Dachstein glacier cable car | © Josh Absenger
Dachstein glacier cable car | © Josh Absenger

Schladming-Dachstein

Experience Dachstein Glacier

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The Dachstein

A glacier full of possibilities

The Dachstein, the highest mountain in Styria, impresses with its unparalleled natural scenery. Already the ascent with the panorama gondola of the Dachstein Glacier gondola is a unique experience.

After a six-minute drive you will find yourself in a natural paradise, far away from everyday life, surrounded by the rugged cliffs of the Dachstein massif with a view over Austria's mountain peaks. At the latest on arrival at the Dachstein Glacier, at an altitude of 2,700 m above sea level, the impressive mountain world provides unforgettable moments. Even UNESCO has included the Dachstein/Hallstatt-Salzkammergut region in its list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites – a distinction of the highest international standing.

Attractions at airy heights

The Dachstein Sky Walk platform at the mountain station offers a glass floor for an unforgettable view and a breathtaking view down to the 250 metre vertical rock face of the Hunerkogel. On clear days, you can see as far as the Hohe Tauern, Slovenia and the Czech Republic.

The Dachstein suspension bridge with its stairway to nowhere offers thrills and leads to the Dachstein Ice Palace. It offers a view of the 400 metre-deep cliffs of the Dachstein massif. At the end of the bridge, you can enjoy the feeling of floating in the air. The stairway to nowhere is also an ideal photo point.

NEW: The absolute highlight is the Dachstein sky ladder, which provides a special adrenaline rush. Twelve steps lead up to a glass platform that offers a breathtaking view of the Dachstein.

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Ice palace

After the high-altitude rush, you can pay a visit to the Dachstein Ice Palace. Here, a mystical world of ice and snow awaits you deep inside the glacier. In the current exhibition ‘Explore the glacier’, you can marvel at a mountaineer, an alpine hut and a glacier raft, among other things. The ice sculptures were made from natural glacier ice and up to 62 tonnes of clarified industrial ice. The Ice Palace is just a three-minute walk from the Dachstein Glacier Cable Car mountain station and is open to visitors every day.

Cross-country skiing

The Dachstein not only wins you over with stunning natural snow slopes for skiers and snowboarders, but also with perfectly groomed cross-country skiing trails. They are considered to be an international training centre for cross-country skiers, biathletes and Nordic combined athletes. In autumn, on peak days, up to 700 athletes from more than 25 nations gather here.

Besides the world elite, you can also find many hobby sportsmen and women on the panorama trail. You can enjoy up to 18km of the best prepared cross-country skiing trails in the middle of an unforgettable mountain landscape.

© © Dominik Steiner

Freeride

© © Andy Kocher

The Freeride run, the “Edelgriess“ is considered one of the nicest Freeride runs in the Alps. However, "sure-footedness" and advanced skills are necessary in order to be able to ski down the southern massif of the Dachstein to Ramsau. 1600 metres of powder snow fun in a magnificent rocky setting, with a view of the Planai and Schladming, and slopes with gradients of up to 45 degrees.

Between steep rock barriers and limestone walls there are cirques, gullies and compacted snow flanks of the Dachstein. A total of eight kilometres to Ramsau makes up this spectacular descent!

Crossing the Dachstein

Crossing the Dachstein, is popular with both locals and guests. It is one of the classic, big ski crossings in the Alps and can usually be made in late winter and spring. Austria’s National- Ski Tour is one of the most spectacular routes, where you can “discover” the UNESCO World natural and cultural heritage of Dachstein.

The run down is a 25 km long route from the Dachstein summit regions via the Simonyhütte and Gjaidalm down to the Hallstätter See Lake, 2,200 m below. To get back to the Dachstein valley station without any problems, there are Planai-buses from Obertraun to Schladming.

Dachstein Überquerung | © © Markus Rohrbacher

Dachstein glacier restaurant and sky bar

The new Dachstein Glacier Restaurant is located directly at the Dachstein Gletscherbahn mountain station. With around 220 seats, it offers plenty of space for our guests. Whether sweet, savoury or thirsty - the restaurant on the Dachstein has it all: regional specialities, varied daily specials, snacks and tasty snack boards for in between.

Just one floor up, the new Himmelsbar awaits you, where you will find everything your heart desires, from refreshing juices to delicious cocktails.

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Arrival & Contact

Dachstein Gletscherbahn


Schildlehen 79
8972 Ramsau