--- title: Ski tour Schafkogel (touring area Hengstpass) url: "https://www.upperaustria.com/en/oesterreich-tour/detail/430002593/ski-tour-schafkogel-touring-area-hengstpass.html" description: The Schafkogel from Hengstpass is a very popular mid-winter tour which often is permitted by as early as December and ideal for beginners is good geeigent, but also well suited as bad weather tour. date: 2017-02-22 modified: 2026-03-18 --- # Ski tour Schafkogel (touring area Hengstpass) Ski tour Schafkogel (touring area Hengstpass) =============================================== **Starting place:** 4581 Rosenau am Hengstpaß **Destination:** 4581 Rosenau am Hengstpaß ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/242015/4E6E07FF94CD62BE085D47AE72EDC5D7E1A6C14A286386EBBF762E04B3A0FC49/skitour.jpg) © Open copyright © Alpenland Tourismus GmbH/Florian Lierzer Close copyright [ ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/242015/4E6E07FF94CD62BE085D47AE72EDC5D7E1A6C14A286386EBBF762E04B3A0FC49/skitour.jpg "© Alpenland Tourismus GmbH/Florian Lierzer") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/242015/4E6E07FF94CD62BE085D47AE72EDC5D7E1A6C14A286386EBBF762E04B3A0FC49/skitour.jpg) Bahnhofstraße 2 4581 Rosenau am Hengstpaß [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Bahnhofstra%C3%9Fe%202%2C%204581%20Rosenau%20am%20Hengstpa%C3%9F "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Bahnhofstra%C3%9Fe%202%2C%204581%20Rosenau%20am%20Hengstpa%C3%9F "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-basemap&path=enc:mlabH{aiwAs@~BYf@OdCOdCOrCHlAR|AZd@XoAt@OfAVXg@lA{BnAgCdAkBdAw@Zd@OjBHnAb@VXaA\wBd@uCXoARlAHhBWrC@hBGpA?r@Z??`A@dCBpCv@nChCdG`CbEvFpIn@|Cd@vDj@tLlBvDnCm@xAC`Fz@nC`@vE^pCjAnDgDt@JvBlC\fEJpCZlARbC&server=meta.tourdata.at) The Schafkogel from Hengstpass is a very popular mid-winter tour which often is permitted by as early as December and ideal for beginners is good geeigent, but also well suited as bad weather tour. From the parking lot at the Karlshütte first across the meadow slightly downhill to the Red Cross Chapel. Now follow the forest road to the left and at the first bend straight through the woods back to the road. Now it is right next to the meadow is visible. You go uphill in sweeping and take a slight right up to the edge of the forest at about 1,100 meters. Now left up through the clear, increasingly steep forest in beautiful sweeping. Holding to the summit cross of Schafkogel Finally, on the back and right. departure: as ascent trail. [ Tour and route information ](#ttgCollapseTourdetails) --------------------------------------------------------- **Starting place:** 4581 Rosenau am Hengstpaß **Destination:** 4581 Rosenau am Hengstpaß **duration:** 2h 41m **length:** 3,2 km **Altitude difference (uphill):** 674m **Altitude difference (downhill):** 51m **Lowest point:** 855m **Highest point:** 1.512m **difficulty:** easy **condition:** easy **panoramic view:** Some Views **Paths covering:** snow **Starting point:** Karlhütte am Hengstpass **Destination:** Karlhütte am Hengstpass **Details - Ski**- Descent: difficulty: easy, 690 Metres of altitude [ ![Altitude profile Ski tour Schafkogel (touring area Hengstpass)](//static.et4.de/ElevationProfileChart/Go.ashx?Experience=hoehenprofil-meta&Server=meta.tourdata.at&AddElevations=true&AddOfftrackWaypoints=false&AddSurfaces=true&AddWaypoints=false&globalid=tourdata_tour_430002593&width=355&height=250&FontSize=12&mkt=en) ![Altitude profile Ski tour Schafkogel (touring area Hengstpass)](//static.et4.de/ElevationProfileChart/Go.ashx?Experience=hoehenprofil-meta&Server=meta.tourdata.at&AddElevations=true&AddOfftrackWaypoints=false&AddSurfaces=true&AddWaypoints=false&globalid=tourdata_tour_430002593&width=450&height=350&mkt=en) ](#ttgHoehenprofilModal "Ski tour Schafkogel (touring area Hengstpass)") [ Arrival ](#ttgCollapseAnreise) ---------------------------------- **Accessibility / arrival**From Windischgarsten you go to Rosenau and on to the Hengstpaß. After the pass, drive a few hundred meters down to right at the road the Karlshütte find. [ Suitability ](#ttgCollapseEignung) -------------------------------------- **Most economical season**- Early winter - Deep winter [ Accessibility ](#ttgCollapseBarrierefreiheit) ------------------------------------------------- Please get in touch for more information. [ Contact ](#ttgCollapseKontakt) ---------------------------------- **Ski tour Schafkogel (touring area Hengstpass)** Alpenland Tourismus GmbH Bahnhofstraße 2 4581 Rosenau am Hengstpaß Phone [ +43 7562 5266 ](tel:+4375625266) Fax machine +43 7562 5266 - 10 E-Mail [info@pyhrn-priel.net](#mailto) Web [www.urlaubsregion-pyhrn-priel.at](https://www.urlaubsregion-pyhrn-priel.at "New window") https://www.urlaubsregion-pyhrn-priel.at --- **We speak the following languages** German [ Declaration of consent ](#ttgCollapseZustimmung) ---------------------------------------------------- Interactive elevation profile ------------------------------- [ Download GPS data ](#ttgDisclaimerContent) [ Create PDF ](#ttgTourdataPdfModal430002593) [To the website](https://www.urlaubsregion-pyhrn-priel.at "New window") ×Declaration of consent ---------------------- The tours presented here are suggested tours that are provided free of charge. 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