Violin comb
The Geigenkamm is a mountain range in the Ötztal Alps . The Geigenkamm, which runs fairly straight from north to south, forms a 28-kilometer “dividing wall” between the Pitztal in the west and the Ötztal in the east. The northern end marks the Murmentenkarspitze, in the south the Geigenkamm ends near the Pollesjoch. The ridge is relatively little glaciated for the height of its summit.
The violin comb is named after its highest point, the high violin ( 3395 m above sea level ). Other prominent peaks of the almost 30 three-thousand-meter peaks in the mountain range are the Fundusfeiler ( 3080 m above sea level ), the Luibiskogel ( 3112 m above sea level ), the Puitkogel ( 3345 m above sea level ) and the Wassertalkogel ( 3252 m above sea level) . A. ).
Ibex in a violin comb
Were from Switzerland 1953-1957 ibex according Tyrol imported and both opposite Kaunergrat and settled somewhat later in Geigenkamm again. Today ibex are very common again, especially in the area around the Rüsselsheimer Hütte .
Violin comb crossing
The entire violin comb can be crossed in just under a week. Starting from the Inn valley , you can get from hut to hut into the heart of the Ötztal Alps. The first part of the path is identical to the Forchheimer Weg , the last part corresponds to the Mainzer Höhenweg . High alpine experience and surefootedness are essential , especially for the last section .
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High mountain lakes
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Huts and bivouacs
literature
- B. and E. Pinzer: Pitztal. Edition Löwenzahn, Innsbruck 2000, ISBN 3-7066-2204-1
- Walter Klier : Alpine Club Guide Ötztal Alps. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother , Munich 2006, ISBN 3-7633-1123-8
- Mountains. The international magazine of the mountains. , No. 2/2004, ISSN 0947-5958
- Alpine Club Map 1: 25,000, sheet 30/5, Ötztal Alps, Geigenkamm
