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 Hochalt from the northwest, seen from the Upiakopf |
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| height | 3285 m slm | |
| location | South Tyrol ( Italy ) | |
| Mountains | Ötztal Alps , Saldurkamm | |
| Notch height | 273 m ↓ Rappenscharte | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 41 '55 " N , 10 ° 43' 33" E | |
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The Hochalt is a 3285 m high mountain in the South Tyrolean part of the Ötztal Alps .
Location and surroundings
The Hochalt lies in the south-western branch of the Saldurkamm between the Matscher valley in the west and the Schlandraun valley in the east. Upiakopf, popular with hikers, is located about 1.5 km to the north-west along the ridge . About 200 meters southwest of the summit is a slightly lower secondary summit, on the north side of which are the remains of a glacier that until a few decades ago covered the entire area between the two summits. The retreat of the glacier created two cirque lakes .
Routes to the summit
The usual starting point for a tour to the Hochalt is usually the Glieshof in the Matscher Valley. From there, the Upiakopf can be reached via marked hiking trails. The rest of the route to the Hochalt via its northwest ridge is pathless and requires easy climbing at the UIAA I level of difficulty .
Surname
The name is probably a German - Alpine Romance double. Its second component can be traced back to an Alpine Romanic * altu with the meaning "high", which makes the Hochalt etymologically a "Hoch-Hohen".
Lower Karsee, seen from the summit
Oberer Karsee, seen from the summit
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.hikr.org/dir/Hochalt_Monte_Alto_27628/
- ↑ Johannes Ortner: Matscher name hike . In: Experience the mountains - The magazine of the Alpine Association of South Tyrol . No. 1 , 2019, p. 62-63 .