Wildfrauensteig to the Bosruck

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Tour-Details

Path number: 613

Starting place: 4582 Spital am Pyhrn

Destination: 4582 Spital am Pyhrn

duration: 3h 39m

length: 3,7 km

Altitude difference (uphill): 946m

Altitude difference (downhill): 52m

Lowest point: 1.029m

Highest point: 1.952m

difficulty: medium

condition: difficult

panoramic view: Dreamtour

Paths covering:

Gravel, Hiking trail

Airy ridge crossing of the Bosruck

Many have driven through the Bosruck, but only very few have climbed to its summit. Far away from the noise of the motorway, this border mountain offers not only a breezy adventure but also breathtaking views of the Gesäuse and Totes Gebirge.

How difficult is it?
You can expect mostly A/B sections, with a few C-points, but also climbing passages on rock with difficulty grade I. Because of the exposed, partly unsecured sections, good surefootedness is a basic requirement! Especially after rain or in fog, the grassy craggy sections are particularly slippery! We do not recommend walking on the trail when it is wet.

Tour and route information

Details - climbing mount

difficulty acc. to Kurt Schall: difficult (C)
Hop off description: (1.5 h | 580 hm) Via the Ochsenwaldkapelle chapel you reach the Arlingalmen pastures and further on to the Arlingsattel at 1,425 m. Here the signs to the Wildfrauenklettersteig lead the way. A short detour down to the left to the portal of the Wildfrauenhöhle is worthwhile. From a prominent saddle, the rope belays begin. Attention - the course of the ridge is not continuously secured. Therefore, great caution is advised, especially at the breaks!
Hop on description: (2.5 h | 1,000 m) After the summit cross, follow the marked path along the ridge in a westerly direction and you will first reach the Kitzstein and then the Lahnerkogel, which is also an exposed, partly rope-secured ridge hike. From here you descend via the Fuchsalm (1,051 m) to the Pyhrnpass (953 m).
duration hop on: 1 h
duration climbing mount: 2 h
duration Descent: 2 h