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· Salzkammergut Mountains
Via the Windengraben to Katrinalm
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Here we go! (18.2.2013)Photo: Gerhard König, Alpenverein Salzkammergut
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moderate
Distance 8.5 km
2:45 h
920 m
920 m
1,395 m
475 m
In recent years, Katrin has developed into a training mountain for ski tourers (ski runners). However, if you choose the route via the Windengraben, you are mostly alone for a little more than half of the ascent. Since the hut keeper of the alpine hut drives up the mountain daily with a piste machine, you practically have a piste available for the descent. Since December 2014, the guest operation at the cable car's mountain station is also open on weekends during the cable car operating times.
Author’s recommendation
Even if the final slope by the parking lot is almost bare in late winter, a continuous snow cover usually begins soon above it.
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moderate
Overall difficulty
moderate
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Katrinalm hut, 1,395 m
Lowest point
Valley station of the Katrin cable car, 475 m
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The ascent via the Windengraben is very avalanche safe. Still, the standard equipment should be used!Tips and suggestions
Katrin Mountain Inn: http://www.katrin-berggasthof.at/Katrinalm hut: http://www.katrinalmhuette.at/
Timetables: http://www.ooevv.at/
Avalanche Warning Service Upper Austria: http://www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at/cps/rde/xchg/ooe/hs.xsl/was_lnw_DEU_HTML.htm
Avalanche Report Salzburg: http://www.lawine.salzburg.at/start.html
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From the parking lot, follow the ski slope for about 45 minutes until a forest road crosses it at an elevation of 895m after a longer straight section. Follow this to the left, at another junction again to the left. Pass under the cable car. At a left turn, leave the road straight ahead. On the further ascent, the road is crossed several times first heading southeast, then south up to an elevation of 1180m. Now turn west and mostly follow the ridge to a trail junction of the summer trail visible in winter at an elevation of 1362m. Keeping left, continue on the summer trail with a slight ascent south of Feuerkogel to Katrinalm (beware of avalanche danger!). It is also possible to reach Katrinalm from the junction via the summit. The detour is only a few minutes.
From the alpine hut, you descend into the valley on the former ski slope.
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Tourismusverband (Trinkhalle)Bahnhof Bad Ischl
Talstation Katrin Seilbahn
Bergstation Katrin Seilbahn
Berggasthof Katrin
Public transport
Bus and train connections lead to Bad Ischl. The valley station of the Katrin cable car is accessible by public transport Monday to Friday (city line from Bad Ischl train station). From the center of Bad Ischl, it is about a 30-minute walk to the Katrin Cable Car (follow the signs "Nussenseerunde-Ruine Wildenstein 11"). The Katrin Cable Car operates daily from May to the end of October. However, since 2014 there is a gentle winter operation. The cable car runs from Friday to Sunday and on holidays. No skiers are transported - only hikers and snowshoers!Directions
From the A1, either take the Regau or Thalgau exit into the center of Bad Ischl and follow the purple signs "Katrin Cable Car" to the valley station.Parking
Paid parking lot at the cable car (4€ daily fee).Coordinates
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47.698376, 13.607364
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47°41'54.2"N 13°36'26.5"E
UTM
33T 395512 5283716
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Get there by train, car, bike, or on foot!
Book recommendation by the author
Ski tour guide Austria Volume I 3rd edition 2011 - Alpine Publishing Jentzsch-Rabl
Author’s map recommendations
• Nature Experience Map Bad Ischl (free at the Bad Ischl Tourist Office)
• BEV Federal Agency Map 3211 Bad Ischl
• WK 282 from freytag & berndt
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Parts of this content were machine translated from German.
Difficulty
moderate
Overall difficulty
moderate
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Distance
8.5 km
Duration
2:45 h
Ascent
920 m
Descent
920 m
Highest point
1,395 m
Lowest point
475 m
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