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Brickstone
View of the Grundlsee with Backenstein (middle), Reichenstein (right)

View of the Grundlsee with Backenstein (middle), Reichenstein (right)

height 1772  m above sea level A.
location Grundlsee , Styria , Austria
Mountains Dead Mountains
Dominance 0.7 km →  Häuslkogel
Notch height 70 m
Coordinates 47 ° 39 '18 "  N , 13 ° 52' 4"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 39 '18 "  N , 13 ° 52' 4"  E
Backenstein (Styria)
Brickstone
rock Tressenstein lime
Age of the rock law
Normal way Hike from Grundlsee over the Almbergweg
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The backenstein is 1772  m above sea level. A. high mountain in the dead mountains in Austria . The mountain, which towers around 1000 meters above the Grundlsee, with its striking, around 600-meter high rock face, is the local mountain of the Grundlsee community .

Ascent to the summit

From the Grundlsee town center ( 732  m ) via the marked Almbergweg (path no.235) towards Albert-Appel-Haus to the Backensteinsattel ( 1600  m ) and from there via the marked path no.236 to the summit at 1772  m . Walking time around three hours.

The summit cross of the mountain is located around 250 m south of the summit.

Literature and maps

  • Wolfgang Heitzmann: Salzkammergut with the Totem Mountains and Dachstein: high-altitude trails, summit tours, via ferratas . Tour No. 48, pp. 190-192. New edition Bruckmann Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7654-3336-5 .
  • ÖK 50, sheet 97 (Bad Mitterndorf).
  • Alpine Club Map Bl. 15/1 (Totes Gebirge - West), 1: 25,000; Austrian Alpine Club 2014; ISBN 978-3-928777-29-2 .

Web links

Commons : Backenstein  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files