Climb the Ultras of Austria. Includes all 13 "ultra" peaks with prominence of at least 5,000 ft / 1,500 m in Austria. Includes one border peak (Zugspitze, the highest peak in Germany). The 13 Austrian Ultras are sprinkled throughout several parts of the Austrian Alps and present a broad tour of Austria's mountain riches.
Highest peak
Grossglockner
12,460 ft / 3,797 m
Most prominent peak
Grossglockner
7,965 ft / 2,427 m prom
Most climbed peak
Zugspitze
79 climbs
Most difficult peak
Polinik
Class 3
Difficulty breakdown
Class 3/4 3 peaks
Highlights
Latest climbs

"So... originating from a conversation on twitter, I ended up ascending the Zugspitze a second time, three days after my first summit. This time I took the cable car down, however. Enough is enough :)" — TheTMan • Jul 23, 2020

"Combining arguably the two most scenic routes to the Zugspitze to one gigantic day trip has been a longstanding dream of mine. With perfect weather conditions, and on a weekday (highly recommended) a friend and I finally made it happen. Started at around 5:45am in Hammersbach, went through the Höllentalklamm gorge, two ferratas, and across the Höllentalferner glacier to the summit, where we arrived at around 1pm. Went back to Garmisch through the Reintal valley, which is both beautiful and near-endless. Total trip took around 16h and was about 41km and 3000m elev. gain." — TheTMan • Jul 20, 2020

"Me, Misko Taneski and Aleksandar Tatalovic - Tatko went to climb Grossglockner on September 12 and the weather was terrible but somehow we manage to arrive to the Studlhutte in a storm thanks to two chech guys who found the way in the snow. We spend the night there and the day after we started going for the summit. The weather was perfect but a lot of snow felt the previous day so it was hard to walk. When we arrived to the next hut Tatko felt a little tired because he wasn't practicing mountaineering long time so he made a brave decision and stopped there telling us that he made his goal for this time. Me and Misko continued and did the summit in hard conditions. We spend many hours going up but we wanted to be secure because this peak was very challenging for us. The way down was also not easy but slowly we arrived back to the Studlhutte where we spent another night. We felt great after climbing this mountain!" — FilipVasileski • Sep 13, 2017

"I stayed in Seefeld Austria, got up 3:00 am, taxi 4:00 am ( 70 euros ) to the Olympic stadium in Garmisch.
04:34 am start
01:26 pm summit
approximately 2300m of assent
cable car, and train down
train from Garmisch to Seefeld 9 euros
perfect weather, clear sky's, an absolutely magnificent day.
" — JohnJones • Jul 31, 2015

"First day hiked up to the Welser Huette where we spent the night. Second day made our way up on the Normalweg to the Fleischbanksattel and then to the summit. We descended the same day the same way we came up." — jag • Aug 1, 2013