Skitour Weißhorn in Ebensee

Characteristics:

• well-moderately difficult ski tour with some steep passages
• Difficulty II-III
• Avalanche danger: moderate, especially the ascent above the high trail should be taken with caution in the event of fresh snow, large amounts of snow, etc. from the steep flanks in the summit area.

TOUR PROCEDURE:

From the car park, first follow the wide forest path along the Offensee lake until you turn left towards Hochpafdgraben. After a white water barrier, the path becomes steeper and further up you reach the Hochpfadsattel on a wide path bordered by dense tree cover.

The trail soon descends briefly to the right and through a young forest you come to a forest road, which you follow uphill again to the right. After a hairpin bend, leave this road and climb higher via a steeper forest slope. At around 1,200 metres, you reach flat terrain.

Over several terrain steps with some longer ascents, you climb higher up the Galt-Weißhorn in terrain bordered on the left and right by steep mountain flanks. The storms of the last two years have raged here too, uprooting trees in rows. The route leads higher and over increasingly flatter regions you head through rocky areas (Steinernes Ghag) between the Weißhorn and Roßkogel.

The steep summit ascent then takes you up to the small cross on the Weißhorn with the great views. The descent largely follows the ascent route.