Hoher Gjaidstein map

Hoher Gjaidstein

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2 794 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

161 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 1 143 m

About

The Hoher Gjaidstein is a 2,794 metres (9,167 ft) high mountain peak in the Dachstein Mountains in Upper Austria east and above the Hallstätter Glacier. It may be reached from the summit station of the Dachstein South Face Cable Car or from the Simony Hut each of which is an easy grade I climb. As well as the Hoher Gjaidstein (="High Gjaidstein") there is also the Niederen Gjaidstein ("Low Gjaidstein", 2,482 metres [8,143 ft]) and the Kleinen Gjaidstein ("Little Gjaidstein", 2,734 metres [8,970 ft]).

The mountain was climbed as early as 1823 by de Halley from the north from the Gjaid cirque (Gjaidkar). Whether the actual summit had been conquered earlier is not known.

There's a demanding alpine trail (T5) leading to the summit. Hoher Gjaidstein is one of the 2 peaks along the Wanderweg 615.

The nearest mountain hut is Seethalerhütte located 1 723m/5 651ft WSW of the summit.

By elevation Hoher Gjaidstein is

# 11 out of 2108 in Upper Austria
# 11 out of 767 in Gmunden
# 11 out of 436 in the Dachstein Mountains
# 11 out of 2301 in the Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps

By prominence Hoher Gjaidstein is

# 79 out of 767 in Gmunden
# 33 out of 436 in the Dachstein Mountains