Hochmoor Bayrische Au

The only mountain pine peat bog in Austria.

The vegetation changes, the trail gets damp, the ground gives way under your feet and pine trees line the way - you are entering the Bavarian wetlands, Austrias only mountain pine peat bog. A variety of plants and animals habitate the peat bog for example the mountain pine, a relict form the ice age, the downa birch, crowberries, cranberries, cotton grass and many many butterflies.