Ice bathing around Dachstein West

When your feet slowly dip into the ice-cold water, everything goes quiet. Your breathing changes, your body reacts immediately, your head clears. Ice bathing is challenging and invigorating at the same time. The brief contact with the cold water strengthens your body awareness, stimulates your circulation and gives you an intense moment of concentration on the here and now.

In Russbach and Annaberg-Lungötz, this special nature experience is part of the winter programme. After bathing in cold water, the barrel sauna awaits. The warmth slowly spreads, muscles relax, and blood circulation gets going. The alternation of cold and heat provides a deep sense of well-being and makes ice bathing a great experience even for beginners. Anyone who tries it will quickly understand why this form of winter activity is becoming increasingly popular.