Kitzsteinhorn

Kitzsteinhorn
	The Kitzsteinhorn, seen from the Schmittenhöhe
height	3203 m above sea level A.
location	Salzburg , Austria
Mountains	Glockner group
Dominance	3.7 km → Hocheiser
Notch height	436 m ↓ Geralscharte
Coordinates	47 ° 11 '16 " N , 12 ° 41' 14" E Coordinates: 47 ° 11 '16 " N , 12 ° 41' 14" E
First ascent	1828 by Johann Entacher

The Kitzsteinhorn is a mountain in the municipality of Kaprun in the Austrian state of Salzburg . The Kitzsteinhorn is part of the Hohe Tauern situated Glocknergruppe and reaches a height of 3203 m above sea level. A.

With the Kaprun glacier lifts , the summit of the Kitzsteinhorn can be reached by cable car from the valley station at 911 m to a height of 3029 m . There is a viewing platform called “Top of Salzburg” on the station roof. Starting from the summit station, you can go through the 362-meter-long Glückauf-Hanna tunnel to a second viewing platform with a view of the Hohe Tauern National Park . The tunnel was opened in 1970.

history

Johann Entacher climbed the Kitzsteinhorn for the first time with surveyors in 1828 . The second ascent took place around 1840 by Friedrich zu Schwarzenberg .

The Kaprun 1 glacier lift opened on December 12, 1965 ; it ran in two sections from the valley, with a transfer station at the Salzburger Hütte, to the Alpincenter above the Krefelder Hütte . On November 26, 1966, the third section of the Kaprun Glacier Railways was opened. It still leads from the Alpincenter to the “Top of Salzburg” mountain station, just below the summit of the Kitzsteinhorn. Some glacier lifts were built for skiing on the Kitzsteinhorn, including a chairlift . In 1974, the Kaprun 2 glacier gondola was built to relieve the Kaprun 1 gondola . This was a largely underground funicular from the valley to the Alpine Center. The first and second sections of the Kaprun 1 glacier lift were replaced by other cable cars in 1990 and 1991, respectively.

On November 11, 2000, 2,155 people died in the fire disaster on the Kaprun glacier lift . After the accident, the Kaprun 2 glacier lift was shut down and the above-ground section was dismantled in 2014. In the years after the accident, the funicular was replaced by a Funitel and a monocable gondola .

Ascent

The normal route leads from the mountain station of the cable car over the short northwest ridge (steeper and exposed rocky terrain) to the summit. The mountain station can be reached from the Alpincenter Kaprun on foot on stony paths to the Schmiedingerkees and further over this and through the final Hannastollen. This tour requires alpine knowledge, a head for heights and surefootedness, especially from the upper mountain station. The ascent to the summit is secured with steel ropes and does not exceed the climbing difficulty of A / B. The Schmiedingerkees can lead open crevices and make crampons or, in extreme situations, rope protection necessary.

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View of the ski area from the summit station

Ski Area

On the Kitzsteinhorn there is a ski area with around 60 kilometers of slopes. It is located at an altitude of 768 to 3029 m and is open every year from October to July.

Since November 2019, a 3-cable gondola has been connecting the Kitzsteinhorn and Maiskogel ski areas. Access to the ski area has since been possible in Kaprun at the valley station of the Maiskogelbahn.