Großer Priel is the highest mountain

Mountain

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 in the Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n mountain range of Totes Gebirge

Totes Gebirge

The Totes Gebirge is a group of mountains in Austria, part of the Northern Limestone Alps, lying between the Salzkammergut and the Ennstaler Alpen. The name Totes Gebirge is derived from the German words tot meaning "dead", referring to the apparent lack of vegetation, and Gebirge meaning "mountain...

. The most common routes of ascent are from the Prielschutzhaus, an alpine hut managed by the Österreichischer Alpenverein

Österreichischer Alpenverein

The Austrian Alpine Club has 377,000 members in 197 branches and is the largest mountaineering club in Austria. It is responsible for the upkeep of over 242 alpine huts in Austria and neighbouring countries...

, on the south side of the mountain, and from the Welser Hütte on the north side. There are also a number of paths leading from Großer Priel to the rest of the plateau of the Totes Gebirge.