Alpbach
August 2003
Adding the photos for this holiday in retrospect I don't have any notes from the walks themselves. Consequently I have added some information found online about Alpbach . Alpbach is a town in western Austria in the state of Tyrol. It owes its title "Austria's Most Beautiful Village" to its uniform, traditional wooden architecture and its abundance of colourful flowers. It is surrounded by meadows and forests and is set against the Gratlspitz peaks. |
Our hotel
Alpbach from Larchenweg
View into valley
and another one
Collecting sweet hay
Typical Austrian house
Alpbach procession . . .
again . . .
again . . .
again . . .
and again
Gondola to Weidesbergerhorn
Gratlspitz summit
Inn valley from Gratlspitz
Swallowtail butterfly
Douglas Bear on Gratlspitz (school project)
Lake Achensee
Chapel at Gaiselm . . .
and the interior
Mozart's statue in Saltzburg . . .
his birthplace . . .
and again
Mirabell Palace gardens
Rosskoger summit
En route to Shatzburg looking up Alpbach valley
Shatzburg summit
Waterstop en route from Rattenburg
and again
Ready for a drink
On Lamersberg with Sharon
Another water trough
On the way up Galtenburg . . .
and at the summit
Looking back to Galtenburg . . .
and looking back to Alpbach and Gratlspitz
Church at Thierbach . . .
and lunch stop
Kundl Gorge . . .
again . . .
again . . .
again . . .
again . . .
again . . .
again . . .
and finally . . .
a footspa
Tirolean evening . . .
with a Star Dance
Gondola
Weidersbergerhorn summit . . .
and looking back to Weidersbergerhorn
Ridge walk back from Weidersbergerhorn