Tennengebirge Attractions
The Tennengebirge, an extension of the northern Alpine chain, is a range lying to the north of the western end of the Niedere Tauern, containing many caves, especially those formed in the ice, and large sink holes. The Tennengebirge was originally part of the same massif as the neighboring Hagengebirge to the west, but in the course of time the River Salzach carved a passage between the two - the gloomy defile now known as the Lueg pass.
Raucheck and Bleikogel
On the eastern edge of the great desolate plateau in the Tennengebirge, varied by rounded heights and broad depressions, stands the Laufener Hütte (1,726m/5,663ft), and there are other mountain huts on the steep southern face of the range, with its highest peaks, the Raucheck (2,431m/7,976ft) and the Bleikogel (2,412m/7,914ft).
