TheRax is amountain range in theNorthern Limestone Alps on the border of theAustrian federal provinces ofLower Austria andStyria. Its highest peak is theHeukuppe (2,007 m). The Rax, together with the nearbySchneeberg, are a traditional mountaineering and mountain walking area, and are called theWiener Hausberge (Vienna's local mountains). They are separated by the deepHöllental ("Hell Valley").
Cable car "Rax-Seilbahn“
Acable car, theRaxseilbahn, starting atHirschwang 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. Thesesteige (mountaintrails) and thehütten,alpine huts offering basicaccommodation, were built and are maintained kept by various AustrianAlpine Clubs. They were erected in the late 19th and early 20th century.
View over the Habsburghaus in the direction of the northwestHabsburghaus (the cross marks the site where the former tenant died of hypothermia during a winter storm on February 8, 1919)Greater Hell Valley
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