Hammerspitze (Stubai Alps)

Hammer tip
	Summit of the Hammerspitze looking east.
height	2641 m above sea level A.
location	Tyrol , Austria
Mountains	Stubai Alps
Dominance	1.5 km → Kirchdachspitze
Notch height	194 m ↓ Scharte to Wasenwand
Coordinates	47 ° 4 '45 " N , 11 ° 21' 9" E Coordinates: 47 ° 4 '45 " N , 11 ° 21' 9" E
rock	Main dolomite
Normal way	from the Padasterjochhaus

The Hammerspitze (at the summit cross is Hammerspitz 2634 m ) is a 2641 m above sea level. A. high mountain in the Stubai Alps in Tyrol , Austria .

location

The Hammerspitze is located in the twelve kilometer long Serleskamm , which separates the Gschnitztal in the southeast from the Pinnistal ( orographically right side valley of the Stubai Valley ) in the northwest and from the Pinnisjoch over the 2692 m high Ilm and 2840 m high Kirchdachspitze (southwest) and the 2728 m high Kesselspitze (northeast) to the 2717 m high eponymous Serles .

reachability

The easiest way to get to the Hammerspitze is from the Padasterjochhaus, 400 meters to the east , via the 2528 m high notch to the north of the summit in just over an hour. You can get to this Naturfreundehaus from Trins in the Gschnitztal via the Herrensteig or the forest road in a good three hours.

The Rohrauersteig from the Pinnistal (from Issenanger in about four hours) is ideal for experienced climbers.

Both routes can also be easily combined into one crossing, as both Trins (Gschnitztal) and Neder (Stubaital) can be easily reached by public transport .

outlook

From the summit you have a panoramic view of the surrounding mountains of the Stubai Alps, but also of the Karwendel (north) and the Tux and Zillertal Alps (east). In a south-south-east direction you can even see the Dolomites with Piz Boè , Marmolata and Langkofel lying on the other side of the main Alpine ridge .