Untersberg travel guide

The Untersberg is a mountain massif in the Alps, between Berchtesgaden, Germany and Salzburg, Austria.
The mountain is perennially popular with tourists due to its proximity to the city of Salzburg, less than 16 km (10 mi) to the north of the mountain and within easy reach by bus. A variety of paths lead to the top, but most people use the cable car that lifts passengers over 1300m to the Geiereck peak.
The first recorded ascent of the mountain was in the first half of the 12th century by Eberwein, a member of the Augustinian monastery at Berchtesgaden.
The mountain also lends its name to an opera Der Untersberg written in 1829 by Johann Nepomuk (1783-1865), Baron of Poissl. (...)