Hard

Mittagskogel - West Flank

Back-country skiing

Information

At first, the ascent is unspectacular through the forest until suddenly standing in the steep gully system beneath the Kleiner Mittagskogel. The exposed traverse into the Mittagskogel west flank is only for those free from vertigo and experienced ski tourers. The west flank itself is not very long but simply beautiful.

Once you have skied the Mittagskogel west flank, you count as a true ski tourer or wild dog.

Back-country skiing

Difficulty

Hard

Distance

10,49 km

Duration

02:14 h

Uphill

1280 m

Downhill

1280 m

Max. Altitude

2145 m

Min. Altitude

913 m

Map & Elevation Profile

Recommended Equipment

Avalanche transceiver, probe, avalanche shovel, crampons, ice axe.

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Arrival

From Latschach am Faaker See or Finkenstein, drive towards Gasthof Baumgartner. A few meters below the inn, a road leads east towards Outschena. After a few meters, a farm track branches off to the right over a meadow up to...