Mountain·Austria

Großes Wiesbachhorn

3,564m

Glockner Group

3D view drawn from Copernicus WorldDEM-30 (© DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA) and Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH, CC BY 4.0

Elevation: 3,564m
Prominence: 450m
Isolation: 9.7km
Relief: 2,411mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope: 60°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit: All yearSee month by month ↓
Summit: 47.1567°N, 12.7550°E

Mountain in the Glockner Group in Salzburg

Großes Wiesbachhorn is a mountain in the Glockner Group (Austria). Its summit stands 3,564 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 450 m, and the nearest higher ground is 9.7 km away.

From the lowest point within 5 km (1,153 m), it rises 2,411 m. The steepest side is the south-east face: 47° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 60° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Kaprun, 13 km away at 786 m: 2,778 m below the summit.

Großes Wiesbachhorn for skiers and climbers

Two scores out of 10, built only from open data — every part is shown. They describe what the mountain offers, not how safe it is.

Hiking & mountaineering

9.3/10

Difficulty to the top

Alpine climb

Most path sections around the top are T4 on the SAC hiking scale. Glaciers around the top.

Indicative only — never a safety assessment. Conditions change: ask local guides and check the forecast.

2.5/2.525 waymarked routes and 87 path sections nearby
1.5/1.512 huts and shelters
2.0/22,778 m of ascent from the valley
1.1/1.5450 m of prominence
1.5/1.57 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
0.6/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

8.6/10

3.6/4163 km of downhill runs
1.5/1.540 ski lifts
0.5/1.5477 m between the lowest and highest lift station
3.0/37 months of snow at about 2,214 m

Runs by difficulty

Easy 45 km
Intermediate 64 km
Difficult 19 km
Freeride 33 km

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 2,214 m, in the middle of the ski area: snow from November to May (some years from October to May).

Snow on the ground all month
Snow some of the time
No snow
This month

40 lifts · lift stations from 1,976 to 2,453 m · 2 km cross-country

How these scores are made

Ski (where OpenStreetMap has skiing within 12 km): up to 4 points for the length of downhill runs (300 km or more = 4), 1.5 for the number of lifts (40+), 1.5 for the vertical between lift stations (1,500 m) and 3 for the snow season — a month counts when the estimated mean temperature at the height of the ski area is −1 °C or lower and snow falls or lies there (NASA POWER, 2001–2020). Hiking & mountaineering: up to 2.5 for waymarked routes and paths, 1.5 for huts, 2 for the ascent from the valley (2,000 m), 1.5 for prominence (3,000 m), 1.5 for the season (months with summit afternoons above −5 °C) and 1 for via ferratas, climbing and glaciers. OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: where few things are mapped, a score can be lower than reality.

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Snow

When there is snow on Großes Wiesbachhorn

At the summit, snow all year round. Month by month below, at different heights on the way up.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Summit3,564 msnow all year round	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Halfway up2,175 msnow from November to May (some years from October to May)	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	Snow some of the time	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Kaprun786 msnow from December to March	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	Snow on the ground all month

Snow on the ground all month
Snow some of the time
No snow
This month

Estimate for a normal year: average temperature and precipitation from NASA POWER, carried to each height, in a simple model of snow building up and melting. In a given year snow can come earlier or stay longer. It does not replace the local snow and avalanche bulletin.

Summit weather

Großes Wiesbachhorn, month by month

Not a forecast: long-term averages (1991–2020), carried up to the summit. The orange line is where an average afternoon reaches 0 °C; above the dashed blue line it freezes even at dawn.

On an average July afternoon the summit reaches about 6 °C; on January nights it falls to about -24 °C. In 7 months of the year it stays below freezing at the top even in the afternoon. In July the 0 °C line climbs to about 4,490 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, February is the driest month (54 mm) and August the wettest (171 mm).

0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit

Month	Summit high °C	Summit low °C	Kaprun high °C	0 °C line (m)	Rain & snow (mm)	Wet days	Sun h/day
January	-15	-24	3	1,190	62	13	3.1
February	-15	-24	3	1,290	54	12	4.5
March	-11	-19	7	1,930	72	15	5.2
April	-5	-14	13	2,820	82	16	5.7
May	0	-10	18	3,580	128	22	5.5
June	4	-6	22	4,220	151	23	6.4
July	6	-4	24	4,490	167	23	7.0
August	6	-4	24	4,410	171	21	6.5
September	1	-9	19	3,720	118	16	5.1
October	-3	-12	15	3,060	101	14	4.6
November	-9	-16	9	2,120	87	14	2.8
December	-14	-22	4	1,390	68	13	2.5

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 1,809 m), adjusted to the summit by −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Rain, wet days and sunshine are those of the region. Mountain weather changes fast — always check a local forecast. ★ = mildest months at the top.

Relief

The mountain in profile

Two cuts through the summit, 16 km long, from the 30 m Copernicus elevation model. Heights drawn 2× taller than lengths, so the shape can be seen.

West – east

South – north

Steepness by direction

Average slope of the first kilometre from the summit. The orange petal is the steepest side.

Around the mountain

Huts, lifts and trails around Großes Wiesbachhorn

Counted around the summit in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. The satellite plate shows 14 × 14 km.

A lift reaches Gletscherjet II at 2,453 m — just 1,111 m below the summit.

12mountain huts and shelters
Häuslalm, Trauneralm (1,522 m), Tüchelhütte (2,063 m), Litzlhofalm (1,727 m) and 8 more
17cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
Panoramabahn, Kristallbahn, Sonnenkarbahn I, Schmiedingerbahn and 13 more
4ski areas
Großglockner Heiligenblut, Weißsee Gletscherwelt, Kitzsteinhorn, Kaprun - Kitzsteinhorn/Maiskogel
25waymarked hiking routes
Zentralalpenweg 02, AV Weg 711, AV Weg 715, AV Weg 716 and 21 more
11via ferratas
Aufstieg Oberwalderhütte, Klettersteig MOBO 107, Klettersteig Limberg-Zwerg, Klettersteig Mooser-Mandl and 7 more
—climbing crags and routes
43named glaciers
Maurergletscher, Pasterze, Südliches Bockkarkees, Freiwandkees and 39 more
15viewpoints
Hochmais, Nationalpark Gallery, Tauernfenster, Wasserfall and 11 more
1campsites
Lampenhäusl Camping
9hotels, B&Bs and chalets
ehem. Grand Hotel, Berggasthof Wallackhaus, Feriendorf Ponyhof, Berghotel Rudolfshütte and 5 more
38restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

87 path sections within 5 km, by SAC hiking scale (T1 easy walk … T6 difficult alpine).

T1T2T3T4T6

T1 hiking
T2 mountain hiking
T3 demanding mountain hiking
T4 alpine hiking
T6 difficult alpine hiking

Towns at the foot

Kaprun13 km · 786 m
Heiligenblut15 km · 1,316 m
Piesendorf15 km · 769 m
Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße15 km · 759 m
Walchen16 km · 792 m
Pichl16 km · 750 m
Niedernsill16 km · 769 m
Zell am See19 km · 764 m

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Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

Grosseswiesbachhorn — Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0

20190624.Großglockner-Hochalpenstr.-036 — Bybbisch94, Christian Gebhardt · CC BY-SA 4.0

20190624.Großglockner-Hochalpenstr.-056 — Bybbisch94, Christian Gebhardt · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

How each month compared at the summit

Afternoon high at the summit (estimate). The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years show only the difference.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1991–2020 average	-15	-15	-11	-5	0	4	6	6	1	-3	-9	-14
2020	+2.7	+2.9	+0.6	+3.1	−0.5	−1.6	+0.4	+1.2	+1.5	−2.3	+3.0	+0.1
2021	−1.9	+1.7	−2.2	−3.0	−2.8	+2.1	±0.0	−1.1	+2.4	−0.8	+0.3	−0.4
2022	+0.2	+0.9	+0.5	−0.3	+2.3	+2.7	+1.8	+1.0	−0.9	+4.1	+0.8	+1.1
2023	+0.6	+2.0	+3.0	−2.6	−0.6	+1.3	+1.0	+1.2	+4.4	+3.3	−1.7	+1.9
2024	+0.7	+3.9	+2.4	+1.1	±0.0	+0.1	+2.1	+3.2	−1.1	+1.8	+2.0	+1.2
2025	+1.9	+4.3	+3.2	+2.1	−0.3	+4.2	−1.3	+0.9	+1.9	−1.1	−0.6	+2.0

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

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About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominence	Wikidata (Q691776) · CC0
Relief, 3D view, profiles	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020 · CC BY 4.0
Around the mountain	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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