Zell am See in the Austria's Salzburgerland is the latest to build a new high altitude year-round viewing platform.
The new Kaiserblick viewing platform at the top station of the Schmittenhöhe cable car, located at an altitude of 2,000m provides stunning views out over the resort and lake as well as more than 30 3,000-metre peaks, which, a resort spokesperson said, "…you can get up close and personal with using a telescope."
At its furthest extent the platform rises 30 metres above the mountainside below and some sections have a glass floor.
Many mountain resorts have added viewing platforms in recebnt years to try to increase their year round appeal for non-skiers.
The Zell am see-Kaprun resort already has another, higher platform at 3,029m on the Kitzsteinhorn which provides views of the glaciated flanks of the three thousand metre peaks of the Hohe Tauern National Park and looking south you can see Austria's highest mountain, the 3,798-metre Grossglockner.
(construction work nearing completion in July)