Overview
Währingersteig is a short and very pleasant via ferrata in the north-eastern part of the Hohe Wand‘s massif. The route overcomes about 40 meter high steep rock face and is lightly and quickly come-at-able from a car park. The lower part of via ferrata is hidden in wood. The upper part with a steel ladder is visible from great distance. Währingersteig is a medium difficult ferrata (difficulty C by the Austrian scale) and is suitable like a „warm up” via ferrata when you want to climb via ferrata routes in the Hohe Wand.
The vertical ladder
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The lower part |
The vertical ladder |
The lower part |
Getting There
From A2-highway (Wien-Graz) you have to take the exit 38 Wöllersdorf, direction to Markt Piesting, then turn left to Dreistetten. From the car park in Dreistetten (
P on the below) take a road in fields towards the cave Einhornhöhle. The trailhead of Währingersteig is in a wood on the right side from the cave. It takes about 20 minutes from the carpark to the trailhead.
Währingersteig
The Währingersteig map (www.austrianmap.at)
Route Description
The first part leads in a vertical rock face protected with steel rungs and cables (difficulty C). Then continues a traverse below an overhanging rock. This traverse is ended with a vertical steel ladder. Approach to the ladder is a little disagreeable (dificulty B/C). The ladder in vertical face is a bit more exposed (difficulty C) and not protected (only the ladder, without a steel cable). The last part of the route over the ladder is an easy climbing with good holds and steps and some steel rungs (difficulty A/B) and is protected with steel cables. Whole via ferrata takes about 30 minutes.
To descent take a footpath alongside the cave Einhornhöhle and then take the road back to the car park. It takes about 30 minutes.
The lower part |
The traverse |
The traverse |
The upper part |
Essential Gear
- complete via ferrata equipment (via ferrata set, a helmet, gloves) and good shoes
- the route isn’t appropriate for people sufferring from vertigo
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