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Ramsau am Dachstein

Dachstein Glacier - Ramsauer XC Trail

Tour description

The Ramsau trail is the shorter of the two high-alpine glacier trails on the Dachstein Glacier and offers you glacier cross-country skiing with a great view towards Grimming and the Krippenstein.

Enjoy up to 5 km of perfectly groomed trails at over 2,500 m above sea level on the Schladming Glacier between Gjaidstein and Koppenkarstein. Run and train where the world elite of Nordic skiing regularly train.

You can reach the trails with the Dachstein Gletscherbahn.

The tour

closed
moderate
Starting and end point Dachstein cable-car mountain terminal
Tour characteristics
Fitness (3/6)
Skills (4/6)
Information
Distance: 5.5 km
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Ascent: 115 m
highest point: 2663 m
Best season
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Map, elevation profile & further information

from the mountain station of the Dachstein cable car you go up the metal stairs to the beginning of the groomed hiking trail and from there slowly descend in the direction of the Gjaidsteinsattel. Please be considerate of the hikers next to you in this area. In front of the saddle you then branch off along the track to the right and drive downhill to the Schladminger Glacier where the loops of the Ramsau Loipe wind over the glacier. Have fun!

During the winter season, the Dachstein Glacier Cable Car is closed on Tuesdays, meaning that access to the cross-country ski trail is not possible.

From the West: Take the A10 to Knoten Ennstal - take the exit towards Graz/Schladming. Drive along the Ennstal-Bundesstraße for approx. 20 km until you reach Schladming. Take the turn-off for Ramsau. 

From the North: Take the Pyhrnautobahn direction Liezen. Then follow the Ennstalbundesstraße to Schladming. Take the turn-off for Ramsau.

Then continue through the village of Ramsau and follow the Dachstein toll road to the valley terminal of the Dachstein glacier cable-car.

Parking lot at the valley terminal of Dachstein Glacier cable-car.

With the buses of the Ramsauer Verkehrsbetriebe (RVB) from Schladming (also the train station) to the valley station of the Gletscherbahn.

Information on the Dachstein Glacier at www.derdachstein.at

  • XC map Ramsau am Dachstein
  • Winter map WEST of the Schladming-Dachstein region

Wheather predicition

today
23.02.2026
Mountain -7 °C
Valley 7 °C
Snow
Mountain
19 cm
Valley
0 cm
Wind speed
Nordwest
80 km / h
Precipitation
Probability
90 %
Amount
16 l/m²
Sun
Sun hours
1.2 h
Sunrise
06:57 o clock
Sunset
17:41 o clock

A mixture of sunny periods and scattered snow showers.

tomorrow
24.02.2026
Mountain -5 °C
Valley 4 °C
Snow
Mountain
19 cm
Valley
0 cm
Wind speed
Nordwest
70 km / h
Precipitation
Probability
90 %
Amount
17.8 l/m²
Sun
Sun hours
0 h
Sunrise
06:55 o clock
Sunset
17:43 o clock

Thick clouds and widespread snowfall throughout the whole day.

day after tomorrow
25.02.2026
Mountain 1 °C
Valley 10 °C
Snow
Mountain
0 cm
Valley
0 cm
Wind speed
Nordwest
30 km / h
Precipitation
Probability
0 %
Amount
0 l/m²
Sun
Sun hours
10 h
Sunrise
06:53 o clock
Sunset
17:44 o clock

Dry and sunny throughout the day with hardly any clouds.

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