High Tauern highlights in Rauris

This collection highlights the rugged topography of the Goldberg Group and the Grossglockner High Alpine Road. It features the Edelweißspitze, the highest vantage point on the road, and the 3,106-meter Hoher Sonnblick, which houses Europe’s highest permanent meteorological observatory. The list also includes the Hocharn, the Goldberg Group's highest summit at 3,254 meters, and the Alpine Naturschau museum, which documents the unique ecological adaptations of flora and fauna within the Hohe Tauern National Park.

High Tauern Highlights — Map

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Alpine Naturschau

Located at 2,260 meters on the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, this museum focuses on alpine ecology. Exhibits detail the survival strategies of high-altitude flora and fauna and the geological history of the Hohe Tauern range.

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Edelweißspitze

The Edelweißspitze is a summit in High Tauern, located in Salzburg, Austria north of the Alpine divide.

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Hoher Sonnblick

The Hoher Sonnblick is a glaciated mountain, 3,106 m high, on the main Alpine chain in the Goldberg Group on the border between the…

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Hocharn

Hocharn is the highest mountain of the Goldberg Group in the High Tauern range of the eastern Alps.

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Grieswies-Schwarzkogel

A 3,116-meter peak in the Goldberg Group of the High Tauern, located along the ridge between the Hoher Sonnblick and the Hocharn.

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