Weißeck

Weisseck with Riedingspitze

The Weisseck is with a height of 2711 m above sea level. A. the highest mountain of the Radstadt Tauern and both popular ski tour destination in winter and destination for climbing in the summer. It has its name from the powerful rock shape bright weather dolomite stone from which the mountain is composed.

The summit of Weißecks located on the municipal boundary between the national park community Muhr and nature park village house of cedar.

Starting point for tours to the Weisseck one hand the Riedingtal in cedar house and on the other hand Sticklerhütte ( 1,752 m ) in the upper Mur. The labeled Normal way from the Riedingscharte over the western ridge to the summit requires only a little slip resistance, however, is generally not difficult.

Around and there are about Weisseck some say, the best known is probably the most over the Weisseck Dog. The Weisseck is also very popular with mineral collectors, it is a well-known since time immemorial wide for fluorite.

Routes

In the summer

• Riedingtal: Königalm - Zauneralm - Riedingscharte - Weisseck (about 1,050 meters altitude)
• Upper Mur Valley: Sticklerhütte - Riedingscharte - Weisseck (about 950 meters altitude)

In the winter

• Forest in Cedar House: Gspandlalm - Höllgraben - in hell - Weisseck (about 1,400 meters altitude)