Hochschwab Mountains

Location

• the Hochschwab massif : The extensive limestone plateau covers an area of about 400 km² and is bounded in the east by the Seeberg Saddle and in the west by the Präbichl. Only this massif belongs to the high limestone peaks of the Northern Limestone Alps.
• * the Aflenzer Staritzen
• * the Zeller Staritzen, in the far northeast
• * Polster, Hochturm, Pribitz and Meßnerin – these are the southern prealps of the Hochschwab east of Präbichl
• * the northern perimeter mountains of the Aflenz Basin, less clearly distinguished from the Hochschwab Group to the north, but with more of a lower mountain character: Ilgner Alpl, Aflenzer Bürgeralm, Oisching/Schießlingalm
• part of the greywacke zone:
• * the mountains between Pichl-Großdorf and Etmißl
• * the two groups around Kletschachkogel and Thalerkogel between the valleys of Vordernbergertal and Lamingtal
• * the group of the Floning from the Lamingtal valley by the lower Thörlbach stream

Alpine huts

• Voisthaler Hut - at the foot of the Edelspitzen
• Sonnschien Hut
• Leobner Hut - to the southwest of the mountain range, reachable from the Präbichl pass. Currently closed.
• Schiestlhaus - northeast of the Hochschwab peak
• Fölzalm
• Häuslalm
• Gsollalm
• Pfaffingalm

  Significant peaks

• Hochschwab
• Ringkamp
• Ebenstein
• Trenchtling
• Großer Griesstein
• Beilstein
• Hohe Weichsel
• Brandstein
• Riegerin
• Pfaffenstein
• Meßnerin
• Hochblaser
• Thalerkogel
• Floning
• Pribitz
• Kampeck
• Kletschachkogel

  Literature

• Günter und Luise Auferbauer: Hochschwab. Rother Wanderführer,
• Liselotte Buchenauer: Hochschwab, 1960, Leykam Verlag
• Rudolf Ägyd Lindner: Hochschwab. H. Weishaupt Verlag
• Ewald Putz: Hochschwab.