Hike. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.
So, now we were in Kranjska Gora. How to come back to Austria? Public transport would be possible but not very easy because there’s no train to Villach. A taxi would cost around 50 Euro, not too expensive but then again we could invest those Euros in food. 😜 And our CO2 footprint wouldn’t be so nice after all. So, the only logical solution: let’s just hike back the way we came from!
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Today we would be hiking another stage of the AAT, from Baumgartner Höhe to Kranjska Gora. Meaning we would be hiking along the Austrian-Slovenian border, via some mountain passes and summits without any serviced huts on the way. It’s also the most difficult stage of the AAT with an approx. duration of 8 hours… So, let’s have some fun! 😎
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The apartment in Villach was quite nice and calm and we slept until the alarm clock went off. Since there was no breakfast available we had bought a little snack in Radenthein…
Today was our last day in the Nockberge (Nocky Mountains 😅). I’m so gonna miss the solitude, the wonderful vegetation and the amazing mountain air up here. Going back down into the valley will be rather a shock, and just by thinking of having to go back to Vienna by the end of this week I could gag… 🙊
Since we stayed two nights in the Erlacher Haus we decided to make a roundtrip to some Nockberge summits today. How many would depend on the weather.
We slept very good and the bed was so comfortable that getting up was hard but we needed an early start because thunderstorm and rain were predicted…
When we got up this morning the sky was already dominated by high fog. Same procedure as yesterday. 😒 Still, we got up and had an early breakfast at 6.45 a.m. All the bikers were still sleeping. 😜
When we woke at 6.15 a.m. it was very foggy outside. We slept very well and though there were quite some people staying in the hut for the night it was utterly quiet. Well, except for the constant peeping of the low battery of the smoke detector every 30 minutes… 😂
Getting up at 4.30 a.m. is early. Like in are-you-out-of-your-mind early! But getting to the start of today’s tour is rather difficult: train to Spittal, bus to Gmünd, bus to Katschberg Talstation. And since the only bus from Gmünd leaves at 7.20 a.m. there’s no other way than to get up when it’s still dark outside…
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