800m. In the wide, open E/W Ennstal, near Salzburg County, in the heart of the DACHSTEIN-TAUERN-REGION, lies the CLIMATICALLY HEALTHY RESORT of Gröbming, with its nearby villages embedded in fields and woods. Here the mountain scenery is impressive. To the N. the E-facing mountains of the DACHSTEIN MASSIV'S glacier formation withthe craggy summit of the Stoderzinken (2048m), Kammspitz (2139m), Grimming (2351). To the S. the many, often easytowalk summits of the Schladminger and Lower TAUERN with several romantic and attractive side valleys and alsomore than 100 mountain lakes. Gröbming is wellknown as FAMILYWELCOMING, with its typical style and STYRIAN sincerity. It has a lovely centre with beautiful architecture. Traditions and customs are still in use. Personalities from nobility, politics and art lived here or were born here, e. g. the actor Rudolf Forster or Christine Kaufmann, the exwife of Hollywood's Tony Curtis. Various sports and activities in village. Lovely, easy walks invalley, through woods and fields across charming high plateaus, up to wonderful Alpine pastures with Alpine Flora, and to mountain summits. Tennis courts, openair pool, hotel indoor pool, saunas, canoes, hanggliding, paragliding, pony riding, long cycle tours, bikes to rent, fishing, Vita-Parcours, horsedrawn coach riding, kindergarten forguests, playground, mountain guide, spa possibilities, minigolf, bowling, cinema, dancing, entertainment, cosy inns, restaurants, cafes, high Alpine road. Summer Skiing on DACHSTEIN GLACIER, sportsplane airfield in Niederöblarn, bathing lake in Irdning. Also very near, Salzkammergut with its many lovely lakes and mountains, icecaves, saltworks in Hallstatt, Bad Ischl with Kaiservilla or Salzburg. WINTER: DACHSTEIN-TAUERN SKIING AREA and SKIW. M. RE-GION with 100 lifts, 150km. of descents, 1 super skipass, 200km of crosscountry skiing, all year round skiingon Dachstein Glacier. In Village: 2 lifts, skischool, tobogganing, crosscountry skiing, iceskating/curling, sledge rides, feeding wild animals, walks.