Goat's foot (mountain)

Goat's foot
	Geißfuß and Gaisalphorn above the Upper Gaisalpsee
height	1981.1 m above sea level NHN
location	Bavaria , Germany
Mountains	Thumb group , Allgäu Alps
Dominance	0.3 km → Gundkopf
Notch height	41 m ↓ notch to Gundkopf
Coordinates	47 ° 25 '4 " N , 10 ° 19' 35" E Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '4 " N , 10 ° 19' 35" E
First ascent	by locals

The goat's foot is a 1981 m above sea level. NHN high grass mountain peak in the Allgäu Alps .

Location and surroundings

It is located in the mountain range that runs from the Nebelhorn to the Rubihorn and prevents a direct view of the Nebelhorn from Oberstdorf . The avalanche barriers on the west side of Geißfuß are noticeable. They were built to protect the Seealpe middle station of the Nebelhornbahn from avalanches in the 1970s.

The notch height of the Geißfuß is at least 41 meters, its dominance 300 meters, with the Gundkopf being the reference mountain .

Ascent

The goat's foot can be reached easily in a few minutes from the path from the Edmund-Probst-Haus to the Gaisalpe via an unmarked path . The way to the Rubihorn over the Gaißalphorn , however, requires surefootedness and a head for heights.

literature

Thaddäus Steiner : Allgäuer Bergnames , Lindenberg, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, 2007, ISBN 978-3-89870-389-5
Thaddäus Steiner: The field names of the municipality of Oberstdorf im Allgäu , Munich, self-published by the Association for Field Name Research in Bavaria, 1972
Zettler / Groth: Alpine Club Guide Allgäu Alps . Bergverlag Rudolf Rother , Munich 1984. ISBN 3-7633-1111-4

photos

Geißfuß (Grasberg in the left area of the picture) from the Schattenberg , Gundkopf and Nebelhorn
Goat's foot (grass mountain in the center of the picture) from the de-head . In the background the peaks of the Allgäu main ridge
The avalanche barriers at the goat's foot
Aerial view of the goat's foot (center) from the west. Behind it on the left the Nebelhorn

Web links

Commons : Goatfoot - collection of images, videos and audio files

Goat's foot

Individual evidence

↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
↑ Exact value not known, stated value is a minimum value (can be up to 19 meters higher). It was determined from the distance between the contour lines (20 meters in altitude ) on a topographic map ( scale 1: 25,000).

[DE_BFN-Karten-1] Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )

[2] Exact value not known, stated value is a minimum value (can be up to 19 meters higher). It was determined from the distance between the contour lines (20 meters in altitude ) on a topographic map ( scale 1: 25,000).