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Hochschwab (four-day hike)

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Distance
33.55 mi
Elevation gain
10,955 ft
Technical difficulty
Difficult
Elevation loss
10,955 ft
Max elevation
7,470 ft
TrailRank 
61
Min elevation
2,911 ft
Trail type
Loop
Time
3 days 9 minutes
Coordinates
11616
Uploaded
August 1, 2018
Recorded
July 2018
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near Seewiesen, Styria (Austria)

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Itinerary description

A complete four-day circular hike of Hochschwab massif starting and finishing at Seeberg Saddle, its easternmost part. We stayed at the mountain huts for a night but camping is generally allowed in the area (in case of camping bear in mind though that the water sources are quite rare there as it's a limestone massif).

Hochschwab is a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps of Austrian "Bundesland" of Styria (Steiermark). A central part of the massif is an extensive limestone plateau offering stunning alpine outdoors which can rival the other (more popular and much more crowded) alpine limestone mountain ranges of Slovenia or Italy.

Technically speaking the trek is quite easy (alpine hiking with occasional scramble) but it's definitely more difficult than it might seem at first glance. That's why, given the overall 3000+ elevation gain, I list it as difficult.

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Waypoints

PictographSummit Altitude 5,686 ft
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Seeleiten

Seeleiten, 1734 m ASL

PictographFountain Altitude 5,988 ft
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A water well

One of the very few reliable water sources within the whole area of Hochschschwab massif.

PictographMountain hut Altitude 7,062 ft

Schiestlhaus

http://www.schiestlhaus.at/

PictographSummit Altitude 7,469 ft
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Hochschwab

Hochschwab, 2277 m ASL

PictographWilderness hut Altitude 7,046 ft
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Fleischer Biwak

An emergency shelter for up to four people.

PictographSummit Altitude 7,407 ft
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Zagelkogel

Zagelkogel, 2255 m ASL

PictographSummit Altitude 6,322 ft
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Zinken

Zinken, 1926 m ASL

PictographMountain hut Altitude 5,054 ft
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Häuslalm

http://www.haeuslalm.at/

PictographLake Altitude 4,670 ft
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Sackwiesensee

One and only lake within the whole area is an excellent bathing spot during high summer (provided that you don't mind the thick layer of organic matter on the bottom oozing thick hydrogen sulphite odour anytime you step into it).

PictographProvisioning Altitude 2,989 ft

Bodenbauer

There's a hotel with restaurant as well as a museum of Hochschwab. The spot is accessible by car. https://www.der-bodenbauer.at/

PictographFountain Altitude 5,827 ft
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G'hacktbrunn

A water well beneath the lower end of G'hackte secured route.

PictographMountain hut Altitude 5,477 ft
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Voisthaler Hütte

https://www.alpenverein.at/voisthalerhuette/

PictographProvisioning Altitude 3,342 ft

Alpengasthof Schuster

A roadside mountain hotel with restaurant.

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