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Gamsstein Round

Where the heart of mountain lovers beats faster On the Gamsstein , the Palfauer's local mountain, is one of the most beautiful panoramic mountains in the Styrian-Lower Austrian Eisenwurzen. Whether you choose the steepest route from the Palfauer Bergbauern and the Naturfreundehütte, look for the longest ascent via the Moaralm or climb from the NÖ Hollenstein over the Sandgraben - you will be rewarded with a magnificent mountain panorama! On these hot days you should get up early to escape the heat to some extent and reach the 1770-metre-high summit cross. 
The Gamsstein is a 1,774 m high mountain in the Ybbstaler Alps. Over the mountain runs the border between the Austrian provinces of Styria and Lower Austria.

The Gamsstein can be reached via easy paths from Palfau or from the Sandgraben near Hollenstein on the Ybbs in two and a half to three hours' walking time. The 1,770 m high elevation on which the summit cross stands is usually visited. The highest point of the Gamsstein, the Hochkogel, is about 250 metres away in a south-westerly direction and can be reached easily on footpaths.

The Gamsstein is often climbed in winter as a ski tour, mostly from Palfau, with ascent and descent taking place almost exactly in the line of the summit cross over the Hühnerriegel. Further southwest, separated from the highest point by a cut, is the 1,766 m high Gamssteineck.

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medium
Level of difficulty
14,9 km
Route
6:52 h
Time
1220 hm
Uphill
1219 hm
Downhill
1747 m
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From Vienna: West highway A1 to Amstetten; federal road B121 via Waidhofen a.d. Ybbs to Weyer Markt; federal road B115 via Altenmark to Großreifling; state road L714 to Palfau. From Salzburg/Linz: West highway A1 to Enns; federal road 115 via Steyr, Großraming, Altenmarkt to Großreifling; state road L714 to Palfau. From Graz/Klagenfurt: Motorway A9 to Traboch; federal road 115 via Trofaiach, Vordernberg, Präbichl, Eisenerz, Hieflau to Landl; federal road B25 via Mooslandl, Gams b. Hieflau to Palfau.
Access: From the centre of Palfau to W on the asphalted access road to the church parking lot.

Then along the apshalt road until you reach the Bergbauer farmstead. After N, follow the markings over moderately steep meadow and mixed forest terrain to the TVN Palfau Friends of Nature Hut. Continue to N, through sparse high forest following the markings of the summer path over the Hühnerriegel to the forest border. Follow the now flatter, copied ridge until it merges between two large, steep cirques into the summit slope. Between the rock on the left side (W) and the steep summit slope on the right (O), descending into the cirque, climb up to the ridge and cross the ridge about 20m after W to the summit cross.

At the ridge about 200m after W to the summit of the Hochkogel, 1.774m.

Return route: Follow the marked trail 284(64) to the NE following the marked trail 284(64) across the ridge of the Gamsstein massif, over idyllic high alpine meadows to the fork of trail 64 to Hollenstein/NÖ and 284(63) to Palfau/Steiria. After S on the old alpine path 284(63), past the remains of a former night stand for grazing cattle and a hunting lodge on the Moar-(hoch)alm. Follow the moderately steep trail 284(63), initially slightly rocky and then through high forest, to the Moar-(nieder)alm. From the fork in the forest path on the Moar-(nieder)alm, take forest path 284(63), which now runs together with the Schwärzer-Rundweg R6 down into the valley, to the Mühlbauer Kogel in the south. Follow the marked path 284(63) to the edge of the forest and further to the post office Palfau or GH Stiegenwirt.

by bike to the Naturfreundehütte and further hiking to the Gamsstein
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