High Dachstein – Seethaler Hut loop from Simonyhütte

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High Dachstein – Seethaler Hut loop from Simonyhütte

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High Dachstein – Seethaler Hut loop from Simonyhütte

05:52

9.51km

760m

Mountaineering

Hard mountaineering route. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that are highly dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 3.99 km for 973 m

After 5.31 km for 42 m

Waypoints

Start point

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7 m

Simony Hut and Dachstein Chapel

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It is right at the Simonyhütte and was built in 1914.

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4.31 km

Randkluftsteig from Hoher Dachstein to the Glacier

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Never go there without Grödeln! Better to go back the shoulder rise without aids!
Already seen 3 hikers slip and slide down uncontrollably. 1m past a crevasse.

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4.37 km

Friedrich Franz Memorial Plaque

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In the shoulder ascent you pass this highlight😇

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4.47 km

High Dachstein

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Safe ascent and descent only via shoulder via ferrata. Randkluft via ferrata is sometimes more dangerous because of crevasses.

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4.49 km

Dachstein Shoulder Ascent

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The Dachstein shoulder ascent is a well-established via ferrata, which leads to the Randkulftanstieg over which one reaches the summit of the Hohe Dachstein. If one chooses the shoulder rise …

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5.24 km

View from Seethalerhütte Summit Cross

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Right next to the summit cross is the Seethalerhütte.

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5.25 km

Seethaler Hut

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The Seethalerhütte on the Dachstein is located at 2,740 m, making it the highest mountain hut in Upper Austria. Surrounded by the eternal ice of the Dachstein glacier, the hut …

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9.33 km

Simonyhütte

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Station of the Dachstein hut round; four huts one way: Austriahütte-Guttenberghaus-Simonyhütte-Adamekhütte

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9.51 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.56 km

3.80 km

138 m

Surfaces

7.96 km

1.55 km

Elevation

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Highest point (2,840 m)

Lowest point (2,150 m)

Weather

Tuesday 6 October

13°C

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Comments

July 9, 2023,HTK - Auf den Hohen Dachstein 2995m

Alpine tour day 3:
At 6 am we marched from the Simonyhütte across the glacier towards the destination of the day. Even before the floppy tourists (yes, they were really out in the snow with sandals 😂) we already saw the summit with the final ascent.
Without rope and backpack we went up the Randkluftsteig to the summit cross, Berg …

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