Obertauern - Zehnerkarspitze
Starting point: Obertauern (1738 m)
| Lat/Lon: | 47,24952°N 13,55424°E |
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Time of walking: 2 h 10 min
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Altitude difference: 644 m
Altitude difference po putu: 644 m
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Recommended equipment (summer):
Recommended equipment (winter): ice axe, crampons
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Access to the starting point:
Drive through the Karavanke Tunnel into Austria, then continue on the motorway to Salzburg. Leave the motorway at the exit for Sankt Michael (the exit is located between the two major tunnels) and follow the signs for Obertauern and Radstadt. The road leads you through Sankt Michael, Sankt Margarethen and Mauterndorf. The ascending road is then followed as far as the Obertauern Pass, where the ski resort of the same name is located. At the pass, drive to the marked bridge number 5 (Brücke 5). Park in one of the car parks near the bridge.
Path description:
From the starting point, follow the narrow asphalt road, which is closed to traffic. The road is located after bridge number 5 and initially leads south-west. The road climbs along grassy slopes and turns left at a small hut. The ascending road then soon leads to a crossroads.
A dirt road to the left leads to the top of Herbertspitze and Gamsleitenspitze, and we continue to the right and continue climbing along the road by the ski resort. Higher up, the road turns slightly left and then follows the valley alongside the huge scree slopes that protect the ski slope from avalanches. The road then leads to an intermediate chairlift station from where the view of the Gamsspitzl summit opens up again. The road then passes under the slopes of the Gamsleitenspitze peak to the west. Later, the road turns slightly right and there is only a short climb to the bar Gamsmilchbar, next to which there is also the top station of the cable car and an artificial lake used for snowmaking on the ski slope.
Continue along the marked path, which quickly leads to a marked crossroads by the lake. To the left the path leads to the Gamsleitenspitze summit, and we continue to the right and after a short climb we reach another crossroads.
This time, the path to the right branches off towards the Gamsspitzl summit, and we continue to the left following the "Zehnerkarspitze" signs. From the crossroads, the path then crosses the slopes to the west in a gentle ascent and leads below the south face of the Gamsspitzl. Here the path climbs over a short, crumbly slope over which some caution is needed. The path continues for a short distance, then turns right and starts to climb steeply towards a notch on the north side of the summit of Zehnerkarspitze. There is some rubble on the path in the last part towards the notch, but it is necessary to climb up steep rocks for a few metres. The path is very steep for these few metres, but it is not exposed.
At the notch where the view opens to the west, continue left along the well-marked ridge. The path then runs along a fairly wide ridge all the way to the top.
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