Obertauern - Gamsleitenspitze (via Zehnerkar Sattel)
Starting point: Obertauern (1738 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 47.24952°N 13.55424°E 
Path name: via Zehnerkar Sattel
Time of walking: 2 h 30 min
Difficulty: difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 621 m
Altitude difference (by path): 630 m
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Access to starting point:
Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving on the highway towards Salzburg. We leave the highway at the exit for the town of Sankt Michael (the exit is located between the two larger tunnels). We then follow the signs for Obertauern and Radstadt. The road leads us through the towns of Sankt Michael, Sankt Margarethen and Mauterndorf. Then we follow the ascending road all the way to the Obertauern pass, where there is also the eponymous ski center. On the pass, we drive to the marked bridge number 5 (Brücke 5). We park on one of the parking lots near the bridge.
Path description:
From the starting point, we head onto a narrow asphalt road that is closed to traffic. The road is located behind bridge number 5 and initially leads towards the southwest. The road ascends along grassy slopes and turns left at a smaller cottage. The ascending road then soon brings us to a junction.
Left on the macadam road, the path leads towards the summits Herbertspitze and Gamsleitenspitze, while we continue right and continue ascending along the road beside the ski slope. Higher up, the road turns slightly left and then runs through a small valley along huge scarps that protect the ski slope from avalanches. The road then brings us to the intermediate station of the chairlift, from where a nice view towards the summit Gamsspitzl opens up again. Further on, the road runs below the slopes of the peak Gamsleitenspitze towards the west. Later, the road turns slightly right, followed by only a short ascent to the bar Gamsmilchbar, beside which there is also the upper station of the cable car and an artificial lake intended for snowmaking on the ski slope.
We continue on the marked path, which quickly brings us to a marked junction by the lake. At the junction, we continue left (east) following the signs »Gamsleitenspitze«. From the junction, the path first runs along the lake and then brings us over grassy terrain below the steeper slopes of the peak Gamsleitenspitze. The path then begins to ascend the northern slopes and brings us to the ridge. The path along the ridge is quite exposed for a short time and is not secured, so considerable caution is required. The grassy ridge then soon becomes less exposed. The path continues along an increasingly panoramic ridge, on which we reach the summit of Gamsleitenspitze.
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