Hochheide, Mountain summit in Rottenmanner Tauern, Styria, Austria
Hochhaide is a 2,363 m summit on the border between Rottenmann and Trieben in the Rottenmanner Tauern, Styria. The usual ascent starts at Gasthaus Stadtwald in Rottenmann or at the car park by the material cable car to the Rottenmanner Hütte, mostly via the Singsdorfer Alm. The Dreisteckengrat links the summit over the Dreistecken (2,382 m) and the Sonntagskarspitze (2,350 m) with the Großer Bösenstein (2,448 m) to the south.
The mountain is part of the Rottenmanner Tauern range, a massif that has drawn hikers and mountaineers since prehistoric times. The region's geology was shaped by tectonic processes that formed the landscape visible today.
The main base on the Styrian side is the Rottenmanner Hütte, reached by a material cable car from the Stadtwald inn near Rottenmann. Hikers often pass the Singsdorfer Alm on the way up, and from the summit four more peaks can be added: Moserspitz (2230 m), Diewaldgupf (2125 m), Seegupf (2011 m) and Stein am Mandl (2043 m).
The terrain is best accessed from May through October when paths are free of snow and conditions are safe. Several marked routes of varying difficulty lead from Rottenmann to the summit.
The summit sits on the municipal border between Rottenmann and Trieben. From the top, the Dreisteckengrat ridge runs south over the Dreistecken (2,382 m) and the Sonntagskarspitze (2,350 m) to the Großen Bösenstein (2,448 m), a route linking several summits.
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