His popularity among fans of alpine skiing Austria owes Alps. In addition, the mountain is determined by climatic and geographical features of the country, and the plains and valleys occupy a smaller portion of the Austrian landscape and are located mostly near the Danube River.

Mountains stretching to the east of the Upper Rhine, called the Eastern Alps. Eastern Alps make up a large part of the mountain range of the country, they are above the West, their highest point - the height of 3797 meters the Grossglockner. Here is the largest in Austria glacier Pasierze. In the Eastern Alps are also located Stubayskaya, Ötzaltskaya, Zillertal peaks. Eastern Alps - is a deep valley with sharp cliffs and sharp protrusions on the rocks, with numerous clear lakes and swift rivers

located north inhospitable mountainous areas with steep drop-offs and difficult climbs: "hellish" Hellen Gebirge and "rotten" Totes-. Gebirge. Here the so-called limestone Alps replaced Predalpami, low altitude mountains, down to the Danube.

interesting information on the Austrian ski resorts can be found in the pages of "Austrian ski resorts" and "Ski Austria".