Schareck

Location and landscape

Ascents

• From the south: from the top station of the highest chair lift it takes a few minutes to reach the summit
• The so-called Pröll Way, which is waymarked, offers an attractive climb from the northwest to the top. It runs from the Niedersachsenhaus along a sweeping mountain ridge or arête to the summit. This route, which crosses the Neuner Kogel and the Herzog Ernst, is relatively easy to negotiate in dry and snow-free conditions albeit sure-footedness and a head for heights are required. There is one climbing section secured with footpegs.
• From Schutzhaus Neubau is a straightforward climb via the Tauerngold Erlebnisweg to the col of Fraganter Scharte and then onto the Herzog Ernst Spitze taking ca. 2½ hours. From there one can reach the top of the Schareck in ca. 1 hour. The path is exposed in places.
• From the northeast: from Sportgastein on the Neuwirt-Steig - Aperes Schareck - Schareckkees

  Literature and maps

• Liselotte Buchenauer, Peter Holl: Ankogel- und Goldberggruppe, Alpine Club Guide, Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich, 1986.
• Alpine Club map Sheet 42, 1:25,000 series, Sonnblick