Hinterer Gosausee

A road (closed to cars) along the Vordere Gosausee, past the Holzmeisteralm (973m/3,192ft), leads to the Hinterer Gosausee (1,154m/3,786ft; 1.75 hours' climb), situated in a magnificent valley basin, the high walls of which give it the character of a lake normally found only in the highest of mountains. From here it is three hours to the Adamek-Hütte (2,196m/9,205ft; inn); then another three hours' rock-climbing (with guide) to the summit of the Hoher Dachstein.