Gößler Wand, Rocky wall in Grundlsee, Austria
The Gößler Wand is a limestone cliff about 180 metres high and one kilometre long, stretching from the village of Gößl on the Grundlsee along the Toplitz trough valley to the Toplitzsee. It is the scarp of the Toplitz fault, a fracture line running from the Grundlsee through the Totes Gebirge to Windischgarsten. The wall is divided into two climbing sectors.
The Gößler Wand is the break-off edge of a fracture line running from the Grundlsee over the Toplitzsee to Windischgarsten, known in specialist literature as the Toplitz fault. On 21 May 2005 the brothers Alexander and Thomas Huber, known as the Huberbuam, made the first ascent via Via Gabrielli with nine intermediate bolts in redpoint style.
Since 2005 the wall has been a climbing garden in two sectors: Sector 1 holds four lead routes, two of them multi-pitch, Sector 2 ten lead routes and one multi-pitch. During the Sprudel, Sprudel & Musik festival in Gössl, images are projected onto the rock face after dark.
The wall is reached from Gößl at the Grundlsee, along the trough valley of the Toplitz toward the Toplitzsee. The climbing garden is split into two sectors: sector 1 holds four lead routes, two of them multi-pitch; sector 2 holds ten lead routes and one multi-pitch route. The rock is Dachstein reef limestone.
The steep rock face provides natural protection from rain, allowing climbing activities throughout the year. This feature makes it especially valuable for climbers during colder months.
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