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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

open
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
Jan
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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
20.02.2026
Mountain -8 °C
Valley -1 °C
Snow
Mountain
7 cm
Valley
4 cm
Wind speed
Nordost
35 km / h
Precipitation
Probability
90 %
Amount
4.3 l/m²
Sun
Sun hours
0.3 h
Sunrise
07:02 o clock
Sunset
17:37 o clock

Prolonged snowfall for most of the day. A slight chance of sunny spells towards evening.

tomorrow
21.02.2026
Mountain -8 °C
Valley 3 °C
Snow
Mountain
28 cm
Valley
1 cm
Wind speed
Nordwest
65 km / h
Precipitation
Probability
85 %
Amount
23.2 l/m²
Sun
Sun hours
0 h
Sunrise
07:01 o clock
Sunset
17:38 o clock

A chance of sunny spells in the early morning, then more and more snowfall during the day.

day after tomorrow
22.02.2026
Mountain -5 °C
Valley 7 °C
Snow
Mountain
4 cm
Valley
0 cm
Wind speed
Nordwest
60 km / h
Precipitation
Probability
60 %
Amount
4.3 l/m²
Sun
Sun hours
0.2 h
Sunrise
06:59 o clock
Sunset
17:40 o clock

Frequent snowfall. A slight chance of sunshine in the afternoon.

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