Bliggspitze

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Bliggspitze
Front Ölgrubenspitze (left, 3452 m), Bliggspitze (center, 3453 m) and Eiskastenspitze (right, 3371 m) from the east.

Front Ölgrubenspitze (left, 3452  m ), Bliggspitze (center, 3453  m ) and Eiskastenspitze (right, 3371  m ) from the east.

height 3453  m above sea level A.
location Tyrol , Austria
Mountains Ötztal Alps
Dominance 4.1 km →  Hochvernagtspitze
Notch height 386 m ↓ 
Coordinates 46 ° 55 '8 "  N , 10 ° 47' 8"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 55 '8 "  N , 10 ° 47' 8"  E
Bliggspitze (Tyrol)
Bliggspitze
First ascent September 24, 1874 by Theodor Petersen , led by Alois Ennemoser

The Bliggspitze is a mountain of the Kaunergrat , a ridge of the Ötztal Alps . The Bliggspitze is at a height of 3453  m above sea level. A. after the Watzespitze the second highest mountain on this ridge. The area around the mountain is heavily glaciated . In the west, in the direction of the Kaunertal , lies the Bliggferner , in the east the Hintere Eiskastenferner and to the northeast, the Mittlere Eiskastenferner , a hanging glacier, is directly adjacent to the summit structure. In the south, however, is the Vordere Ölgrubenferner . In earlier times the mountain was called Blickspitze and it lives up to its name because it allows a comprehensive view of the Kaunertal and the peaks of the Weißkamm alike.

Routes

Routes lead from the east from the Pitztal , from the west from the Kaunertal and over the ridges to the summit. All routes as a high tour require mountaineering skills and ice equipment.

  • Normal route : over the Ölgrubenferner, the Bliggscharte , the Bliggferner and the west flank and finally over the north ridge to the summit.
  • Direct south ridge from the Taschach valley

Danger situation

The thawing of the permafrost soils in the Alps destabilizes the mountain slopes, also in the vicinity of the Gepatsch reservoir . The slope of the Bliggferner slid 20 centimeters a day in 2007, increasingly tearing open the glaciated slope structure. This increased the likelihood of a sudden slide into the reservoir. As a result, a tidal wave would have to be expected that would overcome the dam; in the worst case, damage to the dam itself could also be expected. In 1963 there was a similar accident at the Vajont dam in Italy , in which almost 2,000 people died.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clem Clements, Jonathan de Ferranti, Eberhard Jurgalski , Mark Trengove: The 3000 m SUMMITS of AUSTRIA - 242 peaks with at least 150 m of prominence , October 2011, p. 8. Height of the reference chart according to: Walter Klier: Alpenvereinsführer Ötztaler Alpen, Munich 2006, RZ 1746. Location of the notch on the Austrian Map online (Austrian map 1: 50,000) .
  2. ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria: Bliggspitze on the Austrian Map online (Austrian map 1: 50,000) .
  3. ↑ Permafrost - And then the summit was gone ( Memento from December 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Süddeutsche December 27, 2007)

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