Climbing
at the University of Mountaineering
In the Gesäuse, there are countless high-alpine climbing routes that have achieved almost ‘world-renowned’ status amongst mountaineers. The ‘University of Mountaineering’ is, after all, at home here – not as a university charging tuition fees, but as a term denoting over a century of mountaineering, during which the Gesäuse mountains have made history. In the Gesäuse, there is plenty of space to write your very own mountaineering story. Climbing routes and via ferrata at all levels of difficulty will have your carabiners jingling with delight, whether on a multi-pitch route on the north faces of the Hochtor Group – which drop vertically for over 1,000 metres and are partly overhanging – or on the slightly easier via ferrata on the Buchstein South Wall Ridge.
Where the ‘University of Mountaineering’ is based, bolted anchors and historic climbing routes are never far away. The Gesäuse pioneers set alpine milestones in these mountains; nowadays, the equipment is better and the route is no longer quite so uncertain. Visitors can try their hand at multi-pitch routes or via ferrata, depending on their own ability. And that ability can be further improved – particularly when accompanied by one of these friendly mountain guides.