Gutensteiner Alpen : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost

Overview

Gutensteiner Alpen is south of Wienerwald - mainly wooded.

The borders of the Gutensteiner Alpen are the rivers or towns: Gölsen - Hainfeld - Triesting (border to Wienerwald) - Steinfeld - Ternitz - Puchberg -Sebastiansbach - (border to Rax - Schneeberg Group) - Mamauwiese - Klostertaler Gscheid - Voisbach - Schwarza - Tiesentalerbach - Wassertal - Seebach - St.Ägyd/Neuwald - Traisen till Gölsen

Some areas of the Gutensteiner Alpen are important recreational areas -
Hiking and Climbing at Hohe Wand;
Skiing at Unterberg;
Skitouring at Reisalpe, Hainfelder Kirchenberg, Unterberg;
Paragliding at Hohe Wand

Important natural parks

Naturpark Hohe Wand (located near Wiener Neustadt)

Gutensteiner Alpen are a part of the Northern Limestone Alps; mainly limestone and some conglomerate

The highest elevation in the Gutensteiner Alpen: Reisalpe (1399m) above sea level - in winter a nice (and short) skitour.

Climbing

see the link section for more information

IMHO most important:

Hohe Wand

Duettsteig - Hohe Wand	Hochemporverschneidung - Hohe Wand	Kletterbrüderpfad - Hohe Wand

Flatzerwand

Getting There (by car):
From Wiener Neustadt to Neunkirchen (via Highway S6 or via Bundesstrasse). From Neunkirchen head for Flatz. In the small town of Flatz follow the fingerposts to "Naturpark Flatzer Wand" - btw. limited parking space.

Flatzerwand

also nice areas near:

Fischauer Berge

Bad Fischau

Getting There (by car):
From Wiener Neustadt to Bad Fischau (via A2 exit Wöllersdorf) parking near the church - walk Blumentalgasse to the rocks. (limited parking space)

Climbing near Bad Fischau	Climbing near Bad Fischau	Climbing near Bad Fischau

Piestingtal

Hausstein, Kalkofen

near Muggendorf

Kalkofen	Kalkofen	Kalkofen	near Kalkofen

Viae-Ferratae + Hiking

Via Ferrata:

quite a lot Viae Ferratae at

Hohe Wand (ranges from easy to very hard ones)

but also one at
Flatzer Wand and
Steinwandklamm

images of Steinwandklamm

Hiking:

a lot of marked trails are to find in the Gutensteiner Alpen

Myrafälle near Muggendorf

Skiing and Skitouring

Skiing

Skigebiet Unterberg -

Skitouring

Hochstaff
nice and easy skitours at Reisalpe,
Hainfelder Kirchenberg

there is also a very easy and save ski tour to Unterberg

Hochstaff	Hochstaff
Unterberg	Unterberg	Unterberg	Schneeberg from Unterberg
Hainfelder Kirchenberg	Hainfelder Kirchenberg

Caves, Mountain Biking, Paragliding + Hang Gliding

Caves

near Hohe Wand around Dreistetten is
Einhornhöhle (show cave) - discovered in 1927, opened in 1930

Mountain biking

Some dirt roads are open for mountain biking

Paragliding + Hang Gliding

Hohe Wand is a well known area for paragliders and hang gliders

Paraglider	Paraglider at Hohe Wand	Paraglider

Getting There

Some parts of the Gutensteiner Alpen can easily be reached by public transport - areas near the Austrian Southern Railway or its branch lines (Leobersdorfer Bahn and Schneebergbahn): e.g. southern areas of Hohe Wand,

other areas Areas mainly starting points for skitours are quite difficult to reach by public transport - e.g.: Hochstaff, Reisalpe, Unterberg.

Huts and Camping

Sorry no information about campgrounds

Several B&Bs in the small towns of Gutensteiner Alpen.

There are several huts on the Hohe Wand Plateau, and in other areas (e.g. Öhler Schutzhaus, Unterberghaus, Hainfelder Hütte)

Öhler Schutzhaus - Dürre Wand	Turmsteighütte- Hohe Wand	Hubertushaus - Hohe Wand	Untersberg Schutzhaus

Red Tape

AFAIK no red tape

External Links

climbing, skitouring, viae ferratae

Keltenkalk (Guidebook) climbing areas from Vienna to Semmering

www.bergsteigen.at offers a lot of climbing, viae ferratae, skitouring information (only in German)