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Rax
Rax
	Rax in winter
Highest point
Peak	Heukuppe
Elevation	2,007 m (6,585 ft)
Coordinates	48°5′14″N 15°54′43″E / 48.08722°N 15.91194°E
Geography
Country	Austria
States	Lower Austria and Styria
Range coordinates	47°41.35′N 15°41.3′E / 47.68917°N 15.6883°E
Parent range	Northern Limestone Alps

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The Rax is a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps on the border of the Austrian federal provinces of Lower Austria and Styria. Its highest peak is the Heukuppe (2,007 m). The Rax, together with the nearby Schneeberg, are a traditional mountaineering and mountain walking area, and are called the Wiener Hausberge (Vienna's local mountains). They are separated by the deep Höllental ("Hell Valley").

A cable car, the Raxseilbahn, starting at Hirschwang at the north-eastern foot of the mountains and the first in Austria (construction began in 1925), takes visitors to the extensive, high plateau of the Rax at a height of about 1,500 m. This area is a particular favourite with hikers from Lower Austria and Vienna. The steep sides of the plateau offer climbing tours of various difficulty. These steige (mountain trails) and the hütten, alpine huts offering basic accommodation, were built and are maintained kept by various Austrian Alpine Clubs. They were erected in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Mountain huts

Raxseilbahn mountain station, 1,540 m
Ottohaus, 1,640 m
Gloggnitzer Hut, 1,548 m
Habsburg Haus, 1,785 m
Karl Ludwig Haus, 1,804 m
See Hut, 1,643 m
Waxriegelhaus 1,361 m
Wolfgang Dirnbacher Hut, 1,477 m (shelter only)

Some Hikes and Rises

Alpenvereins Steig: Großes Höllental – Ottohaus
Amaliensteig: Preiner Gscheid – Heukuppe
Bärenloch: Hinternasswald – Bärengraben
Bismarck Steig: Karl Ludwig Haus – Neue Seehütte
Brandschneide: Kaiserbrunn – Bergstation Raxbahn
Großes und kleines Fuchsloch: Preiner Gscheid – Heukuppe
Gaislochsteig (former Guido von List Steig): Großes Höllental – Dirnbacher Hütte
Göbl-Kühn-Steig: Waxriegelhaus – Neue Seehütte
Gamsecksteig: Nasskamm – Grasboden Alm
Gretchen Steig: Preiner Gscheid – Karl Ludwig Haus
Grosses Wolfstal (unmarkiert, Schiabfahrt!) Kaiserbrunn – Ottohaus
Grosser Kesselgraben (Schiabfahrt!) Höllental – Gloggnitzer Hütte
Gsolhirnsteig
Gustav-Jahn-Steig: Verbindung Alpenvereinssteig – Ausstieg Gaislochsteig
Hans-von-Haid-Steig: Prein an der Rax – Preiner Wand
Hoyossteig: Großes Höllental – Rudolfsteig
Kaiser Steig: Rehboden – Scheibwald
Karl-Kantner-Steig: Waxriegelhaus – Karl Ludwig Haus
Kontrußsteig: Reißtalerhütte – Waxriegelhaus
Peter Jokl Steig: Hinternasswald – Scheibwald
Preinerwandsteig: Prein an der Rax – Preiner Wand
Preintalersteig: Großes Höllental – Wachthüttelkamm
Reißtalersteig: Preiner Gscheid – Heukuppe
Rudolfssteig: Höllental – Klobentörl
Schlangenweg: Waxriegelhaus – Karl Ludwig Haus
Schüttersteig: Verbindungsstrasse Nasswald/Hinternasswald – Scheibwald
Seeweg: Ottohaus – Neue Seehütte
Teufelsbadstubensteig: Großes Höllental – Wachthüttelkamm
Törlweg: Knappenhof – Ottohaus
Wachthüttelkamm: Höllental – Ottohaus
Waxriegelsteig: Predigtstuhl – Waxriegelhaus
Wildes Gamseck: Nasskamm – Grasboden Alm
Wildfährte: Hinternasswald – Grasboden Alm
Zikafahnlsteig: Scheibwald – Habsburghaus

Other

The local snowboard-crew is called "RAXATTAXX"

External links

www.tiscover.at/semmering-rax-schneeberg
Rax-Seilbahn
RaxWandern.at geführte Wanderungen im Raxgebiet
www.gustav-jahn.at Gustav-Jahn-Steig: Homepage Gustav Jahn (1879–1919) - Austrian Painter, Rax Mountaineer- and Ski-Pioneer

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 The '''Rax''' is a [[mountain range]] in the [[Northern Limestone Alps]] on the border of the [[Austria]]n federal provinces of [[Lower Austria]] and [[Styria]]. Its highest peak is the ''Heukuppe'' (2,007 m). The Rax, together with the nearby [[Schneeberg (Alps)|Schneeberg]], are a traditional mountaineering and mountain walking area, and are called the ''[[Wiener Hausberge]]'' ([[Vienna]]'s local mountains). They are separated by the deep ''Höllental'' ("Hell Valley").
-A [[cable car]], the ''Raxseilbahn'', starting at [[Reichenau an der Rax|Hirschwang]] at the north-eastern foot of the mountains and the first in Austria (construction began in 1925), takes visitors to the extensive, high plateau of the Rax at a height of about 1,500 m. This area is a particular favourite with hikers from Lower Austria and Vienna. The steep sides of the plateau offer climbing tours of various difficulty. These ''steige'' (mountain [[trail]]s) and the ''hütten'', [[alpine hut]]s offering basic [[Lodging|accommodation]], were built and are maintained kept by various Austrian [[Alpine Club]]s. They were erected in the late 19th and early 20th century.
+A [[Aerial lift|cable car]], the ''Raxseilbahn'', starting at [[Reichenau an der Rax|Hirschwang]] at the north-eastern foot of the mountains and the first in Austria (construction began in 1925), takes visitors to the extensive, high plateau of the Rax at a height of about 1,500 m. This area is a particular favourite with hikers from Lower Austria and Vienna. The steep sides of the plateau offer climbing tours of various difficulty. These ''steige'' (mountain [[trail]]s) and the ''hütten'', [[alpine hut]]s offering basic [[Lodging|accommodation]], were built and are maintained kept by various Austrian [[Alpine Club]]s. They were erected in the late 19th and early 20th century.
 ==Mountain huts==