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Gesäuse Mountains-Alps

The Gesäuse has the highest density of mountain huts in the northern Alpine arc.

Hesshütte 1.699 m

  • From Johnsbach/GH Kölbl via Normalsteig past the Jagahoferalm approx. 3 hours
  • from Gstatterboden / Kummerbrücke bus stop via the Wasserfallweg (path secured with ladders / no dizziness!) in approx. 4 hours
  • from the Hartelsgaben parking lot on the Gesäuse main road/Hartelsbrücke bridge (between Hieflau and Gstatterboden) via Hartelsgraben and over the Sulzkarhund approx. 5 ½ hours
  • Transition from the Haindlkarhütte on the Peternpfad (difficulty level II) approx. 5
  • Tour options:
  • Josefinensteig - Guglgrat - Hochtor 2,369 m, walking time from the Hesshütte
  • approx. 2 1/2 hours, difficulty level:
  • Johnsbach (Kölblwirt) - Schneeloch - Hochtor- Hesshütte, walking time from
  • Johnsbach - junction Schneeloch - Hochtor - Hesshütte: approx. 5 1/2
  • hours, difficulty level:
  • Zinödl - Goss - Panoramaweg Walking time from the Hesshütte via Zinödl -
  • Goss - Panoramaweg return approx. 3 hours
  • Roßkuppen - Dachlgrat - Hochtor (climbing tour), walking time from the Hesshütte
  • to the Hochtor approx. 3 1/2 hours, difficulty level:
  • Roßkuppen - Dachlgrat - Hochtor (climbing tour), walking time from the Hesshütte
  • to the Hochtor approx. 3 1/2 hours, difficulty level:
     
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(Hoch-) Zinödl 2.191 m

  • Walking time from the Hesshütte via Zinödl - Goss - Panoramaweg back approx. 3 hours
    via Hartelsgraben via Sulzkar (turn-off before Sulzkaralm) approx. 3 hours
    originally from Hartelsgraben via Handhabenriegelweg and Wolfbaueralm (abandoned), walking time approx. 5 hours (no longer marked!)
    We slowly descended to the Wolfbauern-Alpe, which we reached around 9 a.m., and spent the night there. The next day, a steep, rocky path led us down to the Hartelsgraben bridge in the Ennsthal valley.
    (Wilhelm Schleicher: From the Upper Styrian Alps. Jahrbuch des Österr. Alpenvereins 1867, p. 38.) In Hess, Special-Führer durch das Gesäuse, 1884, this manual climb was still recommended as the normal route from Hieflau to the Hoch-Zinödl in 4 ½ hours.

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Planspitze 2.117 m

  • Ascent via Hesshütte, normal route, walking time approx. 5 hours
  • via Haindlkarhütte and the Peternpfad (difficulty level II) approx. 5 1/2 hours or
  • via Wasserfallweg (path secured with ladders / no dizziness!) and Kölblplan junction approx. 4 hours

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Hochtor 2.369 m

  • from Johnsbach (Kölblwirt) via Schneeloch to Hochtor, return via Hesshütte, walking time from Johnsbach - junction Schneeloch - Hochtor - Hesshütte: approx. 5 1/2 hours, difficulty level: I
  • via Josefinensteig - Guglgrat to Hochtor 2,369 m, walking time from Hesshütte approx. 2 1/2 hours, difficulty level: I
  • Roßkuppen - Dachlgrat - Hochtor (climbing tour), walking time from the Hesshütte to the Hochtor approx. 3 1/2 hours, difficulty level: II

Haindlkarhütte 1.121 m

  • From the parking lot on the Gesäuse main road between Johnsbachtal and Gstatterboden (near the Zigeunerbrücke tunnel) via the normal route approx. 1 1/2 hours
  • From the Gesäuse main road (parking lot Weidendom / near GH Bachbrücke) approx. 2 km in the direction of Johnsbach along the “Wilden-John-Weg”, then via Gsengscharte (path no. 658) walking time approx. 2 1/2 hours, return via normal path and along the cycle path (bypass tunnel Zigeunerbrücke) back to the starting point.
  • Transition to Hesshütte / Planspitze via Peternpfad (difficulty level II)

Lugauer 2.217 m

  • Radmer church Walking time approx. 5 hours
  • Radmer “GH zum Lugauer” via “Gspitzer Stein”, (walking time approx. 2 ½ hours from “Gspitzer Stein”, 1,556 m)
  • Johnsbach, Neuburgsattel and “Gspitzer Stein” (approx. 2 ½ hours
  • from “Gspitzer Stein”, 1,556 m)
  • Hieflau “Waaggraben” via Scheucheggalm and Hochpolster
  • via Hartelsgraben and Hochpolster
     

Sulzkaralm 1.453 m

  • Hartelsgraben parking lot (Gesäusestraße between Hieflau and Gstatterboden) approx. 2 hrs.
  • Radmer “GH zum Lugauer” via “Gspitzer Stein”, 1,556 m and Haselkaralm
  • Johnsbach, Neuburgsattel and “Gspitzer Stein” 1,556 m and Haselkaralm
  • Via Sulzkarhund (from Johnsbach/Kölblwirt or via Wasserfallweg/Hesshütte) or
  • from Hochzinödl via Steig (descent)

Teil der "Johnsbacher Almenrunde"

Kölblalm 1.108 m

  • Starting point Johnsbach parking lot “Ebneralm”, via gorge (forest road), walking time approx. 1 hour
  • Starting point Johnsbach “Ebneralm” parking lot at the Ebner farm via hiking trail towards Kölbalm, walking time approx. 1 hour
  • Starting point Johnsbach parking lot “Ebneralm”, via gorge (forest road) but shortly after the “tunnel” follow the marked path on the left Walking time approx. 3/4 hour
  • Coming from the Ebneralm (circular route)

Teil der "Johnsbacher Almenrunde"

Huberalm ca. 1.400 m

  • Starting point Johnsbach/Klamm , walking time approx. 1 1/2 hours or
    from Radmer an der Hasel via Neuburgalm

Teil der "Johnsbacher Almenrunde"

Zeiringeralm ca. 1.115 m

  • At the head of the Johnsbach valley, accessible by car
  • Circular trail to the Ebneralm, Huberalm, Neuburgalm or Kölbalm

more alps and mountains in the gesäuse

Ödstein 2.335m

Starting point Johnsbach / Oberkainz via Kirchengrat (normal ascent), difficulty level II and I or
Crossing the entire ridge from Großer Ödstein to Hochtor via Teufelsturm, Festkogel, Festkogelturm, Haindlkarwand difficulty level III+

Haindlkar parking lot (590m) - Haindlkarhütte (1,121m) - Peternpfad, the actual start of the climbing sections (approx. 1,600m) - Peternscharte (2,040m) - transition to the Hesshütte (difficulty level II)

  • Hartelsgraben
  • Radmer via Gspitzer Stein
  • Johnsbach via Neuburgalm and Gspitzer Stein
  • Hieflau via Hochpolster
  • from Hesshütte via Sulkarhund and Sulzkaralm or
  • via Hüpflinger Hals and Wirtsalm coming from Johnsbach
  • Starting point Johnsbach/Klamm, walking time approx. 2 hours or
    from Radmer (show mine)
  • Ascent via Johnsbach / Ebneralm or Zeiringeralm or
  • coming from Neuburgalm/Neuburgsattel
  • coming from Hinterradmer via Schafbödenalm or
  • coming from Hinterradmer via Loferalm