Dachstein Mountain, Austria
Wednesday, 12 Sep 2018
Today was an early start for us as we would climbing up Dachstein Mountain. Not really climbing up, as we would be taking the gondola lift and do a glacier hike to one of the peaks at Dachstein. Dachstein is a karstic mountain, and the second highest mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps. Its highest point is at 2995m. Source: Wikipedia
We used our Schladming-Dachstein sommercard, so the gondola lift was free. During the summer months, you need to book your gondola ride as there are limited seats. You can do your reservation here. We booked ours at 9.15am
We started off from our guesthouse at 7am, took the bus to Planet Planai (free with sommercard), then took the Ramsau Dachstein bus at 8.10am (free with sommercard) to the Dachstein glacier lift. We reached at the bottom Dachstein gondola station at 9am and it was full of hikers.
When we reached up Dachstein, we walked a bit and took some photographs from the viewing platform. We skipped the Ice Palace, Suspension Bridge and Stairways to Nothingness (additional payment required) and decided to do the glacier hike instead. The hike to Dachsteinwarte (2740m elevation) took about 1 hour per way (1.7km per way) and we then returned back to Dachstein gondola station. There is a cafe hut (Seethalehutte) up there for hikers to stop by for drinks and meals. Those more daredevil can opt for a vertical hike up the rocks (not for the faint hearted!)
Although it was summer, there was still glacier on the mountain but the ice was not thick so we were able to hike without crampons or hiking poles. It wasn't too slippery.
We descended at about 1pm and took the bus back to Planet Planai at 1.50pm, reaching back Schladming at 2.35pm and had our lunch at Bashir's pizzeria again. We initially planned to hike to Untertal (bus at 3.50pm), but apparently the bus was non existent on this particular day. So we spent the rest of the afternoon around Schladming town, bought our train ticket to Halstatt for tomorrow and bought some souvenirs before taking the bus back to our guesthouse at 5.45pm
Tomorrow our journey would be continuing to Hallstatt
Today was an early start for us as we would climbing up Dachstein Mountain. Not really climbing up, as we would be taking the gondola lift and do a glacier hike to one of the peaks at Dachstein. Dachstein is a karstic mountain, and the second highest mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps. Its highest point is at 2995m. Source: Wikipedia
We used our Schladming-Dachstein sommercard, so the gondola lift was free. During the summer months, you need to book your gondola ride as there are limited seats. You can do your reservation here. We booked ours at 9.15am
We started off from our guesthouse at 7am, took the bus to Planet Planai (free with sommercard), then took the Ramsau Dachstein bus at 8.10am (free with sommercard) to the Dachstein glacier lift. We reached at the bottom Dachstein gondola station at 9am and it was full of hikers.
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| our bus from our guesthouse |
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| Dachstein gondola station |
When we reached up Dachstein, we walked a bit and took some photographs from the viewing platform. We skipped the Ice Palace, Suspension Bridge and Stairways to Nothingness (additional payment required) and decided to do the glacier hike instead. The hike to Dachsteinwarte (2740m elevation) took about 1 hour per way (1.7km per way) and we then returned back to Dachstein gondola station. There is a cafe hut (Seethalehutte) up there for hikers to stop by for drinks and meals. Those more daredevil can opt for a vertical hike up the rocks (not for the faint hearted!)
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| view from Dachstein bottom gondola station |
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| view from Dachstein top station |
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| view from Dachstein top station |
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| Dachstein mountain |
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| Dachstein mountain |
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| viewing platform |
Although it was summer, there was still glacier on the mountain but the ice was not thick so we were able to hike without crampons or hiking poles. It wasn't too slippery.
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| glacier hike |
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| glacier hike |
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| beware of crevasse |
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| glacier hike |
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| we reached Dachsteinwarte peak (2740m) |
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| Seethalehutte at Dachsteinwarte peak. Notice the Nepali prayer flags |
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| On the Dachsteinwarte glacier hike trail |
We descended at about 1pm and took the bus back to Planet Planai at 1.50pm, reaching back Schladming at 2.35pm and had our lunch at Bashir's pizzeria again. We initially planned to hike to Untertal (bus at 3.50pm), but apparently the bus was non existent on this particular day. So we spent the rest of the afternoon around Schladming town, bought our train ticket to Halstatt for tomorrow and bought some souvenirs before taking the bus back to our guesthouse at 5.45pm
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| charming village view at Ramsau Dachstein |
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| cows grazing |
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| more happy cow |
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| charming village view at Ramsau Dachstein |
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| Rathaus at Schladming town |
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| river at Schladming town. You can also kayak here |
Tomorrow our journey would be continuing to Hallstatt
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