REVIEWED LOCATION

Sportgastein — Guided Mineral Hike Rockhounding Status & Field Guide

Current Gastein guided mineral hike from Nationalparkhaus Sportgastein teaches mineral identification and says participants may, with luck, discover rock crystal, pyrite or garnet.

Conditional statusVery high evidencemeeting-area map precisionCurrent review cycle freshness
Important: Do not interpret the approximate map point as a collecting coordinate or independent permission.

What is here

alpine mineral occurrences

Materials / interest: Quartz, Garnet, Pyrite

Collecting and access

Mineral discovery/search only as part of the current guided program; no general collecting permission is represented

Navigation is to the public meeting area, not to any unpublished mineral occurrence. Join only through the current guided program.

Detailed status
conditional
Permission
Not flagged
Permit
Not flagged
Fee
Required
Guide
Required
Booking
Required
Surface collecting
conditional
Hammering
unknown
Digging
no

Safety

Alpine weather and terrain apply; use hiking footwear and guide instructions.

Seasonal / timing conditions

Guided event dates are seasonal; current program requires advance registration and is weather dependent.

Review status

Access reviewed: 2026-09-09 · Sources reviewed: 2026-09-09 · Next scheduled review: 2027-01-07.

Recheck access, closures, permissions and current source instructions before field travel.

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