Nice and warm weather was forecasted for this day so i decide to go to the Alps once more in less than a week.
At 5:30 AM i drive away from Linz and in a little bit more than 2 and half hours i park my car at 1580m in Sportgastein, which is another name for Nassfeld. There was significantly less snow than a week before, but i could start snowshoeing just a few tens meters away from my car.
The weather was perfect, so there were wonderful views around while i was going up to the Bockhartsee hut. In 1850m i had to take off the snowshoes and walk the last steep part to the hut by foot.

the upper part of Gasteiner valley

Hoher Sonnblick (3106m) with weather station on the top

in the Bockhartscharte (2226m), in the back Hoher Sonnblick and Hocharn (3254m)

Afterwards the terrain isn´t the right one - steep traverse above the Unterer Bockhart lake, without trail of course. So i rather continue by foot up to the height of almost 2000m, where a nice and only light uphill going plateau around the Oberer Bockhart lake begins. From there it was a wonderful snowshoeing up to the Bockhart saddle.
A nice view to the other valley opens in the col, so i can admire the fresh snowed more than 3000m high peaks of Hoher Sonnblick, Hocharn and Ritterkopf.

black & white

Unterer Bockhartsee (1872m)

After quite a long rest i start the descend back. Short before 4 PM i'm back at the parking place and drive (with few traffic jams on the austrian highways) back to the Danube river lowlands.