Ski Tour Kraml-Lahn via Ski Trail and Brandriedel
A ski touring experience in the middle of an untouched natural landscape.
There is a reason why the Dachstein is also called "Austria's Touring Eldorado". Over 20 ski tours, crossings, and steep descents can be tackled from the Dachstein Gondola Mountain Station and Ramsau.
Characteristics
The tour in numbers
medium
Level of difficulty
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More information
From the west:
Tauern Autobahn (A 10) to Knoten Ennstal - turnoff direction Graz/Schladming - stay on the Ennstal-Bundesstraße (B320) for approx. 20 km until Schladming - take the turnoff for Ramsau.
From the north:
Pyhrn Autobahn (A 9) direction Liezen - take the Ennstal-Bundesstraße (B320) to Schladming - turnoff Ramsau.
Ascent: take the ski trail to the top, past Dachsteinhaus and Brandalm and enjoy breathtaking views of the Dachstein Südwand on the way. Leave the ski trail about 300 metres after Brandalm and walk through the overgrown alpine pasture up to the Brandriedel (ridge). From there, via Kraml-Lahn/"Gamsfeldgassl" back to your starting point. Descent: same as ascent or via the Kraml-Lahn (note: steep, backcountry terrain, snow conditions and danger of avalanches!) back to Gasthof Edelbrunn.
Variant: take the ski trail up to Türlwandhütte/Dachstein Gondola Bottom Station and onwards to Lehnachriedel.
Bus schedule of the Ramsauer Verkehrsbetriebe: www.rvb.at
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Via the ski trail up to the Brandalm, with a view of the Ramsau am Dachstein plateau | © Erlebnisregion Schladming-Dachstein | René Eduard Perhab
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Shortly before the Brandalm on the ski trail with a view of the Dachstein massif and the alpine pasture area below | © Erlebnisregion Schladming-Dachstein | René Eduard Perhab
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Past the mountain pastures up towards Brandriedel and on to Kraml-Lahn | © Erlebnisregion Schladming-Dachstein | René Eduard Perhab
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Ascent track up to the destination, with the Dachstein massif in the background | © Erlebnisregion Schladming-Dachstein | René Eduard Perhab
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View from the Burgleiten to the Hohe Gamsfeldspitze and the Kraml-Lahn entrance (right) | © Erlebnisregion Schladming-Dachstein | René Eduard Perhab
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View of the Ramsau high plateau and the Tauern mountains behind it | © Erlebnisregion Schladming-Dachstein | René Eduard Perhab
What the weather will be like
Ramsau am Dachstein (1137m)
Dry and fair in the early morning, then variable with frequent showers.
Light rain in the early morning, a dry period around noon, and finally a chance of thunderstorms.
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