Skitour Buchensteinwand Route 3 Hoametzl Ascent

Hochfilzen / Lofer Stone Mountains

2.8 km

1:30 h

Sporty ascent from Hochfilzen up the Buchensteinwand with continuously increasing steepness.

Tour information

Length: 2.8 km
Duration: 1:30 h
Elevation uphill:500 hm
Elevation downhill:500 hm

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Elevation profile

Skitour Buchensteinwand Route 3 Hoametzl Ascent.gpx

Highest point1,450 m

Starting point

Hochfilzen T-bar lift valley station / Warming

Finishing point

Jakobskreuz Buchensteinwand

Fitness level 3 / 6
Technique 1 / 6

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Equipment

Functional touring clothing, touring skis, climbing skins, telescopic ski poles, first aid kit, ski helmet for the descent, ski goggles, sunglasses for the ascent, possibly a rucksack with snacks and sufficient liquids, fully charged mobile phone with stored emergency numbers, possibly an avalanche transceiver / avalanche shovel and probe / ABS avalanche airbag.

Source: Kitzbüheler Alpen Management GmbH

Description

The route always runs along the left edge of ski slopes 4 and 9.
In the upper third, the steepest section of ski slope 9 is bypassed via the summer path in the forest.
The destination of the ascent route is the mountain station of the Hochfilzen II ski lift.
From there it is an easy 15-minute walk via the ascent route 1 - Fleckberg coming from St. Jakob in Haus to the Jakobskreuz on the Buchensteinwand.

The DAY SKITOUR CARDS2021/2022 entitle you to use all the infrastructure facilities of Bergbahn Pillersee (such as signposted routes, free use of the car parks, WC facilities, ski slopes, etc.)!
Day ticket adults € 5,00
Day ticket children/youth € 5.00

Getting here

Arrival by public transport
By bus: free bus service from Ellmau / Kitzbühel / St. Johann i.T. / Lofer and within the PillerseeTal region to Hochfilzen. Hochfilzen Bergbahn bus stop. Free of charge with guest card.
By train: free train connection from Wörgl to Hochfilzen (regional trains) with guest card. Hochfilzen railway station. Walking time to the starting point approx. 20 min.
Parking
Bergbahn Pillersee / t-bar lift Hochfilzen

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