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Hochschwab

2,277 m7,470 ft

Prominence: 1,430 m4,691 ft
Isolation: 43 km
Tonight: -5°CHeavy snow · Wind 10 km/h NW

Hochschwab is a 2,277 m (7,470 ft) mountain in the Hochschwab Mountains, Styria, Austria.

All facts

Elevation: 2,277 m · 7,470 ft
Nearest higher peak: Hochtor (2,369 m)
Range: Hochschwab Mountains
Region: Styria, Austria
Coordinates: 47.6182° N, 15.1426° E

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3D map

Hochschwab 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Hochschwab topographic map

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.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Downloads

Hochschwab downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGHochschwab satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-14.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXHochschwab GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Route

How to get to the top of Hochschwab

3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Road end, 3.2 km NNE of Hochschwab

Distance: 4.8 kmone way
Climb: +961 m−11 m (3,153 ft up)
Time up: about 3 h
Difficulty: T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling

Hochschwab elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2

Road end, 6.0 km WSW of Hochschwab7.3 km · +833 m · about 3 h
T3GPX KML
Road end, 4.3 km SW of Hochschwab6.6 km · +1,448 m · about 4 h
T3GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

Weather

Hochschwab weather

Tonight · Heavy snow · -5°C (23°F) · 5.1 mm · Wind 10 km/h NW

Hochschwab forecast for the summit, about 2,277 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,321 m.

Tonight-5°5.1 mm10 km/h NWBase 1°
Today-9°-4°0.5 mm15 km/h NWBase -3 / 3°
Sun-7°-2°4.5 mm24 km/h NWBase -2 / 4°
Mon-6°-1°0.6 mm21 km/h NWBase 0 / 5°
Tue-2°-1°1.8 mm5 km/h NWBase 3 / 5°
Wed-3°1°6.1 mm14 km/h NWBase 3 / 8°
Thu-7°-2°0.9 mm11 km/h NWBase -2 / 4°
Fri-6°1°0.5 mm6 km/h NBase -1 / 7°
Sat-6°-1°1.0 mm6 km/h NBase -1 / 4°
Sun-6°0°1.1 mm9 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, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Hochschwab

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Hochschwab, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest hut
Schiestlhaus
0.6 km NE · +2 more within 4.0 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
4.2 km NW
+2 more within 4.8 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
SchiestlhausHut	0.6 km NE
Voisthaler HütteHut	2.9 km ESE
GrasserhütteHut	4.0 km ESE
Parking	4.2 km NW
Parking	4.3 km N
Parking	4.8 km SSW

Slope

How steep is the route to Hochschwab?

The easiest mapped route, 4.8 km from 1,321 m to 2,277 m. Steepest stretch: 30°.

0 km · 1,321 m4.8 km · 2,277 m

0–15°3.3 km
15–30°1.5 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 46.2%Trees 45.7%Bare rock / sparse 7.2%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.9 km, measured from the Hochschwab summit.

Summit list 8

1G'hacktkogel2,213 m 1.0 km WSW
2G'hacktstein2,189 m 1.1 km SW
3Zagelkogel2,255 m 1.7 km WSW
4Karlhochkogel2,096 m 1.7 km SE
5Labenbecher2,128 m 1.8 km SW
6Stangenwand2,155 m 2.4 km WSW
7Hochwart2,210 m 2.4 km W
8Ringkamp2,153 m 3.1 km ENE

Where it sits

Where Hochschwab sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

LeopoldsteinerseeLake · 628 m22 km WSW

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,274 m at the summit; the official height is 2,277 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,277 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,274 m	-3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,271 m	-6 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 2026-08-14)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Hochschwab

West → east through the summit

Easiest route: from Road end, 3.2 km NNE of Hochschwab

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Data sources