The Keeskogel, a mountain with a height of , lies in the

Venediger Group The Venediger Group (german: Venedigergruppe) is a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps. Together with the Granatspitze Group, the Glockner Group, the Goldberg Group, and the Ankogel Group, it forms the main ridge of the High Tauern. The hig ...

of the High Tauern in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. The summit is located about 4 km as the crow flies northwest of the

Großvenediger Großvenediger () is the main peak of the Venediger Group within the Hohe Tauern mountain range, on the border of the Austrian state of Tyrol (East Tyrol) with Salzburg. It is generally considered to be Austria's fourth highest mountain (although ...

(). The waymarked, glacier-free

normal route A normal route or normal way (french: voie normale; german: Normalweg) is the most frequently used route for ascending and descending a mountain peak. It is usually the simplest route. Overview In the Alps, routes are classed in the following way ...

from the Kürsinger Hut (), is a relatively straightforward climb in dry and snow-free condition and takes about 1½ to 2 hours to reach the summit ( sure-footedness required). Especially impressive in good weather is the view from the summit of the north side of the Großvenediger and the main chain of the Tauern and the glaciated landscape of the ''Obersulzbachkees'' and ''Untersulzbachkees''.

Literature and maps

*Willi End/Hubert Peterka: Alpine Club Guide: ''Venedigergruppe''; Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, 5th edn., Munich, 2006; * Alpine Club map, Sheet 36, 1:25,000 series, ''Venedigergruppe'', Alpine three-thousanders Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Salzburg (federal state) Venediger Group {{Salzburg-geo-stub