Hochseiler, Mountain summit in Hochkönig massif, Austria

The Hochseiler, also called Hochsailer, is a 2,793 m (AA) summit in the Hochkönig massif of the Berchtesgaden Alps. It lies on the border between the districts of Zell am See and St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg.

The sources document no separate origin story for the Hochseiler; it is recorded as a 2,793 m summit of the Hochkönig massif in the Berchtesgaden Alps, on the border between the Zell am See and St. Johann im Pongau districts of Salzburg. Its climbing history is documented through the Alpine Club guides of Albert Precht (1989) and Bernhard Kühnhauser (2011), which describe the Mooshammersteig and the southeastern arête from the Teufelslöcher as the routes to the top.

The name Hochseiler appears in two forms, Hochseiler and Hochsailer, both used for the same 2,793 m peak. The mountain is documented in the Alpine Club Guide Berchtesgadener Alpen mit Hochkönig by Bernhard Kühnhauser, whose 2011 20th edition describes the summit routes on pages 425 and 574.

The summit can be reached from the north via the Mooshammersteig trail or from the southeast via the Teufelslöcher route. Proper footwear and preparation are helpful since the terrain involves exposed sections and steep climbing.

The summit is climbed either from the north via the Mooshammersteig or from the Teufelslöcher over the Übergossene Alm along the southeast arête, both at climbing grade I–II. The mountain also appears as Hochsailer in older literature, and the Alpine Club Guide Berchtesgadener Alpen mit Hochkönig by Bernhard Kühnhauser (20th edition, 2011) covers its routes.