Hasenöhrl (Ortler Alps)

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Hasenöhrl
The Hasenöhrl seen from the northeast

The Hasenöhrl seen from the northeast

height 3257  m slm
location South Tyrol , Italy
Mountains Ortler Alps
Coordinates 46 ° 32 '42 "  N , 10 ° 51' 28"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 32 '42 "  N , 10 ° 51' 28"  E
Hasenöhrl (Ortler Alps) (Ortler Alps)
Hasenöhrl (Ortler Alps)
First ascent August 17, 1895 by Alexander Burckhardt over the west ridge from the Flimjoch
Normal way from the Flimjoch to the Kleiner Hasenöhrl and over the west ridge to the summit

The Hasenöhrl , also called Hasenohr (Italian name: l'Orecchia di Lepre ), is 3257 meters high, a summit of the Zufrittkamm in the Ortler Alps , a mountain range in the southern Eastern Alps . It is the easternmost mountain and the end point of the Martell main ridge , a section of the Zufrittkamm that runs from the Fürkelescharte in the west over the Zufrittspitze . It is located in the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol and is protected in the Stilfserjoch National Park .

To the northeast, south and west the mountain emits pronounced, partly accessible ridges. Viewed from the north, the Hasenöhrl appears as a flat hilltop covered with firn on the north side , which is a popular and easy-to-climb panoramic mountain due to its easy accessibility from the Vinschgau to the north and the Ultental valley to the south . Several paths lead over the ridges to the summit. In late winter and spring it is the destination of ski tourers . The first documented ascent of the Hasenöhrl took place on August 17, 1895 by the Erfurt alpinist Alexander Burckhardt single-handedly.

Surroundings

To the north and east of the Hasenöhrl are the Hasenöhrlferner and Kuppelwies-Ferner glaciers . Neighboring mountains in the course of the west ridge are initially the Kleine Hasenöhrl (3131 m), then, separated by the Flimjoch crossing at 2892 meters , the 3097 meter high Tuferspitze . To the north, the terrain drops into the Vinschgau valley and to the south-east into the Ultental. The dammed Arzkarsee (water level at 2249 m) is about two kilometers as the crow flies to the east below the Hasenöhrl summit. The next significant towns in the north are Latsch in Vinschgau, just eight kilometers away as the crow flies, and Martell in Martell Valley, 6 km away, in the west . St. Gertraud in Ultental is about six kilometers south.

First ascent

The Hasenöhrl was first climbed for tourist purposes in 1895, over 30 years after the great Ortler-Alps development. Probably because of its unspectacular shape, the mountain was outside the interests of pioneers such as Julius Payer , Francis Fox Tuckett and Theodor Harpprecht . It was not until August 17, 1895 that the Erfurt alpinist Alexander Burckhardt von Gand set out from Martell to be the first tourist to reach the summit of the Hasenöhrl. His path led in an easterly direction, first along the Flimbach to a glacier that no longer exists today, then up to the Flimjoch and over the ridge running northeast here to the Kleiner Hasenöhrl (referred to as point 3143 at Burckhardt ). From his report: [...] I climbed from the easily accessible point 3143 with Steinmann and Stange and further, over the gently curved main ridge up to the Hasenöhrl, on whose broad summit I found two cairns piled up. The cohesive firn cover of the northern roofing of this ridge section, which was still shown coherently on the special map, had shrunk into small ice fields, so that the easy access from the north as well as from the south only leads over heaps of rubble [...]. Marching time from Gand 5 St. Burckhardt was not the first on the summit to be marked with symbols that could be seen from far away, such as cairns or wooden poles as part of the national survey. Even then, the first signs of glacier melt could already be observed, which began after the so-called Little Ice Age , a worldwide cold period that lasted from the beginning of the 15th century to around the middle of the 19th century.

Bases and routes

Hasenöhrl and Arzkarsee from the top of High thief seen from

Burckhardt's route from Flimjoch to Kleiner Hasenöhrl over the west ridge to the summit is still the normal route today , i.e. the easiest ascent. The inns in Gand or Sankt Gertraud can serve as a base. The ascent from both valleys is easy and takes place via marked hiking trails and climbs. According to the literature, walking time in both cases is four to five hours. Further easy climbs lead over the north ridge (A. Burckhardt in 1895 on the descent), over the south ridge (A. Burckhardt, 1899 from St. Gertraud) and from Arzkarsee in 2½ to 3 hours to the summit, which offers a good all-round view of the Ötztal Alps to the Dolomites .

etymology

The etymology of the mountain name is unclear. An interpretation points to even 1930 in Oetztal occupied in lard out baked donuts without wealth, probably due to its form as Hasenöhrlen were called. So it is conceivable to look for the naming motif in a comparison of the mountain and its two north-facing glaciers with the donuts. Egon Kühebacher suggested another theory: Since the close Tarscher yoke is an old transition from Vinschgau by Ultimo, he used alps Romanesque * asinara meaning "donkey trail" as the name of origin. This "donkey path " could have been brought into a standard language form via a Germanized asnoar as a rabbit's ear .

Literature and map

Web links

Commons : Hasenöhrl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Central Committee of the D. u. OE. Alpenverein (Ed.): Communications of the German and Austrian Alpine Association , No. 6, Vienna 1896, page 69 f.
  2. ^ Johannes Ortner: South Tyrolean mountain names . In: Experience the mountains - The magazine of the Alpine Association of South Tyrol . No. 6 , 2019, pp. 50-51 .