Hohe Wand : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost

Overview

Hohe 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	northern part of Hohe Wand and church in Maiersdorf

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.

Hohe Wand Panorama - (from near Gaaden)
far left Hohe Kanzel - toll road from near the graben (middle)
May 2005

northern part of Hohe Wand from Maiersdorf

Important natural parks

Naturpark Hohe Wand

Alpine Ibex	Lime Kiln	Alpine Chamois

Getting There

by 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

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	Große Kanzel	Fredsteig - Gr. Kanzel
Kanzelsteig	Fredsteig - near Frednase	Fredsteig

Weningerturm

Baumgartnerturm

(near Wildenauersteig)

Baumgartner Turm

Hochfallwand

Hochfallwand	Auf Wildenauers Spuren
Leitergrabengrat

Hamburgerpfeiler - Tirolergrat

Hamburgerpfeiler	Tirolersteig	Schwarzgrabenkante

MILAK Klettergarten

Sonnenuhrwand

Puzzle für Fortgeschrittene

Totenköpfel

Totenköpfl

Draschgrat

Betty & Paul	Hochempor Verschneidung
Duettsteig (leads to Draschgrat)	Draschgrat

Fuchslochturm

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Almfrieden

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Climbing - Climbing Sectors (North of the Toll Road)

Teufelsgrat

Teufelsgrat	Kletterbrüderpfad

Wandeck

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Viae 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
* Kleine Klause
* Gr. Klause