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Salzburg

Bad Hofgastein

Rauchkogel Summit – Rastötze (1,748 m) loop from Annakapelle

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Austria

Salzburg

Bad Hofgastein

Rauchkogel Summit – Rastötze (1,748 m) loop from Annakapelle

Hard

5.0

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Rauchkogel Summit – Rastötze (1,748 m) loop from Annakapelle

05:41

9.53km

1,090m

Mountaineering

Hard mountaineering route. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 21, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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362 m

Kronwald Rest Area with Wooden Fountain

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Short drinking break before continuing on to the Rauchkogel!

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734 m

Walter Haas Bend

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If you take the forest path instead of the forest path in the direction of Rastötzen, you will pass here, but watch out for MTB riders going downhill - but otherwise the nicer route

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1.12 km

Bruder Klaus Mountain Chapel

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Open chapel with rest area

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1.65 km

Gräfinsitz Viewpoint Over Bad Hofgastein

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Fantastic view from the Gräfinsitz on Bad Hofgastein

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3.63 km

Rauchkogel Summit

Highlight • Summit

The Rauchkogel is 2,208 m above sea level - my ascent today was via the Jagdsteig (very steep and strenuous) and the descent via the - Rastötzenalm.

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6.02 km

Rastötze (1,748 m)

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Always worth a climb and a rest

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6.63 km

Gerhard Hammersdorfer Memorial Stone

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7.73 km

Loschner Bründl

Highlight • Natural Monument

9.53 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.52 km

1.76 km

183 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.21 km

3.67 km

1.62 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 5 September

26°C

12°C

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Comments

July 14, 2023,Hüttenmagie: Bad Hofgastein - Gamskarkogelhütte (+ Rauchkogel)

The backpack is packed, the hiking boots laced: I'm ready for the ascent to the Gamskarkogel. I dive into the forest. Sunbeams find their way through the treetops and let the wet nature shine.

I reach the tree line around the Rastötzalm. But this is where the hike gets really nice. Brightly colored flowers are blooming along the way. And: …

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Rauchkogel Summit – Rastötze (1,748 m) loop from Annakapelle

Kronwald Rest Area with Wooden Fountain

Walter Haas Bend

Bruder Klaus Mountain Chapel

Gräfinsitz Viewpoint Over Bad Hofgastein

Rauchkogel Summit

Rastötze (1,748 m)

Gerhard Hammersdorfer Memorial Stone

Loschner Bründl

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