The Karnischer Hohenweg. John Hayes
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THE KARNISCHER HÖHENWEG
A 1–2 WEEK TREK ON THE CARNIC PEACE TRAIL: AUSTRIA AND ITALY
by John Hayes
JUNIPER HOUSE, MURLEY MOSS,
OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 7RL
About the Author
John Hayes is a retired management consultant with degrees from Liverpool University and University College London. Immediately after finishing work in 2011, he embarked on an epic 5000km trek across Europe, walking from Tarifa in Spain to Budapest. He first walked the Karnischer Höhenweg in 2012 as part of a hike along the Via Alpina, and was so impressed that he returned in 2015 and again in 2016.
John has written for numerous walking and trekking magazines. The Karnischer Höhenweg is his third guide for Cicerone.
Other Cicerone guides by the author
The GR1: Spain’s Sendero Histórico
Trekking Munich to Venice
© John Hayes 2018
First edition 2018
ISBN: 978 1 85284 942 9
Printed in Poland on behalf of Latitude Press Ltd
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
All colour photographs are by the author unless otherwise stated.
The World War I public-domain photographs are from the archives of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, made available through the Europeana Collections: www.europeana.eu/portal/en.
Contains OpenStreetMap.org data © OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA. NASA relief data courtesy of ESRI
Updates to this guide
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Front cover: Descending from Pfannspitze towards Kleine and Große Kinigat on Stage 2
CONTENTS
World War I earthworks and remains
Safety and emergencies
Using this guide
Stage 1 Arnbach to Obstanserseehütte
Stage 2 Obstanserseehütte to Porzehütte
Stage 3 Porzehütte to Hochweißsteinhaus
Stage 4 Austrian route: Hochweißsteinhaus to Gasthof Valentinalm
Stage 4A Italian route: Hochweißsteinhaus to Rifugio Marinelli
Stage 5 Austrian route: Gasthof Valentinalm to Zollnerseehütte
Stage 5A Italian route: Rifugio Marinelli to Plöckenpass
Stage 5B Italian route: Plöckenpass to Casera Pramosio
Stage 5C Italian route: Casera Pramosio to Zollnerseehütte
Stage 6 Zollnerseehütte to Nassfeld
Stage 7 Nassfeld to Gasthaus Starhand
Stage 8 Gasthaus Starhand to Arnoldstein
Appendix A Route breakdown
Appendix B Accommodation
Appendix C Useful contacts