Well, now it worked, before first stairs I turned the camera to this angle:
and zoomed in to max, got through 4 times in a row, for now that is a workaround, thanks for the info provided!
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I can confirm it also worked for me. Full zoomed in and didnāt change the camera angle.
Some additional observations:
- After enabling the portal at the end of the mountain track, I zoomed out again and went back to the bottom of those stairs. No problem there. But as soon as I started climbing them again, the game hung again.
- Thatās the second set of stairs on that mountain pass, just after two large stones as we turn to our right. The first set of stairs at the beginning of the pass can sometimes also crash the game. But much less often.
I had reached Kurnhold on Normal before patch, so when i decend the bug does not occure, but when i accent it triggers in the same game as i decended.
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Same here, i think thereās something with the background where exactly on those stairs that make the game hung
The game crashed right when the map loaded! 
Iām attaching the link to that exact part of the stream!
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This work for me, thank you. My camera was in the standard angle when starting the game.
I just crashed two times at the stairs in frostveil highlands. One time while using an evade skill, the other time just when walking. Max zoom out, no camera movements and no mods. Dont think I have had any other crashes before in GD.
Submitted my issue yesterday but came back and tried again. I zoomed fully IN and hugged the right side of the twin pillars and stairs walking up the path and didnt crash. Made it to the waypoint, exit to menu to save my progress and havent had another issue like that yet 
donāt the pillars right before the stairs light up the first time you come through them? Maybe that is what is killing it. zooming in you cant see the pillars light up.
i made it almost to the end of the zone with the camera zoomed in and rotated south.
I also crashed, after crossing the first bridge. Running Linux w/Proton-GE, first true crash Iāve had in ages.
Iām facing the same issue, black screen as soon as I go up the stairs. Weird black square appeared on the map, but in a different spot, canāt screenshot it because it is gone after reload.
It was the same for me on 1.3.0.0. Just not as consistent, it was crashing a lot on frostveil highland and after exit from kurnhold, but only when using dpyes. Without it, I was able to finish FoA content with an old char.
Now Iām on 1.3.0.4 GOG and new char, and itās 100% reproducible (maybe 5 attempts, each frezes at near the same spot. Ran through base game and AoM without single issue). And this time itās also replicable without dpyes.
Heya friends, can confirm that zooming in lets you get through it just fine until you get to the rift! Tyvm for suggested fix.
Same here the game crashes despite lowest graphic settings. Tried the zoom in trick but itās still crashing despite it.
Any update on the fix I was really waiting for this DLC I even started later than release 
trying to get my lv100 through ascended and I canāt get past that damn stairs
Itās already been fixed in v1.3.0.5.