Weißeck

#585 among destinations in Austria

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Weißeck is the highest mountain in the Radstadt Tauern range in Austria and is popular, both as a ski touring destination in winter and a climbing peak in summer. It gets its name from the mighty block of light-coloured Wetterstein dolomite of which the mountain is made. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 47°9'45"N, 13°23'37"E

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SalzburgAustria

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Weißeck – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Radstadt Tauern, Mosermandl, Jägersee, Franz-Fischer-Hütte.

1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Radstadt Tauern
26 min walk • The Radstadt Tauern are a subrange of the Central Eastern Alps in Austria. Together with the Schladming Tauern, the Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern and the Seckau Tauern the Radstadt Tauern form the major range of mountains known as the Low Tauern.
3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mosermandl
77 min walk • Mosermandl is a mountain of the Radstadt Tauern in Salzburg, Austria. One of the main peaks of the Radstadt Tauern, Mosermandl is a limestone mountain topped with a karst plateau.
5.9 miNW
Lake
Jägersee
150 min walk • The Jägersee, formerly also called Eilsee, is a lake in Salzburg in the head of the Kleinarler Valley in the municipality of Kleinarl, formed by damming. It is located at an altitude of 1099 m in the Radstädter Tauern.
2.9 miNW
Alpine hut, Hiking
Franz-Fischer-Hütte
73 min walk • The Franz Fischer Hut is an alpine club hut of the Lungau section of the ÖAV in the Radstädter Tauern at 2020 m a.s.l. It is named after Franz Fischer, who was chairman of the Vienna Tauriskia section of the DuOeAV from 1923 until his death in 1944.