Austria - Summer in Gastein, out and about in Gasteinertal

Mercury rising and falling - out and about in the Gastein Valley

Flowers bloom in the snow on Stubnerkogel

We needed our thermals at the top of the mountain as the temperature dipped to 2 degrees. Amazingly it had been over 30 degrees in the Valley the week before. Happy to report that it was not long before the sun appeared again and burned away the snow. Time to head out on the bike.

Heading South out of Bad Hofgastein

Up to the Kotschachtal

Old Bockstein at the end of the valley

On the Archdukes Way

Hinterschneeberg

The quiet byways in Gastein

Idyllic Austrian landscape in Gastein

Relaxing after lunch at the Baerstein Alm

Signs in Gastein - Cows take top billing over here

Taking Steps - Stiegl at the Fundner Heimalm

A working dog always looking for a game at the Fundner

She certainly can yodel

In the shade at the Alpen Arena Bad Hofgastein

The festival for the longest day