Viola heads

Large viola head
Summit cross of the Great Viola Head
height	2857  m above sea level A.
location	Salzburg , Austria
Mountains	Hochkönigstock , Berchtesgaden Alps
Dominance	1 km →  Hochkönig
Notch height	125 m ↓  Scharte to the Hochkönig
Coordinates	47 ° 25 '9 "  N , 13 ° 4' 46"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '9 "  N , 13 ° 4' 46"  E
First ascent	Ludwig Purtscheller on June 29, 1882

Small viola head
The northeast flank of the Kleiner Bratschenkopf over the Upper Ochsenkar, seen from the gate pillar . Right in the picture the large viola head.
height	2686  m above sea level A.
Mountains	Hochkönigstock , Berchtesgaden Alps
Dominance	0.79 km →  Big Viola Head
Notch height	157 m ↓  Schrammbachscharte
Coordinates	47 ° 25 '22 "  N , 13 ° 5' 52"  E
First ascent	Ludwig Purtscheller on October 3, 1888

The viola head , consisting of the large viola head ( 2857  m above sea level ) and the small viola head ( 2686  m above sea level ), are two peaks in the Hochkönigstock in the Berchtesgaden Alps . They are located in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg .

The Großer Bratschenkopf can be reached without a path from the north from the transition from the Arthurhaus to the Matrashaus (not difficult ). The Kleine Bratschenkopf, located to the east, can be climbed from the same route (difficulty level I).

Albert Precht's "Freier als Paul Preuß " climbing route leads through the south face of the Großer Bratschenkopf ( first ascent 1986 Free Solo , difficulty level VII, wall height 900 meters).

literature

• Bernhard Kühnhauser: Alpine Club Guide Berchtesgaden Alps with Hochkönig . 20th edition. Bergverlag Rother , Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-7633-1127-9 . Pp. 576, 578.
• Albert Precht : Alpine Club Leader Hochkönig . 1st edition, Bergverlag Rother, Munich 1989, ISBN 978-3-7633-1259-7 .
• Freer than Paul Preuss. In: Adi Stocker: Longlines - The great climbs of the Northern Limestone Alps. Panico-Alpinverlag, Köngen 2014, ISBN 978-3-95611-022-1 , pp. 160-164 ( PDF ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Eduard Richter : The Development of the Eastern Alps Volume 1 . Publisher of the German and Austrian Alpine Association, 1893, p. 272.