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Wildalpen, the nearest town, 13 km away. Photo: Kasper Antonín, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Nördlicher Hochschwab

Climbing area · Austria

Is it worth the trip?

46Fair out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 46 out of 100

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Tue 3 · 46 out of 100

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Wed 4 · 46 out of 100

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Thu 5 · 46 out of 100

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Fri 6 · 46 out of 100

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Sat 7 · 46 out of 100

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Sun 8 · 46 out of 100

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No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in one fact

  • 7 cragsmapped within 5 km

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual climb conditions at Nördlicher Hochschwab, each day of your trip
DayAirRain
Mon 2to 8usually8°C0 mm

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

Town

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About

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About Nördlicher Hochschwab

7 crags mapped. The nearest town to stay in is Wildalpen.

  • Crags 7 crags mapped.
  • Rock No source states the rock.

From OpenStreetMap: the crags mapped within 5 km. Check access and bans locally.

Crags: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,450–US$2,710 each

about US$1,450–US$2,710 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, climbing instructor.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to VIE, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$516–US$1,070
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$154–US$261
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$328–US$549
Food7 days eating outabout US$322–US$596
Climbing instructor1 day with an instructor, shared; leave it out if you climb on your ownabout US$127–US$234
Totalabout US$1,450–US$2,710

Climbers bring their own kit: it is not in the cost. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Wildalpen

Closest

Wildalpen

24 min by car · 4 places to stay

about US$121/nightcountry average

See 4 places to stay in Wildalpen · Booking.com

About Wildalpen its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$121 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 16h 20m

About 16h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → VIE, direct, then 2h 20m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

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