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The Firmisanschneide from the east ( Hinterer Seelenkogel )
height	3490  m above sea level A.
location	Tyrol , Austria
Mountains	Ötztal Alps
Dominance	2 km →  Schalfkogel
Notch height	203 m ↓  Firmisanjoch
Coordinates	46 ° 49 '11 "  N , 10 ° 57' 12"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 49 '11 "  N , 10 ° 57' 12"  E
First ascent	1870 by Franz Senn , Ludwig Darmstaedter , led by Alexander Klotz from Vent
Normal way	from Ramolhaus to Spiegeljoch via the northeast ridge ( I )

The Firmisanschneide , also called Firmisanschneid , is 3490  m above sea level. A. high mountain in the main ridge of the Ötztal Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol . The eastern flank of the mountain, which slopes up to 55 °, is glaciated , and it has pronounced ridges to the northeast, southeast and west. The Firmisanschneide was first climbed in 1870 by the pastor Franz Senn , the founder of the Alpine Club, and the German natural scientist and chemist Ludwig Darmstaedter , under the guidance of Anselm Klotz .

Location and surroundings

The Firmisanschneide is about 8 kilometers as the crow flies southwest of Obergurgl , a district of the municipality of Sölden in the Ötztal . The Firmisanferner extends north of the mountain, the Diemferner in the south and the Gurgler Ferner in the east . Neighboring mountains are in the course of the north ridge , separated by the 3251  m high Spiegeljoch , the Hinterer Spiegelkogel with 3424  m height and in the south, separated by the Firmisanjoch ( 3287  m ), the 3537  m high Schalfkogel . The elongated west ridge runs out into Viedertal .

Base and routes

Firmisanschneid from the north-west, from the area of ​​the Stableinalm

The route of the first climber led from Vent to the summit, but the exact route has not been recorded. The Ramolhaus at an altitude of 3005  m serves as a base for an inspection of the Firmisanschneide . The normal route to the summit leads from the hut southwest over a large field of firn up to the Spiegeljoch. From there, the path runs over the rocky northeast ridge in, according to literature, easy climbing of difficulty UIAA I in a walking time of three hours to the summit. There are further routes on the east face , the north flank (both challenging ice tours ) and on all other ridges, some of which are difficult climbing up to UIAA grade III.

Literature and map

• Walter Klier : Alpine Club Guide Ötztaler Alpen , Bergverlag Rudolf Rother , Munich 2006. ISBN 3-7633-1123-8
• Richard Goedeke : 3000er in the Northern Alps , Bruckmann, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7654-3930-4
• Alpine Club map, scale 1: 25,000, sheet 30/1, Gurgl , ISBN 3-928777-38-6

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. 10. Height of the reference chart according to: Walter Klier: Alpenvereinsführer Ötztaler Alpen, Munich 2006, RZ 570.
2. ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria: Firmisanschneid on the Austrian Map online (Austrian map 1: 50,000) .
3. ^ Journal of the German and Austrian Alpine Association , Volume VII, Munich 1876, p. 225
4. ↑ Heinrich Heß in Eduard Richter : The development of the Eastern Alps , Volume II, Berlin 1894, p. 351
5. ^ Walter Klier: Alpine Club Guide Ötztaler Alpen , Munich 2006, p. 377 ff.

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