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Lackenhof - Raneck - Rauher Kamm - Ötscher summit - Ötscher shelter - Lackenhof
Hiking tour Starting from Weitental, valley station of the Ötscher double chairlift
- Difficulty: Difficult
- Distance: 14,94 km
- Duration: 6:30 h
- Ascent: 1108 m elevation gain
- Descent: 1108 m elevation gain
High alpine demanding Ötscher ascent as a round tour. Marked route without belays. Only for experienced, sure-footed mountain hikers with a head for heights.
- Starting point of the tour
- Weitental, valley station of the Ötscher double chairlift
- Tour destination
- Ötscherschutzhaus – from here, you can travel back to the lower station in comfort on the chairlift.
- Difficulty: Difficult
- Distance: 14,94 km
- Duration: 6:30 h
- Ascent: 1108 m elevation gain
- Descent: 1108 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:6/6
- Overall experience:6/6
- Scenery:6/6
- Lowest point842 m
- Highest point1893 m
- Round tour
- Nice views
- With refreshment stops
- Summit tour
Description
After a "quiet" start along forest roads and hiking trails, you reach the ridge of the Rauhen Kamm after the ascent. Safe and above all dry weather conditions are a prerequisite here. Especially dangerous with old snow in early summer! Climbing passages and exposed, steep passages alternate again and again - only after the exit does it become easier again and it is another 20 minutes along the high plateau on a hiking trail to the summit.
Descent via the (family) hiking trail and via Hüttenkogel, Schutzhaus and Riffelsattel back to the starting point.
- safety instructions Mountain rescue: 140International emergency number: 112Please check in advance for any trail or road closures in the Naturpark Ötscher-Tormäuer. These can be found at https://www.naturpark-oetscher.at/aktuelles-top-informiert-im-naturpark
- Equipment Sturdy mountain footwear, rain protection, provisions, possibly poles, first aid, mobile phone
- Route description Rauher Kamm route: From the parking lot in Weitental to the Ötscherwiese and further to the Ranecksattel (approx. 1 hour). At the Bärenlacken saddle (approx. 1 hour), a narrow path heads south, first flat, then steep with many hairpin bends to the northeast ridge. Continue through dwarf pine corridors to the entry of the Rauher Kamm (1533 m), ascent on narrow ledges and rugged rock steps to the subpeak of the Ötscher. Then a pleasant hike across the summit plateau to the Ötscher summit.Then descent to the Ötscher shelter (approx. 1.5 hours) and further via Riffelsattel back to the starting point. Alternatively, from the shelter, take the chairlift downhill to Lackenhof.
- Parking Valley station Gr. Ötscher – parking fees (these are waived with lift ticket or booking of hiking taxi (link: https://www.oetscher.at/wandertaxi)
- Getting there A1 exit Ybbs, Erlauftal federal road B 25 to Gaming and then on to Grubberg. Turn left towards Langau and Lackenhof.
- Public transport By train to Scheibbs, bus lines of VOR to Lackenhof: www.vor.at or 0800/22 23 24
- Editor’s tip Bring enough provisions! No refreshment spot until the shelter!
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Naturpark Ötscher-Tormäuer
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Letzte Änderung: 25 Feb 2026