Türlwandhütte - Seethalerhütte (via Hunerscharte)

Access to starting point:
Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive into Austria, and then continue the drive 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 (also Solnograd) only to the exit for Radstadt, Schladming. We continue on the road to the town of Schladming where we then continue left on the 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 the signs for the gondola cable car direct us. We follow this road all the way to a large parking lot in front of the bottom station of the gondola cable car.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue past the bottom station of the cable car following the signs Südwandhütte. The path 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 continue crossing 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 to ascend up the valley. During the ascent through the valley, we have a nice view towards the peaks Türlspitz, and soon a view towards the summit Hunerkogl also opens up, to which the gondola cable car leads. The path further runs on the right side of the valley and starts to ascend somewhat more steeply. Higher, the path turns slightly to the left and ascends the scree, which brings us to a more demanding part of the path.
The path first ascends along the steel cable, then becomes a shade steeper and we are aided by some pegs and brackets. We continue ascending along the steel cable and soon come 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 again the ascent through a 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), and we continue on the path which starts slightly descending on the glacier. While walking on the glacier we stick to the marked path, as there are also crevasses on the glacier. 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 there is only a short ascent to the summit Hunerkogl where the upper station of the gondola cable car is. On the other side of the saddle is another junction, where to the right branches the path to Gjaidstein and further towards the hut Simony Hütte.
We continue on the marked path on the glacier, which starts slightly descending. Further the path turns to the left and starts ascending again in the direction towards the west. The path runs below the slopes of the peak Hohes Dirndl and offers very nice views on the peaks above the glacier. Higher the path turns left again and only a short ascent follows to the hut Seethalerhütte.
The described path also runs on a glacier. If the path on the glacier is not marked due to glacier crevasses, it is necessary to walk roped up.

On the way: Dachstein Südwand Hütte (1910m), Hunerscharte (2602m), Gjaidsteinsattel (2640m)

Trip can be extended to: Hoher Dachstein (3 h 45 min)