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Ski Touring recommended route Ski Touring  · Kitzbühel Alps

Gamshag 2178m

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  • Ice cascades along the toboggan run
    Ice cascades along the toboggan run
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    A toboggan run and nice slopes lead to the Tor; after that, it becomes significantly steeper in a right curve to the summit.
    moderate
    Distance 13.5 km
    5:30 h
    1,280 m
    1,280 m
    2,178 m
    894 m
    The long Wiesenegg gully leads over a toboggan run, an alpine road, a wide forest clearing, and open slopes up to the Tor, the saddle between Triestkogel on the left and Gamshag on the right. A steep slope or the detour around the rocks leads into a wide cirque that easily leads to the already visible summit cross.

    Author’s recommendation

    The Knappenhaus along the toboggan run recalls mining in the Kelchalm area.
    Difficulty
    AD- moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

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    Highest point
    Gamshag, 2,178 m
    Lowest point
    Wiesenegg toboggan run, 894 m
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    Track types

    Asphalt 0.80%Dirt road 49.02%Path 5.96%Unknown 44.20%
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    109 m
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    6.6 km
    Path
    802 m
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    5.9 km
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    Safety information

    Potentially increased avalanche danger just below the Tor and in the steep flank to the summit cirque.

    Tips and suggestions

    No refreshment opportunities during the route.

    Roadbook

    We start at the Grüntalkapelle and hike up the toboggan run. Two hairpin bends can be shortened along the Wieseneggbach. Past the Knappenhaus ruins, we reach a junction: the toboggan run leads left up to the Bochumer Hütte, but we continue straight into the flat valley to the Niederkaseralm. Behind it, we turn left into the gully, cross it to the right, and ascend the steep section diagonally to the open alpine pasture. We follow this wide forest clearing almost arbitrarily up to the alpine road, which we follow to the right up to below the Oberkaseralm. Now we cross into the wide hollow leading to the Tor. The striking rock and the central groove are bypassed on the right. Finally, it goes up in a few hairpin bends to the saddle with the Tor cross. Slightly ascending, it goes around the rocky eastern ridge of the Gamshag. Very steep open slopes lead up to the right to a gap in the rock band. Behind it, one crosses slightly ascending steep south-facing slopes into the summit cirque. If you want to bypass this steep section, descend slightly from the Tor past the Toralm to a wide rock gap and ascend gently in a right curve around the rock spurs to the Torsee. Soon the cirque becomes steeper; we reach the junction of the steep variant. The summit cirque is ascended on its right side to the eastern ridge. Along the ridge, it goes up in short hairpin bends to the long-visible summit cross.

    Descent along the ascent route including variants. From the Tor, you can also descend directly into the upper valley end under the rocky flank of the Gamshag to the right of the deep gully.

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    Directions

    From the west via Wörgl Ost or Kufstein Süd towards St. Johann in Tirol and before that turn right to Kitzbühel. From the east via Lofer and from the south from Mittersill via the Pass Thurn. 5 kilometers south of Kitzbühel turn east in Aurach in Wiesenegg at the Gasthof Hechenmoos and drive another 1 kilometer to the toboggan run parking lot at the Grüntalkapelle.

    Parking

    Parking lot at the start of the toboggan run near the Grünbergkapelle.

    Coordinates

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    47.398203, 12.434742
    DMS
    47°23'53.5"N 12°26'05.1"E
    UTM
    33T 306433 5252607
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    Author’s map recommendations

    Amap

    ÖK50 map sheet 122 or 3214

    AV map: Kitzbüheler Alpen East

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    Difficulty
    AD- moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    13.5 km
    Duration
    5:30 h
    Ascent
    1,280 m
    Descent
    1,280 m
    Highest point
    2,178 m
    Lowest point
    894 m
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