High Tower Reserve
Tauern 5730 Mittersill, Austria
Description:
One of the largest reserves in Central Europe is the High Tower National Park in Austria. It is located on the territory of three Austrian lands: Tyrol, Carinthia and Salzburg. The area of this park is 181,500 hectares. The national park itself is located in the central part of the High Tower, it is the highest ridge of Austria.
On its territory there are mountain peaks with a height of more than 3,000 meters, including the highest peak of Austria - Mount Grosglockner with a height of 3798 meters. On the mountain slopes of the periphery of the park lie mountain meadows and forests.
Important attractions of the park, along with mountain peaks are the waterfalls Krimmler and Golling, as well as the narrow mountain gorge Lichtensteinklamm.
High Tower National Park is a rather popular holiday destination among tourists. There are great opportunities for mountaineering and mountain tourism, and a large number of routes for walking through the untouched nature of the reserve are offered.