Impressions around Brandner Valley / Austria

[Thomas Huber]

Hello everybody. Returning from Austria I have made some photos
which I want to share with you:

The most impressive hike lead us to Lüner-See above Brand on 1900m.
The cablecar station was the start for many trails. Our first destination
was the Totalphütte - 2385m.

Maybe the alpine experts can help me with the missing names, please!?

1 - Hubi above Lünersee
2 - Doronicum grandiflorum
3 - Dryas octopetala
4 - Silene acaulis
5 - Silene acaulis and Viola calcarata
6 - Thlaspi rotundifolium and Saxifraga ?
7 - Viola calcarata and Saxifraga ?
8 - Gentiana orbicularis (thanks to Franz for ID)
9 - Gentiana orbicularis
10 - Tanja above Lünersee

[Maggi Young]

Super pictures, Thomas. Especially the Dryas one, for very selfish SRGC reasons, of course!
I see that one of your friends, behind Tanja , to the left, has a big strap on his knee... from so many hills, I suppose
I see a nice little joke from Totalphütte.... in scottish this could become 'total footer' since we would lose the 'p'.... and the joke comes after one has climbed to 2385m... one is then "totally footered"... quite  confused and exhausted!!

[annew]

Great photos of a beautiful place - thanks for sharing!

[Thomas Huber]

No, Maggi that wasn't one of our friend, he came  on the photo only by coincidence.
But MY knee has ached very bad on the way back home. I have bought some
walking sticks to help me down the hills. This helped, but now I'm feeling years
older, because I've never needed a stick 

Some more photos from the way to Totalphütte:

1 - Meadow near Totalphütte
2 - Campanula cochlearifolia (thanks to Franz for ID)
3 - Campanula cochlearifolia
4 - Campanula cochlearifolia
5 - Ranunculus alpestris
6 - Rhododendron hirsutum
7 - Saxifraga caesia
8 - Saxifraga ?
9 - Saxifraga aizoides

[Thomas Huber]

While we went further to Gamsluggen on the the Swiss-border
Chris and Celine enjoyed the children care in the hotel:

1 - Chris and his "band" in the Lagant Hotel / Brand
2 - Myosotis alpestris (thanks to Franz for ID)
3 - Meadow with Viola calcarata, Dryas octopetala and Saxifraga ?
4 - Globularia cordifolia
5 - The ascent to Gamsluggen
6 - View from Gamsluggen to Switzerland
7 - ?
8 - Hutchinsia alpine (thanks to Franz for ID)
9 - ?
10 - Hutchinsia alpine

[Maggi Young]

Yes, Thomas, it is  going downhill that is the problem!! Remember, you are always younger than us, so it is just a sign that you are a grown-up now that your knees are sore!

So many seedheads of the Dryas in the meadow.....what a pretty sight. The Campanulas are so familiar but SO lovely, wherever they grow.
I would have thought the Ranunculus would be over by that time, nice to see it, too.


Your unknown last Saxifraga in the post  "reply no 3"above is S. aizoides...... see Peter's thread for more.....      http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=670.msg15467#msg15467

[Thomas Huber]

Thanks for the Sax-ID, Maggi.

This was the only place we found Ranunculus, I think the snow has melted very late there,
because it was a north facing wall.

I have lots of campanulas in my garden, too, but to see them in the wild, especially in
which conditions they grow in always impressive!!

Otto, on our phone call this morning you requested to send some photos of my
children, well, here they are:

1 - Chris and Celine near Lake Vermunt
2 - Celine on a hike above Bieler Höhe
3 - Chris above Silvretta Lake
4 - Aconitum napellus and ? near Bieler Höhe
5 - Alpine meadow
6 - Hieracium intybaceum (thanks Franz for ID in Peters thread!)
7 - Many curves on the way to Bieler Höhe
8 - Gentiana nivalis
9 - Gentianella campestris
10 - Chris after an exhausting hike

[Thomas Huber]

I have just noticed that my two cheeky monkeys in the mountains
look like Heidi and Peter by Johanna Spyri 

[admin]

Your unknown last Saxifraga in the post  "reply no 3"above is S. aizoides

Here it is growing in Scotland (near Glenshee) - it's quite common but seems to prefer wetter  places. This is classic - on a wet streambank with lots of spray

[Maggi Young]

All they need for Heidi and Peter are these:


and look at the name of the ownwer of the site where I found these baby goats....http://www.joehubers.com/images/photos/redbarngoats.jpg    .... a relative perhaps!!

History of the Joe Huber Family Farm

Simon Huber migrated from Baden-Baden, Germany in 1843 and settled in Starlight, Indiana with apple trees ready to plant.  The seventh generation of Huber's now live here in Starlight.

[ranunculus]

Wonderful images Thomas!
Many thanks for posting (especially the Ranunculus, of course, but that goes without saying)!

[Lesley Cox]

Thomas, you must have had a wonderful holiday. Many thanks for sharing it with us. I think many of the photos are worthy of the AGS photographic competition. You'll have to join AGS We'd love some more pictures too.

[tonyg]

WOW Thomas - I just wish we could have been with you all.   Can we sort it for next year?   I hope so!!

[Olga Bondareva]

I like happy racket-band. 

Thomas, thanks for great photos and beautiful plants.

[ranunculus]

Certainly NOT a 'lonely goatherd' Maggi?