by the Murtal mountains, the circuit not only offers particularly exciting racing fun but is also a particularly attractive and interesting destination for excursions.

The Zirbitzkogel is the highest point in the Seetal Alps . It lies south of the upper Mur valley in Styria near the border with Carinthia . The Lavant , a left tributary of the Drau , has its source on its southern slope. The area is known to butterfly enthusiasts for some very rare species. In the summit area, an extensive crooked sedge grassland interspersed with almost flat plateaus predominates . The summit area was known among ornithologists as the breeding habitat of the morellel plover.

Klippitztörl is a high mountain pass at an elevation of 1.642m above the sea level, located in the Bundesland of Carinthia, in Austria. The pass road is 28 km and goes south at Bad St. Leonhard from Federal Highway B78 over the pass to Lölling-Graben, where it joins Federal Highway B92 south of Hüttenberg. There is a ski resort at the Hohenwart, with a number of lifts. Along the road, there are many hotels and rental chalets.

Koralpe is a mountain range in southern Austria which separates eastern Carinthia from southern Styria. Its highest elevation is the Große Speikkogel, a popular hiking destination and also a node for military radar airspace surveillance. In the south, in the Slovenian territory, it is contiguous with the Kozjak mountain range. The Koralpe consists mostly of metamorphic rock, of which some parts are of considerable interest to geologists and to collectors of semi-precious stones.