the drastic weather changes in Rax II

The previous picture show the touristics signs in fornt of Karl Ludwig house in Rax, Alps this saturday afternoon (13th of October). Temperature -5 C, strong and cold wind. Very surprisng weather considering that it was almost 15 down in the valley. We reached the hut just on time , the fog was getting more dense with every minute.



And these picture? Thats just the morning the next day. Bright blue sky with not even one cloud. Amazing. But still cold. The top of Hochkuppe stayed frozen as on the first picture until late afternoon, though the rest of Rax was already warm.

Hiking in Alps in this time of the year is about something completely different.

-- ACCOMODATION--

There are dozen of huts in Rax. You will always have place to sleep, so to bring tent does not really make sense. For further information about huts you can go to http://www.alpenverein.at/portal/index.php under huttenwege and huttenfinder. Great tool which will give you fool describtion of each hut with open dates. You usually pay around 5 to 7 if you are member of Alpenverein organization and maybe 2 or 3 Euros more if you are not a member.