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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
publicly accessible
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
Jan
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Dec

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
05.12.2025
Mountain -6 °C
Valley 2 °C
Snow
Mountain
0.3 cm
Valley
0.1 cm
Wind speed
Sued
10 km / h
Precipitation
Probability
40 %
Amount
0.2 l/m²
Sun
Sun hours
0.1 h
Sunrise
07:37 o clock
Sunset
16:15 o clock

Light snowfall in the early morning, but most of the day will be dry.

tomorrow
06.12.2025
Mountain -5 °C
Valley 4 °C
Snow
Mountain
0.1 cm
Valley
0 cm
Wind speed
West
20 km / h
Precipitation
Probability
5 %
Amount
0 l/m²
Sun
Sun hours
2.3 h
Sunrise
07:38 o clock
Sunset
16:15 o clock

The day starts sunny, but will be partly cloudy in the afternoon.

day after tomorrow
07.12.2025
Mountain -3 °C
Valley 5 °C
Snow
Mountain
6 cm
Valley
0.1 cm
Wind speed
West
40 km / h
Precipitation
Probability
65 %
Amount
5.7 l/m²
Sun
Sun hours
0.2 h
Sunrise
07:39 o clock
Sunset
16:15 o clock

Mostly cloudy through the day with a chance of occasional sunny spells.

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