This is a list of Austrian mountaineers. On 5 of the 14 Eight-thousanders Austrians have made the first ascent, more than any other nation can claim. Out of the total of 9 Austrian mountaineers who made first ascents of Eight-thousanders, 3 have been members of the Edelweiss Club Salzburg, an association of mountaineers founded in Salzburg in 1881
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Eight-thousanders Austrian First Ascent
- Hermann Buhl (1924-1957), first ascent solo and without oxygen of Nanga Parbat (1953), first ascent of Broad Peak (1957)
- Kurt Diemberger (born 1932), first ascents of Broad Peak (1957) and Dhaulagiri (1960)
- Fritz Moravec (1922-1997), first ascent of Gasherbrum II together with Josef Larch and Hans Willenpart
- Marcus Schmuck (1925-2005), first ascent of Broad Peak (1957), initiator and leader of the OEAV Karakoram Expedition
- Herbert Tichy (1912-1987), geologist, writer and mountaineer (first ascent of Cho Oyu, together with Sepp Jöchler)
- Fritz Wintersteller (1927-2018), first ascent of Broad Peak (1957)
Other Austrian mountaineers
- Hansjörg Auer(1984-2019) Marmolada "Way of the Fish" free solo, Lupghar Sar West in the Karakoram-solo, Howse Peak with David Lama and Jess Roskelley
- Peter Aufschnaiter (1899-1973), mountaineer and co-traveller of Heinrich Harrer (Seven Years in Tibet)
- Karl Blodig (1859-1956), mountaineer (first to climb all alpine mountains above 4000m)
- Paul Grohmann (1838-1908), first ascent of the four highest Dolomites
- Peter Habeler (born 1942), first ascent of Mount Everest without oxygen (together with Reinhold Messner)
- Heinrich Harrer (1912-2006), mountaineer (first ascent of the Carstensz Pyramid and the Eiger north face) and writer (Seven Years in Tibet)
- Conrad Kain (1883-1934), first ascent of Mount Robson
- Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (born 1970), first woman to ascend all Eight-thousanders without oxygen (2011)
- Fritz Kasparek (1910-1954), many first ascents, including the Eiger north face
- Markus Kronthaler (1967-2006), Tyrolean mountaineer, ice climber
- Moriz von Kuffner(1854-1939) first descent of the Mittellegi Ridge on the Eiger & first ascent of the Arête Kuffner of Mont Maudit
- David Lama (1990- 2019) Cerro Torre free climb of the compressor route, Lunag Ri solo climb, Howse Peak climbed but party lost in descent
- Paul Preuss (1886-1913), premier rock climber of his time
- Ludwig Purtscheller (1849-1900), first ascent of Kilimanjaro in 1889
- Erwin Schneider (1906-1987) Pik Lenin, Jongsong Peak, Siula Grande & Huascaran all first known ascents
- Christian Stangl (born 1966), speed climber
- Luis Trenker (1892-1990), mountaineer, film director and writer (born in Tyrol, Austria-Hungary)