Dachstein Skywalk, Mountain viewing platform in Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria

The Dachstein Skywalk is a steel viewing platform beside the Hunerkogel summit station at about 2,700 m, built as a balcony over the 250 m vertical rock face. The 40-tonne structure is 17 m long, with its last four metres projecting beyond the cliff edge; part of the deck is glass. A metal staircase descends from the grated deck, which is enclosed by horizontal railings.

The Skywalk was built in four months and opened in August 2005 beside the Hunerkogel summit station of the Dachstein-Südwandbahn. Its 40-tonne steel structure was designed to withstand winds of 210 km/h and snow loads of up to 8 metres, and it is rated for 150 people. The platform is 17 metres long, with the last four metres projecting past the rock edge.

The platform sits at the edge of the UNESCO World Heritage core zone of the Hallstatt–Dachstein/Salzkammergut cultural landscape, and the surrounding area is also a nature reserve. Visitor flows are deliberately channelled here so that the nature-protection idea reaches a broad public while other zones stay undisturbed. The steel balcony was opened in August 2005.

The Skywalk sits directly beside the mountain station of the Dachstein-Südwandbahn on the Hunerkogel, at about 2,700 m. From the deck, a metal staircase with grated treads leads down to a lower level; the deck itself is dark gray grating, so footing is firm but snow and ice can linger. The platform is built for 150 people at once.

The steel structure weighs 40 tonnes and is built to withstand wind speeds of 210 km/h and snow layers up to eight metres deep. It was assembled in just four months and opened in August 2005. The platform is designed for 150 people at a time.