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:''This article is about the range in Austria. For the midwestern USA fast food chain, see [[Rax (restaurant)]].''
{{Geobox | Range
| name=Rax
| other_name=
| image=Rax.jpg
| image_caption=Rax in winter
| country=Austria
| region_type=States
| region=Lower Austria| region1=Styria
| parent=Northern Limestone Alps
| length_imperial=| length_orientation=
| width_imperial= | width_orientation=
| geology= | period= | orogeny=
| highest=Heukuppe
| highest_elevation=2007
| highest_lat_d=48|highest_lat_m=5|highest_lat_s=14|highest_lat_NS=N
| highest_long_d=15|highest_long_m=54|highest_long_s=43|highest_long_EW=E
| map=Rax-Schneeberg.png
| map_caption=Location of Rax and Schneeberg
}}
The '''Rax''' is a [[mountain range]] at the border of the [[Austria]]n federal states [[Lower Austria]] and [[Styria]], situated in the [[Northern Limestone Alps]].
Its highest peak is the ''Heukuppe'' at 2007 m. The Rax together with the nearby [[Schneeberg (Alps)|Schneeberg]] as a traditional [[mountaineering]] resort are called the ''Wiener Hausberge'' ([[Vienna]]'s local mountains). They are separated by the deep ''Höllental'' (Hell Valley).
By the ''Raxseilbahn'' [[aerial tramway]] in [[Reichenau an der Rax|Hirschwang]] at the north-eastern foot of the range, the first in Austria (commencement of construction was 1925), the extensive high plateau of the Rax at about 1,500 m is an easily attainable tour area and a particular favourite with hikers from Lower Austria and Vienna. The steep flanks of the plateau offer climbing tours of various degrees of difficulty. These ''steige'' ([[trail]]s) and the ''hütten'', [[Mountain hut|alpine hut]]s offering basic [[accommodation]], were built and are kept intact by several Austrian [[Alpine Club]]s. They were erected in the late 19th and early 20th century.
==Mountain huts==
[[Image:Dsc 040627 161651.jpg|thumb|260px|Habsburghaus (the cross marks the site where the former tenant died of hypothermia during a winter storm on February 8, 1919)]]
[[Image:Höllental.jpg|thumb|260px|Greater Hell Valley]]
* Raxseilbahn mountain station, 1,540 m
* Ottohaus, 1,640 m
* [[Gloggnitz]]er Hütte, 1,548 m
* [[House of Habsburg|Habsburg]] Haus, 1,785 m
* [[Archduke Charles Louis of Austria|Karl Ludwig]] Haus, 1,804 m
* Seehütte, 1,643 m
* Waxriegelhaus 1,361 m
* Wolfgang-Dirnbacher-Hütte, 1,477 m (shelter only)
==Some Hikes and Rises==
* [[Österreichischer Alpenverein|Alpenvereins]] Steig: Großes Höllental – Ottohaus
* Amaliensteig: Preiner Gscheid – Heukuppe
* Bärenloch: Hinternasswald – Bärengraben
* [[Otto von Bismarck|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
* [[Faust Part One|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
* [[Emperor of Austria|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 "[http://www.raxattaxx.com RAXATTAXX]"
==External links==
* [http://www.tiscover.at/semmering-rax-schneeberg www.tiscover.at/semmering-rax-schneeberg]
* [http://www.raxseilbahn.com Rax-Seilbahn]
* [http://raxwandern.at RaxWandern.at] geführte Wanderungen im Raxgebiet
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[[Category: Mountain ranges of Austria]]
[[Category: Mountain ranges of the Alps]]
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