Totes Gebirge – Dead Mountains

The Austrian mountain range “Totes Gebirge” (translated “Dead Mountains”) is located between Bad Ischl in Upper Austria and Liezen in Styria and is one of the loneliest high plateaus in the Alps. A quiet oasis, but its fauna & flora is more alive than the name would suggest.

It is disputed how the “Dead Mountains” got their name. Either because it is indeed the largest karst plateau of the Limestone Alps with numerous sinkholes, caves and small lakes. Or because of the fact that there are no salt deposits in the rock formations of this region.

Numerous managed huts on its outskirts and 3 huts inside the high plateau allow us to make a variety of interesting crossings and traverses.