Climbing Watzmann Ostwand

Situated in the southeastern corner of Germany, which is entirely surrounded by Austria and therefore closer to Salzburg than Munich, Watzmann Ostwan is an incredibly scenic part of the country. While many seasoned mountaineers opt to climb up the peak’s iconic east face – challenging themselves, their endurance and their skills on one of the toughest walls in the eastern Alps – less experienced climbers can head up the north face. This route requires a four hour hiking approach to the Watzmann Hut at 1,928 meters (6,325 feet), where most climbers will spend the night. The following day is then spent making a fairly steep but simple climb up to the Hocheck peak (2,651 meters/8,698 feet), which is the shortest on the massif