Traversing via Schladminger Gletscher and Tiergarten-descent

Access

Drive Hallstätterseestraße along Hallstättersee (lake) until you reach Obertraun - the gondola-station Krippenstein is indicated on signs - take a road up to the skiing-station.

It is advisable to have one car at the parking at the end of the traverse (from Lahn at Hallstättersee drive up to a parking at Lackner: 542m) and take the other one to get to the gondola at Obertraun - ca. 8km.

Approach

Take a gongola from Obertraun up to Krippenstein (2053m) - ski down on slopes to Gjaidalm (1739m).

Route

1. Here, the backcountry-skiing starts. Ski up to Kaserne Oberwald (military) - head south, staying east of the mountainrange connecting Taubenkogel and Niederer Gjaidstein - be aware of dolines in this area !!! - the path turns a lot and you ski up and down over little cols - usually poles show you the path which is not always evident - head on south until you reach 2150m (Niederer Gjaidstein is now west of you)
2. Head SW until you reach a chair-lift - ascent to the top of the lift - you reach Schladminger Gletscher (glacier) - ascent to the col Gjaidsteinsattel (2600m)
3. Traverse Hallstättergletscher heading W to reach the foot of Hoher Dachstein at 2800m - there may be crevasses ascending to the start of the rock-part - to climb the summit (2993m) you will have to climb up snow-covered rock graded PD+/ AD-.
4. Descent on Hallstättergletscher heading N to Simonyhütte (there are several ways to pass the glacier)
5. From Simonyhütte ski down to the plateau and head N to Wiesberghaus (1897m) - from Wiesberghaus ski down NW (Tiergartenabfahrt) until you reach a forest-road at 1138m - ski down the road to a parking at 600m.