Türlwandhütte - Kleiner Gjaidstein (via Hunerscharte)
Starting point: Türlwandhütte (1695 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 47.4501°N 13.61762°E 
Path name: via Hunerscharte
Time of walking: 4 h 30 min
Difficulty: very difficult marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 1040 m
Altitude difference (by path): 1100 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving on the Tauern motorway. Further, we drive through the Katschberg Tunnel and later also the Tauern Tunnel / Tauerntunnel, and we follow the motorway towards Salzburg only to the exit for Radstadt, Schladming. We continue on the road to the town of Schladming where we then continue left on an ascending road following the signs for Ramsau. In the town of Ramsau, we continue a good 2 km on the mentioned road, and then we turn right on a toll road, where signs for the gondola cable car direct us. We follow this road all the way to a large parking lot in front of the lower station of the gondola cable car.
Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue past the lower station of the cable car following the signs Südwandhütte. The path at first leads on the right side of the cable car through a sparse larch forest, later turns to the left and crosses slopes towards the west. Soon the path towards the climbing garden (Klettergarten) branches off to the right. We still cross the slopes towards the west and from the left joins the path from a lower starting point. From the junction there follows approximately 10 minutes of walking on a scenic slope to the hut Südwandhütte.
At the hut, we continue right following the signs Hunerscharte and ascend a short grassy ridge above the hut. The path then brings us to the southern mostly grassy slopes below the summit Scheiblingstein. We cross the slopes in a gentle ascent towards the east and the path brings us into a valley below the gondola cable car. Here the path turns left and starts ascending up the valley. During the ascent up the valley, we have a nice view towards the peaks Türlspitz, and soon a view also opens towards the summit Hunerkogl to which the gondola cable car leads. The path continues along the right side of the valley and starts to ascend somewhat more steeply. Higher up, the path turns slightly to the left and ascends the scree, which brings us to the more demanding part of the path.
The path first ascends along the steel cable, then becomes slightly steeper and some pegs and brackets assist us. We continue ascending along the steel cable and soon arrive below the wall of Hunerkogl where to the left branches the extremely demanding climbing path Skywalk Klettersteig.
Our path here turns to the right and starts steeply ascending along the steel cable with the help of numerous pegs and brackets (difficulty B). The path then becomes slightly less steep for a short time (difficulty A/B), then follows another ascent up the steep gully with the help of pegs towards the notch Hunerscharte (B).
At the notch where a view opens towards the north, we continue left following the signs Bergstation Hunerkogel. First we ascend along the ridge towards the west, then the path turns to the right towards the glacier. Here to the left branches the climbing path to Hunerkogl (difficulty C/D), while we continue on the path that starts to descend gently across the glacier. When walking on the glacier, we stick to the marked path, as there are crevasses on the glacier too. After a short descent, the path brings us to a junction, where we continue left and start ascending towards the saddle Gjaidsteinsattel.
On the saddle, we continue right, to the left is only a short ascent to the summit Hunerkogl where the upper station of the gondola cable car is. We continue on the wide path across the glacier to the other side of the saddle where the ridge of the summit Gjaidstein begins. Here we leave the glacier path and ascend to the right to the signposts.
From the junction at the signposts, we continue along the ridge following the signs Simony Hütte. The path leads past a small hut owned by the mountain rescue service and continues ascending along the wide ridge. Soon an ever more beautiful view opens towards the summit Hoher Dachstein and the other summits above the glacier. The path then becomes slightly steeper and on a short section a steel cable assists us. There follows a short ascent along the panoramic ridge to the summit Kleiner Gjaidstein.
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