Obertauern - Gamsleitenspitze
Starting point: Obertauern (1738 m)
Starting point Lat/Lon: 47.24952°N 13.55424°E 
Time of walking: 2 h
Difficulty: easy marked way
Difficulty of skiing: no data
Altitude difference: 621 m
Altitude difference (by path): 621 m
Map:
Access to starting point:
Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving on the highway towards Salzburg. We leave the highway at exit for settlement Sankt Michael (exit is located between the both larger tunnels). Further, we then follow the signs for Obertauern and Radstadt. The road leads us through settlements Sankt Michael, Sankt Margarethen and Mauterndorf. Then we follow an ascending road all the way to mountain pass Obertauern, where there is also eponymous ski center. On the mountain pass, we drive to marked bridge number 5 (Brücke 5). We park on one of the parking lots near the bridge.
Path description:
From the starting point, we go on a narrow asphalt road which is closed for traffic. The road is located after the bridge number 5 and at first leads towards the southwest. The road is ascending by grassy slopes and at smaller cottage turns to the left. An ascending road then soon brings us to a crossroad.
To the right leads the road towards bar Gamsmilchbar, and we go left on a macadam road by which there are also signposts. Macadam road further runs towards the south and crosses a slope below the cableway. The road then leads us past the mountain hut Achenrainhütte and brings us below the slopes of the peak Herbertspitze. Here the road turns to the right and brings us near the cableway near of which we are then for some time ascending. Further, the road turns to the left and starts ascending on a little steeper slope.
Such road then brings us to a marked crossing where the path to Herbertspitze branches off to the left. At a crossing we continue right on the road which soon passes into a footpath. The path is then ascending on grassy slopes below the summit Kleine Kesselspitze. A little higher, the path turns slightly right and then runs on the right side of chairlift towards the summit Gamsleitenspitze. The path continues to ascend on grassy slopes and when we come past the upper station of a chairlift a short ascent follows on a little steeper ridge to the top.
We can descend on the ascent route or on a little more demanding path past the artificial lake and bar Gamsmilchbar. From there we then descend on the road back to the starting point.
On the way: Achenrainhütte (1800m)
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