Hocheiser, Alpine summit in Kaprun, Austria

Hocheiser is a mountain summit in the High Tauern Alps reaching about 3,200 meters, located between the Stubach and Kaprun valleys. The peak belongs to the Glockner Group and rises prominently from the surrounding terrain.

The sources document no first ascent date for Hocheiser; the 1871 claim is unsupported. The mountain lies in the Glockner Group of the High Tauern, between the Stubach and Kaprun valleys, and is not opened up by hiking trails or marked routes. It is climbed mostly as a ski tour, and the standard approach leaves the marked path near the Schwarzkarlsee, continuing east off-path over steep steps via the Mitterberg to the Upper Hocheiserkees, which carries some crevasse risk.

The mountain is mostly climbed on ski tours, and its unmarked glacier routes demand good route-finding and high-alpine experience. From the summit cross, climbers look across the Alpine main ridge between the Grosses Wiesbachhorn and the Grossglockner, and into the Granatspitz Group.

The mountain has no marked trails; all approaches cross glaciers and require alpine experience and good route-finding. The usual start is from the Rudolfshütte above the Weißsee or from the Tauernmoos reservoir; starting at Enzingerboden in the Stubach valley adds about 1,700 metres of ascent. All variants meet near the Schwarzkarlsee, where the marked path ends and the route continues east via the Mitterberg to the Upper Hocheiserkees, which has crevasses, then south to the often icy summit ridge and its cross. The peak is most often climbed on ski tours.

Hocheiser is not reached by any marked trail or alpine route; climbers leave the marked path at the Schwarzkarlsee and continue eastward off-track over steep steps via the Mitterberg to the Oberes Hocheiserkees, where crevasses are a hazard. The often icy summit ridge then leads to the summit cross.