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Route |
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Lat/Lon:
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47.85722°N / 16.09061°E |
Route Type:
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Via Ferrata |
Season:
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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter |
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Time Required:
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Less than two hours |
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Difficulty:
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medium difficult ferrata |
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Overview
Währingersteig is a short and very pleasant via ferrata in the north-eastern part of the Hohe Wand‘s massif. The route overcomes about 40 meter high steep rock face and is lightly and quickly come-at-able from a car park. The lower part of via ferrata is hidden in wood. The upper part with a steel ladder is visible from great distance. Währingersteig is a medium difficult ferrata (difficulty C by the Austrian scale) and is suitable like a „warm up” via ferrata when you want to climb via ferrata routes in the Hohe Wand.
 The vertical ladder |  The lower part |  The vertical ladder |  The lower part |
Getting There
From A2-highway (Wien-Graz) you have to take the exit 38 Wöllersdorf, direction to Markt Piesting, then turn left to Dreistetten. From the car park in Dreistetten (P on the below) take a road in fields towards the cave Einhornhöhle. The trailhead of Währingersteig is in a wood on the right side from the cave. It takes about 20 minutes from the carpark to the trailhead.![Währingersteig]()
Währingersteig
Währingersteig
The Währingersteig map (www.austrianmap.at)
Route Description
The first part leads in a vertical rock face protected with steel rungs and cables (difficulty C). Then continues a traverse below an overhanging rock. This traverse is ended with a vertical steel ladder. Approach to the ladder is a little disagreeable (dificulty B/C). The ladder in vertical face is a bit more exposed (difficulty C) and not protected (only the ladder, without a steel cable). The last part of the route over the ladder is an easy climbing with good holds and steps and some steel rungs (difficulty A/B) and is protected with steel cables. Whole via ferrata takes about 30 minutes.
To descent take a footpath alongside the cave Einhornhöhle and then take the road back to the car park. It takes about 30 minutes.
 The lower part |  The traverse |  The traverse |  The upper part |
Essential Gear
- complete via ferrata equipment (via ferrata set, a helmet, gloves) and good shoes
- the route isn’t appropriate for people sufferring from vertigo
External Links
- Währingersteig (in German)