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Berchtesgadener Hochthron – Salzburger Hochthron loop from Untersberg

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Berchtesgadener Hochthron – Salzburger Hochthron loop from Untersberg

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Berchtesgadener Hochthron – Salzburger Hochthron loop from Untersberg

04:27

10.3km

520m

Mountaineering

Hard mountaineering route. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

Last updated: August 1, 2026

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Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 4.21 km for 94 m

Waypoints

Start point

Alpine Hut

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133 m

View of the Senkrechte Wand

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The huge vertical, bare rock face takes on different colors depending on the angle of incidence of the sun's rays.

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A small and cozy mountain hut below the Berchtesgaden Hochthron mountain. A total of 58 hikers can stay overnight here, with 30 sleeping spaces in the dormitory. Day hikers are also welcome and will be treated to regional delicacies on the terrace and in the guest room.

More information and bookings at stoehrhaus.de.

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Berchtesgadener Hochthron

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The Berchtesgadener Hochthron is the highest peak of the Untersberg massif and offers you a unique view of the surrounding mountains and especially of the impressive summit plateau.

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4.09 km

View from the Höhlenblick (Cave Lookout)

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4.22 km

View from the Schellenberger Ice Cave entrance

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4.39 km

Mittagsscharte

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The Mittagsscharte is a ridge (comb) in the Untersberggebirge.
location

It is located between the Salzburg Hochthron (1 853 m above sea level) in the north and the Raucheck (1 891 m above sea level) in the south at an altitude of 1 671 m above sea level. A. directly on the border between Austria and Germany.
particularity

The Alpine shaman Rainer Limpöck describes in his books Myth Untersberg and High and Holy - encounters of people and spirits on Untersberg some phenomena that are scientifically so unexplained. This is how Limpöck thinks this is the ... place where "Middle-earth" begins, where the giant devil with his divine powers has shaped, where healing happens, where the sun shines into the underworld, where heaven and earth connect. ,

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5.44 km

Salzburger Hochthron

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Worth the walk up to for beautiful views and full panoramas of the surrounding areas. It’s also a very secure summit, so suitable for children as there is very little risk at this gipfel!

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10.3 km

End point

Alpine Hut

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.3 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

9.02 km

1.19 km

123 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,910 m)

Lowest point (1,630 m)

Weather

Today

Monday 24 August

19°C

12°C

83 %

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Max wind speed: 7.0 km/h

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Comments

July 8, 2022,🇩🇪 Berchtesgadener Alpen, 4-Tage-Tour Untersberg, Tag 2 vom Stöhrhaus zur Schellenberger Eishöhle und zurück

The plateau tour was actually planned today. But since this would not have made any sense with a visibility of 50m, we decided to visit the Schellenberger ice cave. Because in the cave the weather doesn't matter. When we came out of the cave, it cleared up. That's why we paid a second visit to the Berchtesgadener Hochthron on the …

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July 9, 2022,🇩🇪 Berchtesgadener Alpen, 4-Tage-Tour Untersberg, Tag 3, Untersbergüberschreitung mit Riesendingschachthöhle

Today, when the weather was nice, we walked from the Stöhrhaus via the Berchtesgadener Hochthron, the Untersberg plateau with the Riesending cave and the cave at the Steinernen Kaser via the Salzburger Hochthron to the Zeppezauerhaus. The pathless detour to the giant thing cave should not be undertaken in fog and not alone.
I don't think the difference in altitude …

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Berchtesgadener Hochthron – Salzburger Hochthron loop from Untersberg

View of the Senkrechte Wand

Stöhrhaus

Berchtesgadener Hochthron

View from the Höhlenblick (Cave Lookout)

View from the Schellenberger Ice Cave entrance

Mittagsscharte

Salzburger Hochthron

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