Rauhkopf, Mountain summit in Matrei in Osttirol, Austria

Rauhkopf is a 3,070-metre summit in the Venediger group of the Hohe Tauern, standing less than a kilometre north of the Bonn-Matreier Hütte (2,750 m). The route leaves the hut eastward on the Venediger Höhenweg to the Kälberscharte, then climbs a steep earthy scree gully to the southeast ridge. The last metres involve easy block climbing of grade II- (UIAA); the hut to summit takes about an hour.

The Rauhkopf is not named in the sources as a historic climbing objective; its documented history is cartographic and alpine. It appears on the Alpenvereinskarte sheet 36, Venedigergruppe, at 1:25,000, and in Georg Zlöbl's 2005 survey of East Tyrol's three-thousanders in the Hohe Tauern National Park. Its 3,070 m summit lies under a kilometre north of the Bonn-Matreier Hütte (2,750 m), which serves as the base for the ascent.

The Bonn-Matreier Hütte, less than a kilometre south of the summit at 2,750 m, is the standard base for the climb. From the hut the route follows the Venediger Höhenweg east to the Kälberscharte, then a steep path up an earthy scree gully to the southeast ridge. The last metres involve easy block climbing of UIAA grade II-, and the summit is about an hour from the hut.

The route starts at the Bonn-Matreier Hütte (2,750 m) and follows the Venediger Höhenweg east to the Kälberscharte, then a steep path up a loose, earthy gully to the southeast ridge. The last metres involve easy block climbing of UIAA grade II-, so sure-footedness and a head for heights are needed. Allow about one hour from the hut to the summit.

The final metres to the summit involve easy block climbing graded II- on the UIAA scale, so sure-footedness and a head for heights are needed. From the Bonn-Matreier Hütte the top is reached in about an hour via the Kälberscharte and a steep, earthy scree gully onto the southeast ridge.