Altausee, Austria

Loser Mountain

We are now in the beautiful city of Altausee, a mountainous portion of our trip.  I would describe this place as beautiful, dramatic nature with the lake and mountains, and an exercise enthusiast’s wonderland.

We arrived last night and after unpacking we headed down to explore the lake.

This morning I went on a run around this stunning lake.  Luckily there is a path that encircles the entire lake.

Towards the end of my run, there was a gentle rain.  So as I arrived back home, I was delighted that everyone still planned on going hiking.  Not only were we going on a hike, but we were hiking up a mountain to Loser Mountain Hut, about 2000 feet for the ascent, a 4 1/2 hour hike.

The girls all did great!  We promised them a great lunch once we reached Loser Hut. This was really the carrot at the end of the rope.

The rain stopped.

We came across cows grazing below Loser Mountain.

We made it to the Loser Hutte and…..

The sign states, “Today is Quiet Day”aka closed.

We were disappointed, but that did not last too long.  Ryan went in search of a vending machine and came across this….

We started our descent and saw this…

The girls played games the entire way down and really kept themselves in good spirits.  Once back down, we had lunch back at our house.  The girls were sooooo hungry. We partook in the afternoon ritual of Kaffee und Kuchen at the local bakery right around the corner from our home.

The girls needed some down time so we gave them dinner at home and the adults went out.  Before we left, we saw this….

We had to try Loser Beer and it tasted great!

This is the home we are renting and Loser Mountain is in the background to give you an idea of how high we hiked.