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| Hohe Wand   | 
| Page Type: Area/Range Location: Lower Austria, Austria, Europe Lat/Lon: 47.81440°N / 16.00220°E Activities: Hiking, Trad Climbing, Sport Climbing, Toprope, Via Ferrata Season: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter Elevation: 3714 ft / 1132 m | Page By: DoJo Created/Edited: Jun 1, 2007 / Sep 20, 2008 Object ID: 297951 Hits: 1258 Loading... Page Score: 88.49% - 11 Votes Loading... Vote: Log in to vote |
OverviewHohe Wand as part of the Gutensteiner Alpen are a part of the Northern Limestone Alps
The highest elevation at Hohe Wand is Plackles (1132m) - for climbers IMHO not interesting.
Hohe Wand offers hundreds of climbing routes (from easy to extreme) on its east side, but also some viae ferratae and easy hiking trails. Hohe Wand is therefore an important recreational area for the inhabitants of Vienna and Southern Lower Austria.
Also visitors from Hungary and Slovakia climb at Hohe Wand (I personally met a climbing party from Munich - they preferred the less crowded Lower Austria to the Lago di Garda area)
Hohe Wand Panorama - (from near Gaaden)
far left Hohe Kanzel - toll road from near the graben (middle)
May 2005 |
Between Maiersdorf and Stollhof starts a toll road, that leads to to plateau of Hohe Wand, to several huts, hotels, paragliding starting strips, wild animal parks etc.
Important natural parks
Naturpark Hohe Wand
Alpine Ibex |
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Lime Kiln |
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Alpine Chamois |
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Getting Thereby public transport
The southern part of Hohe Wand (areas around Große Kanzel and Wildenauersteig can be reached from Grünbach am Schneeberg (or Unterhöflein) by train (Austrian Southern Railway change at Wiener Neustadt to Schneebergbahn).
There might be buses to reach the northern part of Hohe Wand (Sorry no further information)
by car
Form Vienna on the highway (Südautobahn - A1)
- to Wöllersdorf (for the northern part) continue Markt Piesting turn left to Dreistetten, via Muthmanndorf to Stollhof
- to Wiener Neustadt West (for the southern part) continue via Weikersdorf, Gerasdorf to Unterhöflein to Maiersdorf or Grünbach
Important Climbing - Climbing Sectors (South of the Toll Road)see the link section for more information
important climbing sectors starting at the south end of Hohe Wand
Große Kanzel
Fredsteig, Wienersteig, Kanzelsteig, Naglplatten
Große Kanzel |
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Große Kanzel |
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Fredsteig - Gr. Kanzel |
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Kanzelsteig |
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Fredsteig - near Frednase |
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Fredsteig |
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Weningerturm
Baumgartnerturm
(near Wildenauersteig)
Baumgartner Turm |
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Hochfallwand
Hochfallwand |
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Hamburgerpfeiler - Tirolergrat
Hamburgerpfeiler |
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MILAK Klettergarten
Sonnenuhrwand
Puzzle für Fortgeschrittene |
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Totenköpfel
Draschgrat
Turnerbergsteiger Kamin |
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Betty & Paul |
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Hochempor Verschneidung |
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Duettsteig (leads to Draschgrat) |
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Draschgrat |
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Fuchslochturm
Important Climbing - Climbing Sectors (South of the Toll Road)Teufelsgrat
Kletterbrüderpfad |
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Wandeck
Viae Ferratae, Hiking, Caves, Mountain Biking, Paragliding + Hang GlidingViae Ferratae
Viae Ferratae at Hohe Wand range from easy to very hard ones:
* Wagnersteig
* Völlerin
* Springlessteig
* Leiterlsteig -
* Naturfreundesteig - this via ferrata is on the west side of Hohe Wand
* Frauenluckensteig
* Steirerspur -
* Wildenauersteig - a very old classic via ferrata
* HTL Steig - Klettersteig -
* Blutspur - Klettersteig - the most difficult (but very short) via ferrata at Hohe Wand
Steirerspur |
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Steirerspur |
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Wildenauersteig |
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HTL Steig - first part |
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HTL Steig |
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HTL Steig (final part) |
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Währingersteig |
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Hiking
a lot of marked trails - caution: some are very exposed
Lime Kiln |
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European Black Pine |
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Meadow |
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Caves
near Hohe Wand around Dreistetten is Einhornhöhle (show cave) - discovered in 1927, opened in 1930
Mountain biking:
sorry no information
Paragliding + Hanggliding
Two starting strips near Gasthof Postl and one (new) starting strip near Gasthof Almfrieden
Paraglider |
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Paraglider at Hohe Wand |
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Paraglider |
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Red Tapeno red tape -
Hohe Wand road is a Toll Road on Saturday and Sunday.AccommodationSeveral huts and B&Bs on the Hohe Wand plateau (e.g. Hubertushaus, Gasthaus Postl etc.) and in nearby towns
W. Eichert Hütte |
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Turmsteighütte |
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Hubertushaus |
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External Linksclimbing, viae ferratae
www.bergsteigen.at offers a lot of climbing, viae ferratae information (only in German)
Webcams
other links:
several B+Bs, huts
Paragliding starting strips at Hohe Wand -
Naturpark Hohe Wand
www.wieneralpen.at/leadersued/ covers the southern part of Lower Austria (Guternsteiner Alpen but also Rax-Schneeberg Area and Bucklige Welt) -
www.tiscover.at/hohe-wand
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