European Walks with Troll Trekking

AUSTRIA

Austrian Tyrol

This is a superb place to visit as an introduction to walking and mountaineering in
Europe. Austria has an extensive system of huts and well marked trails which make
their way through spectacular alpine scenery.

Strong walkers can spend much of their time over 2000m enjoying views of sharp
peaks and impressive glaciers, and those with a head for heights can scramble up rocky paths and peaks protected by occasional fixed cables. Walks often involve big ascents
and descents but sometimes use can be made of cable cars and ski lifts to quickly
access the high mountains.

The valleys have beautiful forests of beech, ash, sycamore and oak which give way to
larch and fir before reaching the alpine pastures with their grazing livestock and array
of wild flowers.

Stubai

This beautiful valley which is relatively quiet and unspoilt is only a 30 minute transfer
from Innsbruck and a great place from which to start exploring the Tyrol.

Accommodation in the valley is excellent but the best way to see the Stubai is to use
the system of excellent alpine huts, these are more like mountain hotels often with
private rooms and good food and they are situated in fantastically scenic places.

Zillertal

This valley is a thriving winter ski area but an excellent place to have a summer
holiday being only a 1 hour transfer from Innsbruck. In the lower part of the valley
high mountain areas are easy to access via the many ski lifts that run in the summer
and there is much easy walking to be done.

The southern end of the Ziller valley is quite remote and a traditionally pastoral area
which is cut off all winter, up here in summer there are huge sparkling lakes, fantastic glaciers and a good system of mountain huts which link with some strenuous and spectacular walks and scrambles.

THE PYRENEES

Walks can range from gentle riverside ambles to long mountaineering days at high level,
it is also a fantastic place to go snowshoeing and walking in the spring. The Pyrenees is now very accessible and affordable as a low cost airline operates between Stansted and
Pau and then it is only a 1 hour transfer into the mountains.

NORWAY

This is one of the last great wilderness areas of Europe and very little discovered by the British. Norway has it all in terms of scenery, rugged coastline, great mountain ranges
with upland plateau, vast glaciers, plunging river valleys, waterfalls and deep forests and
of course the unique and majestic fjords which in summer are warm enough to swim in.

Norway has something for everyone and the summer season from early July to late August often has long periods of fine settled weather with temperatures as high as in the UK, it also at this time of year has nearly 24hrs of day light.

For those of you who want more of a challenge there are numerous rugged peaks to scramble up and a network of marked trails which allow long day walks or multi day expeditions using excellent quality mountain huts. You can often experience un-spoilt wilderness on breathtaking routes where you can walk all day and often see no one.

We concentrate our holidays around central Norway with quick access from the airport at Molde. The internal flight from Oslo to Molde is probably one of the finest in Europe.

This central area has better weather than the coast and gives easy access to the unspoilt
Dovre and Trollheimen National Parks with the chance to glimpse reindeer, musk oxen,
red deer, moose, lemming, sea eagles, eagle owls, blue throats and much more fantastic wildlife. The fjords are home to dolphins and whales which are regularly seen.

If you would like more information please get in touch with Julie or Yvonne
Telephone 01953 606342 or 07835 078670