Gamskarkogel

The Gamskarkogel at 2,467 meters above Bad Hofgastein is claimed as the highest grass-covered mountain in Europe, meaning that its summit is not rock and ice but alpine meadow, which at this elevation is unusual. It is reached by the Schlossalmbahn cable car from Bad Hofgastein and then a summit hike from the upper cable car station.

The Gamskarkogel at 2,467 meters above Bad Hofgastein is claimed as the highest grass-covered mountain in Europe: its summit is alpine meadow, not rock and ice, which at this elevation is genuinely unusual. Reached by the Schlossalmbahn cable car and a 1 to 1.5 hour summit hike from the upper station. The panorama covers the Hohe Tauern and the Grossglockner. Bad Hofgastein is 1 hour by train from Salzburg on the Tauern line. Combine with the thermal spa tradition of the Gastein valley, which has been drawing cure-seekers since the medieval period.