Tagkopf

The Tagkopf stands 2,084 metres above Dorfgastein in Salzburg’s Goldberg Group. Its summit marks the border between the villages of Dorfgastein and Klammstein. Nearby peaks include the Kar-Katzenkopf to the northwest and the Mooseckhöhe to the west. Two streams, the Präaualmbach and Zechergrabenbach, rise on its slopes and feed the Gasteiner Ache. The mountain’s eastern flanks hold scattered alpine farms and a network of high pastures.

The Tagkopf is one of 55 peaks that form the Gasteiner Gipfelkranz. Hikers who collect stamps at each summit earn the highest class of the Austrian Alpine Club’s Gasteiner Wandernadeln. The Salzburg Long-Distance Trail, the Salzburger Almenweg, crosses the saddle between the Tagkopf and the Mooseckhöhe. A small stamp box is fixed near the top for walkers to mark their progress. From November to May the south-eastern slopes become a red-deer resting zone.

On the summit ridge heather and bilberry bushes grow among slabs of phyllite and quartzite. Marble and glimmer schist appear on the northern side. The route from the Heinreichalm at 1,685 metres leads through open pastures and larch woods before reaching the open summit. Views stretch across the Gasteiner valley to the Hohe Tauern peaks. The Tagkopf offers a quiet, high-altitude viewpoint for those who climb its broad, grassy slopes.