Via ferrata Dachstein Gams - Krippenstein, Obertraun am Hallstättersee - video

The Dachstein Gams is a new via ferrata route on Krippenstein. It has three parts: Himmeleck (A/B), Gams (C), and Nordwand (E). Because it was my first time here (2015), I only completed the first two sections. Read more
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