Rear Madatschspitze

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Rear Madatschspitze
height 3430  m slm
location South Tyrol / Lombardy , Italy
Mountains Ortler Alps
Coordinates 46 ° 29 '59 "  N , 10 ° 29' 39"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 29 '59 "  N , 10 ° 29' 39"  E
Hintere Madatschspitze (South Tyrol)
Rear Madatschspitze

The Hintere Madatschspitze is a 3430  m (according to other information also 3432 or 3428  m ) high mountain in the Ortler Alps . It rises in the Italian Stelvio National Park . The border between South Tyrol and Lombardy runs over its summit .

Location and surroundings

The Hintere Madatschspitze rises in a multi-peaked rock ridge, which branches off from the crystal ridge (or main ridge of the Ortler Alps) in a northerly direction. The other peaks of this ridge, which extends between the glacier areas of the Madatschferner and Trafoier Ferners towards Trafoital , are the Mittlere ( 3313  m ) and the Vordere Madatschspitze ( 3191  m ). The closest peaks in the Kristallkamm, just 150 m away, are the Tuckettspitze ( 3462  m ) in the southwest and the Kleine Schneeglocke ( 3411  m ) in the southeast .

Climbs

The Hintere Madatschspitze is the most frequently visited summit of the three Madatschspitze. The Livriohütte at Stilfser Joch usually serves as the starting point . The usual climbs are glacier tours and finally reach the summit via an easy firn ridge .

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