!!!Ennstaler Alpen

Ennstal Alps, mountain range, part of the northern Limestone Alps in 
Upper Styria. The E. A. comprise the  Gesaeuse Valley and the  
Eisenerz Alps, in the north-west, towards Upper Austria, they continue 
as the  Haller Mauern Mountain Range after the deep incision of 
Buchauer Sattel. Very popular with experienced mountaineers. The 
highest elevation of the E. A. is the Hochtor peak (alt. 
2,369 m), south of the River Enns. Other mountains attractive to 
climbers, some of which have fairly difficult ascents, are Planspitze 
(alt. 2,117 m), Oedstein (alt. 2,335 m) with its famous 
800 m high "Oedsteinkante" (north-west ridge), Reichenstein (alt. 
2,251 m); north of the River Enns: Grosser Buchstein (alt. 
2,224 m), Tamischbachturm (alt. 2,035 m). Mountain refuges: 
Buchsteinhuette (alt. 1,546 m), Ennstaler Huette (alt. 
1,544 m); Hess-Huette (alt. 1,699 m); Oberst-Klinke-Huette 
(alt. 1,486 m); Moedlinger Huette (alt. 1,523 m).


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