Styria offers some of Austria's most serious limestone walls alongside sunny crags close to Graz. In the north, the Gesäuse is a classic big-wall area with the Hochtor (2,369 m), Ödstein, Planspitze and Großer Buchstein, plus sport crags around Johnsbach; in the north-west, the Schladming-Dachstein region combines the Dachstein south faces with routes such as the Steinerweg and the Türlspitz, the Burgstall with around 180 sport routes and more than 30 via ferratas. The Hochschwab group adds remote alpine limestone between Mariazell and the Mur valley.
North of Graz, the Grazer Bergland centres on the Röthelstein above Mixnitz, where south and south-west facing walls such as the Breite Wand and Ratengrat hold well-protected multi-pitch routes up to the 7th grade, reached in about 50 minutes from the Drachenhöhle car park (also accessible by train). Those walls get very hot in summer and are better in spring and autumn, while the high limestone areas are mainly climbed from June to September.
Part of Austria, Styria has 102 via ferrata routes documented on climbing.place. Explore its 10 areas below.