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Mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps
Photo: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Karwendel Nature Park (German: Naturpark Karwendel) is a park that covers nearly the entire Karwendel mountain range in the Innsbruck region 9f northern Tyrol. With an area of 737 km² of mountainous wilderness, it is the largest nature park in Austria.
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Meadows with ancient sycamore maple trees, some over a century old.
The largest alm settlement in Europe, Eng is the only settlement in the park and only seasonally inhabited during the summer months. A visit to the small creamery is warmly recommended, where authentic methods for cheese making are demonstrated.
Scree landscape that is made accessible by a cable car from Innsbruck.
With an altitude of 2,106 m, the impressive Mondscheinspitze (literal translation moon shine peak) is a popular attraction for hikers. A trail leads to the top, and can be approached from the south or the east. The climb is rewarded with a fantastic panorama of the Karwendel, Rofan, and Venediger mountain ranges. If the weather is clear, the 3,000+ m tall Ziller Valley mountains can even be seen. The Mondscheinspitze is a great location to spot ibex in the wild as well.
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