Kleine Mitterstein-Tour

The "Kleine Mitterstein tour" is perfect for gaining your first experience of ski touring.

The "Kleine Mitterstein tour" is an easy tour that leads along marked downhill and uphill trails through high alpine terrain.

Even though this route is considered a beginner's tour, rapid changes in the weather are not uncommon in this terrain and can be dangerous if you don't have the right equipment and experience. Please pay attention to the weather forecast.

This tour takes around one hour (depending on your fitness level and excl. gondola ride). If visibility is good, the entire tour is visible from the mountain station.

The tour is only possible during the operating hours of the Dachstein Glacier Gondola.

Conditions on the glacier
The "Kleine Mitterstein tour" is located above the tree line. Most of the Dachstein glacier faces north-east or north and is susceptible to rapid weather changes. Another major issue is rapidly falling or long-lasting fog, which can cause temperatures to plummet. Please inform yourself well before the tour about the weather development and snow conditions and carry sufficient protective equipment.

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

Best season

January

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The tour in numbers

easy

Level of difficulty

2,3 km

Route

1:00 h

Time

150 hm

Uphill

150 hm

Downhill

2687 m

Highest point

Map & downloads

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More information

From the west: Tauern Autobahn (A10) to Knoten Ennstal - turnoff direction Graz/Schladming - stay on the Ennstal-Bundesstraße (B320) for approx. 20 km until Schladming - take the turnoff for Ramsau - via the Dachsteinstraße to the Dachstein Gondola Bottom Station

From the north: Pyhrn Autobahn (A 9) direction Liezen - take the Ennstal-Bundesstraße (B320) to Schladming - turnoff Ramsau - via the Dachsteinstraße to the Dachstein Gondola Bottom Station

The tour begins with an easy descent via a groomed and marked piste to the mountain station of the old Mitterstein chairlift (closed). Here you will be skinned up and ascend via a marked and groomed ascent track in a wide arc keeping to the left towards Koppenkarstein, Austria Scharte and back to the mountain station. The tour is suitable for both beginners and experienced ski tourers.

The alpine emergency number in Austria is 140 (Europe 112).

If you have no network reception, please restart your phone. However, before you enter your PIN code for the SIM card, dial the emergency number. You can also make the emergency call in other networks.

Take the 960 bus to the Dachstein Türlwandhütte stop.

Bus schedule of the Ramsauer Verkehrsbetriebe: Timetable and route, RVB Ramsauer Verkehrsbetriebe

Trip Planner: www.verbundlinie.at

Even though there are parking spaces at the Dachstein Gondola Bottom Station, it is recommended that you take the public bus from Schladming or Ramsau to use the gondola.

In Schladming and in Ramsau/Dachstein you will of course find many providers who will support you at the start of your ski touring career and teach you the right ascent and descent technique, or who will take over your tour planning for more demanding companies and guide you safely through the high alpine terrain.

For more detailed information, please contact a local mountain guide: Mountain and hiking guides | Schladming-Dachstein

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