Ski Touring & Freeski
Austria's National Ski Tour awaits you!
The Dachstein glacier has countless different ski tours, crossings and steep runs to offer.
Advanced ability suffices to wedel across the south massive into Ramsau.
The top tour around the UNESCO World Heritage site
The Dachstein crossing - "Austria's National Ski Tour" - is considered one of the most beautiful ski tours in the Alps.
It starts at an altitude of almost 2700 metres on the Styrian side of the border and ends in Obertraun in the federal state of Upper Austria. A shuttle service will transport you back to Ramsau (registration for bus required: +43 3687 22042 800).
On the "Extreme Tour" you travel with a guide from the Dachstein glacier to the Guttenberghaus and see winter at its beguiling best.
The "Powder Tour", also with a guide, takes you down one of the best-known runs in the Dachstein area: the Edelgrieß run.
You'll enjoy fine powder, steep descents and a supreme skiing experience .
Safety First
The freeride Downhill „Edelgrieß“ is known as one of the most beautiful freeride-tracks of the Alps. Surefootedness and advanced skiing skills are required to ski down the south side of the Dachsteinmassive all the way to the centre of Ramsau. 1600 meter of altitude differenceof deep snow in a magnificent rocky backdrop with views of the Planai and Schladming, inclines up to 45 degrees. This spectacular descent is a total of eight kilometres to Ramsau!
It is absolutely necessary to clarify the current avalanche situation or warning level in Styria before a tour:
