Grossglockner — The Gamsgrubenweg Trail

Starting at the end of the high-alpine Grossglockner High Alpine Road (Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe), the Gamsgrubenweg is a masterpiece of high-altitude trail engineering. It contours high above the Pasterze, Austria's largest glacier, leading into the heart of the Hohe Tauern National Park. The trail passes through several tunnels built to protect hikers from rockfall, eventually opening into the vast, tundra-like 'Gamsgrube' (Chamois Pit), a special protection zone where the rare flora and fauna of the high Alps thrive in the shadow of the Grossglockner (3,798m).

The Thames Path is a unique 185-mile (298km) National Trail that follows the greatest river in England from its source to the sea. Starting in the quiet, idyllic meadows of the Cotswolds near Kemble, the path slowly grows alongside the river. It meanders through historic university cities like Oxford, past the dramatic locks and weirs of Henley and Windsor, before plunging into the heart of London. The final stretches follow the iconic tidal river past the Houses of Parliament, the Tower of London, and finishes at the monumental Thames Barrier in Greenwich. It is a long, gentle, completely flat walk through the history of British civilization.