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Hochkönig
- Easiest route
- 7.9 km+1,716 m · about 5 h · T4
- Prominence
- 2,245 m7,364 ft
- Isolation
- 34 km
- Tonight
- -9°CSnow · Wind 4 km/h S
Hochkönig is a 2,941 m (9,649 ft) mountain in the Hochkönig mountain range, Salzburg, Austria.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,941 m · 9,649 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Kempsenkopf (3,090 m)
- Range
- Hochkönig mountain range
- Region
- Salzburg, Austria
- Coordinates
- 47.4204° N, 13.0624° E
How to get to the top of Hochkönig
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 4.5 km WNW of Hochkönig
- Distance
- 7.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,716 m−241 m (5,630 ft up)
- Time up
- about 5 h
- Difficulty
- T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Hochkönig 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 12.8 × 12.8 km
Hochkönig terrain and contours
100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Hochkönig weather
Tonight · Snow · -9°C (16°F) · 2.4 mm · Wind 4 km/h S
Hochkönig forecast for the summit, about 2,941 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,546 m.
- Tonight-9°2.4 mm4 km/h SBase 0°
- Today-12°-6°0.7 mm9 km/h WBase -3 / 2°
- Sun-11°-4°10.4 mm9 km/h SEBase -2 / 4°
- Mon-10°-5°0.7 mm8 km/h NWBase -1 / 3°
- Tue-6°1°0.1 mm4 km/h NWBase 4 / 10°
- Wed-6°-1°4.1 mm4 km/h NWBase 3 / 8°
- Thu-10°-2°–2 km/h NWBase -1 / 6°
- Fri-11°-1°–2 km/h NBase -1 / 8°
- Sat-11°-4°0.5 mm4 km/h NWBase -2 / 5°
- Sun-9°-4°3.2 mm3 km/h WBase 0 / 5°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Hochkönig
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Hochkönig, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
Franz-Eduard-Matras-Haus
Nearest parking
Trockenbachkurve
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Franz-Eduard-Matras-HausHut | 0.0 km N |
| BrandstatthütteHut | 2.7 km SE |
| ErichhütteHut | 2.8 km SW |
| Parking | 3.0 km SSE |
| TrockenbachkurveParking | 3.2 km SSE |
| Dientner SattelParking | 3.3 km S |
How steep is the route to Hochkönig?
The easiest mapped route, 7.9 km from 1,457 m to 2,941 m. Steepest stretch: 34°.
- 0–15°5.3 km
- 15–30°2.2 km
- 30–45°0.5 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 90 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 6.4 km, measured from the Hochkönig summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Hoher Kopf2,875 m 0.7 km W
- 2Kematstein2,772 m 0.7 km WSW
- 3Großer Bratschenkopf2,858 m 1.3 km E
- 4Lamkopf2,846 m 1.6 km W
- 5Kleiner Bratschenkopf2,686 m 2.6 km E
- 6Hochseiler2,793 m 2.7 km WNW
- 7Südwestlicher Schoberkopf2,708 m 2.9 km ENE
- 8Mittlerer Schoberkopf2,693 m 3.1 km ENE
- 9Östlicher Schoberkopf2,666 m 3.5 km ENE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.4 km; 461 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Spotted Orchid21
- Alpine Marmot20
- Frog Orchid16
- Spring gentian16
- Marsh grass-of-Parnassus15
- Dragonmouth15
Where Hochkönig sits
Nearby places
Hochkönig downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,935 m at the summit; the official height is 2,941 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,941 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,935 m | -6 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,920 m | -21 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-15)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)