Rax 3501509 224215171 2008-07-07T21:01:03Z LatitudeBot 6771835 robot Adding: [[ru:Ракс]] :''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 {{Commons|Rax}} {{coor title dms|47|41|21|N|15|41|20|E|region:AT_type:mountain}} [[Category: Mountain ranges of Austria]] [[Category: Mountain ranges of the Alps]] [[cs:Rax]] [[de:Rax]] [[fr:Rax]] [[nn:Rax]] [[ru:Ракс]]