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The Great Geiger (left) from the north, seen from the Keeskogel

The Great Geiger (left) from the north, from Keeskogel seen from

height 3360  m above sea level A.
location Salzburg and Tyrol , Austria
Mountains Venediger group
Dominance 2.7 km →  Großvenediger
Notch height 285 m ↓  wide saddle
Coordinates 47 ° 5 '37 "  N , 12 ° 18' 29"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 5 '37 "  N , 12 ° 18' 29"  E
Great violinist (State of Salzburg)
Great violinist
rock Central gneiss of the Tauern window
First ascent August 20, 1871 by Richard Issler, led by Michael Groder
Normal way Southwest flank

The Great Geiger , formerly also called Obersulzbacher Venediger and Heiliggeistkogel , is 3360  m above sea level. A. high mountain of the Venediger group on the main Alpine ridge on the border between the Austrian federal states of Tyrol in the south and Salzburg in the north. The mountain was given its current name in 1855 by the Austrian pharmacist and cartographer Franz Keil . With its pronounced symmetrical pyramid shape and its mighty northwest wall , which rises at a height of 350 meters and an incline of 50 ° above the Obersulzbachkees glacier , it is the dominant landmark in the entire Obersulzbachtal . The mountain sends pronounced ridges in all four directions. Due to its easy accessibility, it is a popular touring and climbing destination . It was first climbed on August 20, 1871 by alpinist Richard Issler and mountain guide Michael Groder from the Johannishütte to the south .

The Great Geiger from the east, from the white peak seen from

Surroundings

The Great Geiger is surrounded all around by glaciers, some of which stretch up to a height of over 3200 meters. To the north is the Obersulzbachkees, to the east the Dorferkees , and to the south and west is the Maurerkees . The neighboring mountain in a north-easterly direction on the Tauern main ridge is the Großvenediger , separated by the Obersulzbachtörl crossing at an altitude of 2921 meters , and with a height of 3667 meters the highest mountain in the group. The only other significant neighboring peaks along the west ridge are the Maurerkeeskopf ( Kleiner- 3205, Hinterer- 3313 and Mittlerer Maurerkeeskopf with 3281 m height). Important settlements in the south are the Tyrolean village of Hinterbichl near Prägraten in the Virgental, about 10 kilometers away as the crow flies . Sulzau in Pinzgau in Salzburg is a good 17 km to the north.

Base and ascent

The Große Geiger can only be climbed over glaciers as part of an alpine tour . The first climber's path from 1871 led from the south to the summit. The Johannishütte, located at 2121 meters above sea level in the upper Dorfertal , served as their base . Their way led first along the Dorferbach up to the very crevice Dorferkees, to its middle ground at about 2700 meters above sea level and then in a westerly direction over 30 ° sloping firn to the so-called Ostsporn . Over this they then climbed in moderately difficult rock climbing, today known as UIAA level II , to the summit, where critical passages had to be overcome, which almost led to a fall. Today's normal route to the Großer Geiger leads either from the Essener-Rostocker-Hütte at an altitude of 2208 meters in a northerly direction, or from the Kürsingerhütte (2547 m) in a southerly direction up to the west ridge ( Geigerschartl 3142 m) of the Geiger and then over the southwest flank as a firn ascent to the summit cross in, according to literature, about 3½ to 4 hours of walking from one of the huts. There are also challenging climbing routes with levels of difficulty UIAA III to IV, sometimes as combined tours (ice / rock), through the north-west face and over its flanking ridges.

Big violinist from the north, in the foreground the original Kürsingerhütte, picture from the 19th century

Literature and map

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yearbook of the Austrian Alpine Club , Volume II, Vienna 1866, p. 103
  2. ^ Eduard Richter: Development of the Eastern Alps , III. Volume, Berlin 1894, p. 145
  3. ^ Journal of the German and Austrian Alpine Club , Volume IV, Munich 1873, pp. 141 ff.
  4. ↑ Willi End: Alpenvereinsführer Venedigergruppe , Munich 2006, p. 248 ff., Rz 927 ff.

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