Pliotu ami cupynglit by (._.. Iv. Jlallai 

 A BIT OF OI,D SAIvZBURG : AUSTRIA 



for the Tauern Mountains and Carinthia, 

 and Graz for the mountains of Styria. 



The chief differences between the 

 mountains of these several sections, ex- 

 cepting the Dolomites, which are of an 

 entirely distinct formation, are attributa- 

 ble to climatic conditions. Thus the slopes 

 of the South Tyrol, warmed by the soft 

 winds from the Adriatic, are for the most 

 part wooded and green, giving way to 

 snow only when a very high altitude is 



reached, w'hile farther north in the fast- 

 nesses of the Vorarlberg, North Tyrol, 

 and Tauern Mountains there is much of 

 snow and ice the year round. 



The Dolomites stand in a class entirely 

 by themselves, their tall spire-like peaks 

 of bare brown-red rock matching neither 

 the green slopes nor the snow-white peaks 

 of the other mountains. Until recently the 

 heart of the Dolomite region was pretty 

 much shut off from the travelling public 



