Are you ready to reach the peak of your exchange semester?

Join us and spend a fun and active weekend together near the national park of Gesäuse, a beautiful place in the Austrian Alps.
We will spend two nights in a cozy mountain cottage with electricity, warm water, and cooked food.

The daytime will be spent the Austrian way — HIKING and having fun! Choose from three hiking routes ranging from easy to hard,
so everyone can enjoy the weekend on their own terms. Share stories and plan future hikes at a comfy campfire with marshmallows and drinks, or connect over board games late into the night. On the last day, we’ll go for a shorter hike and stop at a (very cold!) mountain lake to freshen up and celebrate the start of summer.

Hard Facts:

• AUTdoors Mountain Hiking Weekend
• Departure: Friday, 23.05.2025, 13:00 - Franz Graf Allee (next to the Opera House, Graz)
• Return: Sunday, 25.05.2025, 17:00 - Franz Graf Allee
• Sign up: During Office Hours, 13.05.2025 – 21.05.2025
• Cost: 185€ with ESNcard / 200€ without ESNcard

MORE INFORMATION:
You will get your own cottage sleeping bag, which is required to be able to stay in most cottages in Austria and it will be yours to keep after the Event!
Keep in mind that this is a cottage with very different room sizes and there may be mixed gender rooms. If you do not wish to sleep in a mixed gender room you should specify so during signup or talk to the organisers during the Event.
We hope you undestand that only a limited amount of people can participate in the most difficult hike.
We will send out the planned routes in time so that you can check out the hike beforehand.

Even though the chances are low, it is recommended that you have vaccination against FSME (eng. TBE) when you are outdoors a lot in Austria.
https://www.graz.at/cms/beitrag/10325996/7746987/FSME_Zeckenschutzimpfak... (if insured in AT one can get a partial refund https://www.gesundheitskasse.at/cdscontent/?contentid=10007.890487&porta... )

Things you should bring:

• Good and stable shoes: https://graz.esnaustria.org/shoe-types/
• At least one water bottle
• Backpack
• Container for lunch to avoid plastic bags, we will provide the food of course :)
• Sunscreen and sunglasses
• Rain protection
• Board games
• Personal medication
• House-shoes (slippers or flip-flops)
• Towel
• Swimsuit for the lake

These are vaguely the routes we will hike:

Beginner:
https://www.alpenvereinaktiv.com/de/tour/zur-moedlinger-huette-von-der-o...

Intermediate:
https://www.alpenvereinaktiv.com/de/tour/zustieg-von-der-klinkehuette-zu...
https://www.alpenvereinaktiv.com/de/tour/moedlinger-huette-heldenkreuz/1...
Fast group can go to Heldenkreuz and there is the possibiliy for an alternative route back that makes the route much longer.

Advanced:
https://www.alpenvereinaktiv.com/de/tour/4-zweitausender-im-gesaeuse/112...