Austria

Crag

Adlitzgräben is a real craggers crag, near to the old wealthy resort of Semmering. It is right next to the road, has nearly 200 hundred routes up to 40m in length, is steep, solid, well bolted and generally has good holds. It faces south but is sheltered from the sun by the trees, making it climbable in all but the coldest of weather. What more could you want? Well it would be nice if the routes were less polished, but the crowds that used to visit in the 90s now seem to be climbing indoors. It is well worth an extended visit.

Number of routes
200
Range of Routes
5 - 9a
Rock Type
Limestone
Sun
The crag faces south. The trees provide some shelter in summer, and allow the sun through in winter

The Ochsental is a beautiful valley on the North side of the Silvretta region of Austrian Voralberg. It is an excellent ski touring area, with many summits accessible from the DAV Wiesbadener Hütte, situated at the head of the valley. Access is from Bielerhöhe at the south eastern end of of the Montafon valley. In winter the road to Bielerhöhe is closed, but a cable car runs from Partenen, and is linked with a regular bus that runs through several kilometres of tunnel to reach Silvretta Stausee. 

 

Climbing wall

One of Vienna's best bouldering walls. Over 1.300 m2 of boulder problems in two different rooms.

Telephone
+43 1 330 14 06
Crag

Hohe Wand is an extensive sub-alpine climbing area just an hours drive from Vienna. It is a beautiful place and a popular tourist destination, the whole area being a nature park, with a skywalk lookout over the cliffs themselves. The routes are up to 250m in length and usually bolted. The rock is sometimes of poor quality (in the lower sections) and sometimes outstanding (higher up). Because of the altitude and the fact that it is south facing, climbing is possible nearly all year round, although avoid hot sunny summer days and cold snowy winter ones.

Number of routes
100
Rock Type
Limestone
Sun
The part of Hohe Wand pictured here gets the sun until late afternoon

A tour that takes in four summits in it's fullest form, can be shortened to just one or two, or can be just a tour round the peaks. Here it is described in an anticlockwise direction

Start Altitude
2443m
Finish Altitude
3197m
Height gain
1500m
Difficulty
ZS+

Piz Buin is popular perhaps partly due to the sun tan cream that is named after it, but certainly also because it is a beautiful mountain. It requires grade II scrambling to get to the top and is accessible both from the South (the Swiss SAC Camanna Tuoi Hütte), or as described here from the Austrian side, the Wiesbadener Hütte. 

Start Altitude
2443m
Finish Altitude
3312m
Height gain
1000m
Difficulty
ZS
Skitour

A relatively short, but still challenging, tour from the Wiesbadener Hütte

Start Altitude
2443m
Finish Altitude
3101m
Height gain
700m
Difficulty
ZS

Silvrettahorn is situated on the border between Austria and Switzerland, and is accessible from both sides. The route described here is from the Wiesbadenerhütte. 

Start Altitude
2443m
Finish Altitude
3244m
Height gain
1000m
Difficulty
ZS+
Time to climb
3 hours to the ski depot, 90 minutes to the summit and back to the skis
The Classic Freeride tour from the top of Germany. A must on every local steep skiers list. the Neue Welt is a beautiful run through the cliffs of the South West face of the Schneefernerkopf. Quite steep but never too steep, with a 60m abseil in the middle thats brings you to the top of a steep dolomite style gully. Although never too steep, perfect ski technique is required as a fall would be hard to stop and could take you straight to Ehrwald via the 400m cliff drop in the middle.
Start Altitude
2700m
Finish Altitude
994m
Height gain
2000m
Difficulty
SS
Time to climb
about 20-30min to hike up to the schneefernerkopf then 2-3h descent