Erlspitze

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Erlspitze
The Erlspitze from the Gipfelstürmerweg

The Erlspitze from the Gipfelstürmerweg

height 2405  m above sea level A.
location Tyrol , Austria
Mountains Erlspitz group , Karwendel
Dominance 2.4 km →  Großer Solstein
Notch height 607 m ↓  Erlsattel
Coordinates 47 ° 19 '12 "  N , 11 ° 17' 7"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 19 '12 "  N , 11 ° 17' 7"  E
Erlspitze (Tyrol)
Erlspitze
rock Main dolomite
Age of the rock Norium
First ascent 1886/1890 by August and Fraja Lieber (tourist)
Normal way insured climb from the Solsteinhaus

The Erlspitze is 2405  m above sea level. A. the highest mountain of the Erlspitz group named after it in the Karwendel . The pyramid-shaped summit is a rewarding panoramic mountain north of the Erlsattels and the Solsteinhaus .

Climbs

The normal route leads from the Solsteinhaus ( 1806  m above sea level ) over the south ridge on a marked trail (some safety ropes) to the summit (approx. 1.5 hours).

The Zirler via ferrata leads over the Eppzirler Scharte ( 2104  m above sea level ) and the west ridge (approx. 2–2.5 hours from Solsteinhaus; the saddle can also be reached from the north, from the Eppzirler Alm ). This requires surefootedness and a head for heights and was renovated in 2007 and made more interesting by deliberately leading the wire ropes out of the rock channels. A via ferrata set and helmet are recommended for this. The difficulty is, according to the signs on the path between A and B. Shortly before the summit is still a short way with difficulty D, which can be circumvented without any time loss.

Tourist development

The Innsbruck doctor and poet August Lieber climbed almost all the peaks of the Nordkette and Erlspitz group together with his son Fraja Lieber between 1886 and 1890 . For many peaks in the Erlspitze in particular, these were the first known tourist climbs, including the Erlspitze itself.

photos

  • The western Hinterautal-Vomper chain from the Erlspitze, in the right foreground the Hohe Gleirsch in the Gleirsch-Halltal chain

  • Kuhljochspitze, Freiungen and Reither Spitze from the Erlspitze

  • The Solsteinhaus in front of the Erlspitze

literature

Web links

Commons : Erlspitze  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Schwaiger in Eduard Richter (editor): The development of the Eastern Alps , Volume I, Berlin 1894, p. 225.