Daniel (mountain)
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Upsspitze and Daniel |
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height | 2340 m above sea level A. | |
location | Tyrol , Austria | |
Mountains | Ammergau Alps | |
Dominance | 6.7 km → Schneefernerkopf | |
Notch height | 1233 m ↓ Lähn | |
Coordinates | 47 ° 25 '56 " N , 10 ° 52' 49" E | |
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rock | Plattenkalk | |
Age of the rock | Triad |
The mountain Daniel is with a height of 2340 m above sea level. A. the highest peak in the Ammergau Alps , a group of the Northern Limestone Alps . It is located in the Ausserfern district of the Austrian state of Tyrol , north of the villages of Ehrwald and Lermoos . Its north wall is around 200 m high. The south wall has a rather rugged character. With the almost equally high Upsspitze ( 2332 m ) it forms a double peak. A neighboring peak in the northwest is the Hochschrutte with 2247 m height.
Ascent
The summit can be reached with an easy mountain tour from the south, whereby only the summit ridge from the Upsspitze to the Daniel requires increased surefootedness . The ascent from Lermoos via the Tuftlalm and Upsspitze to Daniel takes about 4 hours, according to literature. The descent over the Upsspitze, the Green Ups (a lookout point) and the Tuftlalm to Lermoos can be done in around 2.5 hours.
photos
Daniel from the Zugspitze
Daniel from Riffeltorkopf
Daniel from the Tyrolean Zugspitzbahn
Literature and map
- Alpine Club Card , 4/1 Wetterstein-Mieminger Mountains West (1: 25,000)
- Bavarian Land Surveying Office, UK L31 Werdenfelser Land (1: 50,000) ISBN 3-86038-509-7
- Dieter Seibert: Alpine Association Guide Allgäu Alps and Ammergau Alps , Rother Verlag Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7633-1126-2
- Compass hiking map, scale 1: 35,000, sheet 07, Werdenfelser Land with Zugspitze , ISBN 3-85491-718-X
Web links
- Berg Daniel and Upsspitze: altitude profile and tour description
- Route description - mountain tour Daniel
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geological map of Bavaria with explanations (1: 500,000). Bavarian Geological State Office, 1998.