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An increasing number of hotels, guesthouses and even a few refuges make internet access available to guests, often free but sometimes for a small fee.

Electricity

Voltage is 220v, 50HzAC. Plugs are standard European two-pin round.

Bschlabs church from the opposite side of Bschlabertal (Stage 19)

The natural environment

Physical geography

The Alps, which form a high mountain barrier between northern and southern Europe, are some of the youngest European mountains. They were formed approximately 50 million years ago, being pushed up by the collision of the African and European tectonic plates. The Alps run west to east through Austria and consist of three parallel mountain ranges, the high, mainly granite, central Alps flanked by the slightly lower northern and southern calcareous limestone chains. The Adlerweg traverses the most northerly of these, the Nordlichen Kalkalpen, following the range from east to west. For much of its length there are extensive views south across the deep glacial defile of the Inn valley with the higher permanently snow-capped central Alps on the horizon, and occasional views north across the Alpine foothills to the basin of the Danube beyond.