Dachstein

Salzkammergut / Austria
Non-smoker Apartments / Grabler

Characteristic:
Walk on the glacier,
climbing tour

Catering:
Mountain inns,
serviced mountain huts

Villages: Hallstatt / Obertraun, Salzkammergut, Upper Austria,
or Ramsau im Ennstal, Styria, Austria

Destination: The Dachstein with his lightening glaciers is with his 2996 m the only
three thousand metres high mountain and because of that
the highest summit of the Salzkammergut

Starting points for the climbing tour up the Dachstein are the villages Hallstatt, Obertraun (1 hour by car from Altmünster) and in Styria the village Ramsau
The path from Hallstatt leads up direclty from the valley (530m) via the Echerntal the hut Tiergartenhütte (1468 m) and the hut Wiesberghaus (1872 m)
If you start in Obertraun take the Krippenstein-cable car – both routes lead to the hut Simony-Hütte (2205 m)
From this hut are just 200 high metres left. . .
. . . before you reach (after about 3 km of paths) the Randkluft on the glacier Hallstätter Gletscher at the beginning of the summit on 2700 m
Till that point the path can be seen as easy if you keep the precautionary measures
By the way, this point can be reached easier and quicker from the Styrian side . . .
. . . driving up the toll-road to the Dachstein-cable car and drive with it up to the Hunerkogel (2700 m) and be therefore directly in the glacier area

Walk from the Hunerkogel over the glacier to the beginning of the summit (1 hour walking time) - which should be climbed just by experienced hikers
Mountain guides are at your disposa
The climbing up the Dachstein is really worthwhile - staying power, slip resistance, as well as alpine and glacier experience and the correspondent equipment are necessary, and you should have a good head for heigths
Besides the climbing up the Dachstein-summit there are many crossings in the Dachstein area, which make great demands on condition and sense of direction

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Last updated 2004-09-28