Mountain Attack 2025 in Saalbach-Hinterglemm

Austria´s biggest and toughest ski touring race

The 27th Mountain Attack 2025 took place in Saalbach-Hinterglemm with almost perfect weather and track conditions. Highly motivated athletes from 22 nations were at the start line to prove their skills in the Schattberg Race (1,017 meters of altitude), the Tour (2,036 meters of altitude, 5 summits) or the Marathon (3,010 meters of altitude, 6 summits) and the Marathon Relay.

The Mountain-Attaq-Team Sport Zöls also participated as historically the largest German team. The female star of the team, personal trainer Tina Fischl (WSV Otterskirchen/Mountain-Attaq-Team Sport Zöls) from Fürstenstein, was again considered the favorite in the extreme Schattberg-Race after her two Schattberg victories in previous years and her success at the Vertical Masters World Championships in Werfenweng. From the center of Saalbach, up to the Schattberg, a total of 1,000 meters of altitude have to be mastered in just 4 km. In the steep slopes, the athletes must overcome gradients of over 70%.

As in previous years, the starting signal for this cult ski mountaineering event was given punctually at 4:00 p.m. at the town square of Saalbach. Armed with skies and poles in hand, the race started with a run through the town square of Saalbach over to the ski slope, where the athletes were cheered on by thousands of spectators. Once arrived, the skis were strapped on and off they went into the steep slope. Like every year, the slope on the Schattberg was hard and icy and could only be mastered with special crampons. Tina Fischl got off to a good start, everything went according to plan. Some athletes slipped on the steep slope and slid past the ascending athletes. Fortunately, Fischl was able to avoid them and followed her planned route to the top.

At the halfway point of the course, Tina was informed that she was currently in second place behind Ayaka Ueda from Japan. But she didn’t know about the competition behind her.

Fully focused, the athletes continued into the second section of the route, which most of them then completed without crampons. The upper part of this section was very steep, so it was important to have the optimal climbing skins on. Fischl had made the right choice and was able to master the passage perfectly. On the last few meters below the Schattberg mountain station, Fischl realized that she would no longer be able to catch up with the fast woman from Japan. The important thing now was to keep the competition at bay. Fischl was overjoyed when she reached the summit of the Schattberg at 2,097 meters above sea level in an outstanding time of just 54:37 minutes, coming in second behind Ayaka Ueda from Japan and ahead of Molly Zurn from the United States.

Schattberg Race – Women

  1. Ayaka Ueda (JPN), 00:51:01
  2. Tina Fischl (GER), 00:54:37
  3. Molly Zurn (USA), 01:03:14

For more information and photos of the event, visit: https://www.mountain-attack.at/de/

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Photo documentation: © Alex Fischl

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Tina Fischl was crowned world champion in ski mountaineering

A great success for the extreme sportswoman from Fürstenstein

Since 2020, the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) has held the ISMF Masters World Championships in Werfenweng, Austria, every year. A total of over 400 athletes from 14 nations were registered this year.

The endurance athlete Tina Fischl from WSV Otterskirchen was competing in this world championship for the first time. The personal trainer from Fürstenstein has been competing in running events at all distances for many years with great success. For some time now, she has been using touring skis as a training tool in winter to get mountain training in the snow for the summer season. Fischl already attracted attention in 2022/2023 with her victories at the German Championships (Masters) in vertical ski mountaineering and at the vertical race as part of the Mountain Attack in Saalbach.

With perfect weather, sunshine and temperatures around -4°C, the vertical race started punctually at 1 pm by the organizers at the valley station of the Ikarus cable cars. Almost 200 starters were registered for this first competition of the ISMF Master World Championship was also held here for the categories Senior Master and U20.

Tina Fischl had a good starting position, her competitors however, started the race so fast that she lost contact with the leaders after just a few meters. Fischl has had this problem in previous races before, so she knew how to deal with this situation. After all, such races are not decided at the start. Fischl quickly fought her way back up the first steeper ski slope, overtaking many of the probably a little over-motivated women. This section ws followed by a long, flatter segment that could be mastered using the classic cross-country skiing technique.

Fischl managed to make up some places in this section as well. She was able to overtake several young athletes from Japan, Austria and Germany. This gave the experienced mountain specialist further courage but of course it also added to the pressure because she didn’t want to be caught from behind. It was not clear to Tina at which position she was at this point (around the middle station), she simply gave it her all and hoped to reach the summit as one of the first of the women’s field.

She also didn’t give in the last steep slope up to Bischling which is 1,835 meters above sea level. Here, the many spectators along the route were treated to high-class ski mountaineering.

The finish in bright sunshine at the summit of Bischling was very special for Tina Fischl. With her outstanding time of only 49 min. 29 sec. for the ascent of 870 meters and 4.7 km, Fischl earned overjoyed the victory in the Masters category W45 and thus also won the world champion title. The second-placed woman in this class, Senn Martina from Austria, came in well behind her after 55 min. 45 sec.

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Further information and results can be found at: https://www.erztrophy.com/ or https://www.ismf-ski.org/webpages/ and www.skimo.at

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A perfect end to the year at the HYPO New Year’s Eve Run in Linz

Tina Fischl wins overall title again

The TriRun Team Linz organized an authentic running event at the end of the year at the main square in downtown Linz.

More than 1,100 runners took on the challenge just before New Year’s Eve.

When arriving in Linz, the 3,000-meter-long circuit which had to be run twice was toured. The route through the lively city is quite challenging due to the different cobblestone surfaces and the tram tracks running along it, making it certainly not a classic circuit racetrack. The conditions were not ideal either, with temperatures around -1°C and an overcast sky. The many spectators along the route could nevertheless once again expect a fast race.

The starting signal was fired at 3:00 p.m. sharp at the main square in Linz. Tina Fischl started the race very fast from the beginning to see what her competitors were capable of. By the middle of the first lap, the personal trainer from Fürstenstein was already able to pull away from her pursuers and gained a lead of about 25 seconds. Fully motivated by the many viewers along the route and running through the small streets of the city center, Fischl tried to keep up the pace in the second round, after which her lead over her competitors increased even more.

Fischl held on to her lead over the last few meters if the demanding course and ran overjoyed towards victory.

The many spectators gave Tina Fischl a rousing reception in the finish area on Linz’s main square, where she won with an impressive gala performance and an excellent time of 20:58 minutes. The Austrian Iris Hermann from TriRun Linz crossed the finish line 1:20 minutes after Fischl. Gudrun Steiner from SV Gallneukirchen came in third.

Tina Fischl was more than satisfied with her run at the end of the year as well as with the entire running season and is now looking forward to the 2025 season full of motivation.

All further results and photos can be found at:
https://www.finisher.at/silvesterlauf/ergebnisse-fotos.htm

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