The 30 Highest Summits of Austria

by Chris Riefenberg

Bottom of the face

Early start after the lake

On the glacier, before the seracs

On top of the face

in the face on the way up

Summit of the Hinterer Brochkogel North face

by Chris Riefenberg

Top of Hinterer Brochkogel

by Chris Riefenberg

Top of Vorderer Brochkogel

by Chris Riefenberg

Top of Wildspitze

by Chris Riefenberg

Start of the tour

Final ridge, from the summit

The view on the all ridge

by Chris Riefenberg

Description

FATMAP Pro Ambassador, Kilian Echallier, planned and researched a list of Austria's highest summits that had at least 150m of prominence - at least 150m difference between it and the next nearest summit.

You'll find all of his tracked routes in this Guidebook and hopefully it will motivate and inspire you to visit some of these mountains, or even come up with your own challenge!

Kilian completed his challenge in of climbing all 30 in 8 months and 23 days and in doing so, he discovered some of the most spectacular and unknown areas of Austria.

30HSOA-#1 Grossglockner

1 day +

15.5 km

1,865 m

33 °

The last one !

Moderate

Private

30HSOA-#2 #6 #8 Vorderer & Hinterer Brochkogel, Wildspitze

14.9 km

1,404 m

Nice round away from the crowd to summit the top of Tirol

Severe

Private

30HSOA-#3 #15 Weisskugel & Langtauferer Spitze

1 day +

31.9 km

1,972 m

2,499 m

27 °

A classic and a less classic one ! Good skiing on the east face of the Weisskugel.

Severe

Private

Großvenediger Tour

3 - 4 hrs

7.2 km

1,261 m

201 m

A high mountain tour to the highest peak in the Salzburger Land, the Großvenediger. The Großvenediger, the "world-old majesty", is the strongly glaciated main summit of the Venediger group in the Hohe Tauern on the border between East Tyrol and Salzburg. With a height of 3.666m it is the highest peak in the Salzburger Land, the fifth highest mountain in Austria and the fourth highest mountain on Austrian territory.

Severe

Private

30HSOA-#5 Hintere Schwärze

1 day +

20.0 km

2,049 m

1,445 m

35 °

Impressive icy north face to ski

Extreme

Private

30HSOA-#7 Similaun

6 - 7 hrs

12.9 km

1,147 m

1,127 m

29 °

Number 7 on the list, classic but beautiful summit of the Ötztal alps.

Moderate

Private

30HSOA-#9 Grosses Wiesbachhorn

11.3 km

1,486 m

1,491 m

Beautiful and easy high alpine trail

Moderate

Private

30HSOA-#10 Rainerhorn

1 day +

28.6 km

2,147 m

2,140 m

20 °

Long glacier tour

Moderate

Private

30HSOA-#11 Grosser Ramolkogel

1 day +

15.0 km

1,836 m

1,838 m

36 °

Steep north face

Extreme

Private

30HSOA-#12 #24 Schalfkogel & Firmisanschneide

1 day +

18.1 km

1,436 m

2,237 m

28 °

Alpine summits, requires full skills of an alpinist and a good skier too

Extreme

Private

30HSOA-#13 Hochvernargtspitze

4 - 5 hrs

9.4 km

835 m

837 m

36 °

Beautiful tour to this remote summit !

Difficult

Private

30HSOA-#14 Watzespitze

1 day +

15.0 km

1,910 m

1,934 m

32 °

Western alps ambiance for this beautiful tour

Difficult

Private

30HSOA-#16 #25 Weisseespitze & Hintere Hintereisspitze

1 day +

26.8 km

1,002 m

2,198 m

21 °

One classic and one forgotten summit !

Difficult

Private

30HSOA-#17 Fineilspitze

6 - 7 hrs

12.6 km

1,162 m

1,253 m

37 °

Nice way to traverse between those 2 valleys with a nice ridge climb in bonus

Difficult

Private

30HSOA-#18 Hochfeiler North face

1 day +

19.4 km

1,930 m

1,927 m

45 °

Really nice north face of the Zillertal alps, one of the best in Tirol for steep skiing.

Severe

Private

30HSOA-#19 Zuckerhütl

1 day +

18.4 km

2,141 m

2,142 m

32 °

Classic and easy Stubaital summit

Moderate

Private

30HSOA-#20 Dreiherrenspitze

1 day +

27.8 km

2,285 m

2,273 m

28 °

The Austrian way to reach this classic summit

Difficult

Private

30HSOA-#21 Fluchtkogel

3 - 4 hrs

6.0 km

811 m

295 m

35 °

Nice summit between the two most beautiful hütte around !

Difficult

Private

30HSOA-#22 Schrankogel

1 day +

22.3 km

1,969 m

35 °

The best one of the Stubaital

Severe

Private

30HSOA-#23-Rötspitze

1 day +

17.7 km

1,972 m

1,958 m

30 °

Beautiful and technic alpine tour

Difficult

Private

30HSOA-#26 Grosser Möseler

21.7 km

1,787 m

Bike approach + alpinism mission

Moderate

Private

30HSOA-#27 Hochwilde

3 - 4 hrs

5.7 km

659 m

55 m

31 °

Not too much skiing, more climbing for this one.

Difficult

Private

30HSOA-#28 Olperer

12.2 km

1,676 m

1,673 m

Combine trail running and nice scrambling on the final ridge

Moderate

Private

30HSOA-#29 Ruderhofspitze

1 day +

18.4 km

1,785 m

2,344 m

29 °

Quick tour up to a 3000m peak

Difficult

Private

30HSOA-#30 Hinterer Seelenkogel

1 day +

20.5 km

2,063 m

1,137 m

25 °

At the border with Italia for an enjoyable ski tour.

Severe

Private