Woodwork in the mountain forest

Rock and spruce: Austria’s most dangerous job!

Forestry work in extreme terrain - in nature it is even steeper than here in the photo.(Bild: Hannes Wallner)

Healthy forests offer protection and recreation. The "Bergkrone" accompanied lumberjacks as they worked in extreme mountain terrain. What these guys achieve is enormous.

"Watch out!" Lumberjack Alexandru warns me to be careful. It's December, the forest floor is frozen, covered in slippery leaves, interspersed with rocks and extremely steep. According to accident statistics, logging in mountainous terrain is one of the most demanding and dangerous jobs in Austria.