Hochgall
| Hochgall | ||
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 The Hochgall with the Barmer Spitze seen from the northeast from Fenneregg |
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| height | 3436 m slm | |
| location | South Tyrol , Italy | |
| Mountains | Rieserferner Group | |
| Dominance | 13.66 km → Rötspitze | |
| Notch height | 1148 m ↓ Klammljoch | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 54 '39 " N , 12 ° 8' 24" E | |
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| First ascent | 1854 Surveyor Hermann van Acken and Defregger measurement assistants to the secondary summit, August 3, 1868 Karl Hofmann and V. Kaltdorff with Georg Weis and Hansl Oberarzbacher over the western flank and the northwest ridge to the main summit | |
At 3436 m, the Hochgall is the highest mountain in the Rieserferner Group , a mountain group in the Hohe Tauern . Its summit is in the Austrian-Italian border area on the South Tyrolean side. The mountain is part of the Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park .
etymology
The name Hochgall is derived from the Old High German "galla", which is based on the Indo-European root "ghel (e)" and means "shiny (yellowish, greenish, bluish), shimmering, shiny". The name has nothing to do with the Romansh "collis, coll-", as the Italian translation (" Coll'Alto ") suggests, since there are hardly any Romanisms in the area around Rein , Antholz and Defereggen . The Hochgall is the "high shimmering mountain" , just as the Wildgall is the "wild shimmering mountain". The name used today as a male has a female root in the dialect, until the distribution of the (gender-distorting) maps, one heard only "the high bile" among locals. Galle is still a living term today and describes the arched, bluish-shiny ice on paths, streams and slopes (ice bile).
Routes and climbs
The Hochgall is not easy to climb from either side. Starting points for inspections are the Barmer Hut ( 2610 m ) in East Tyrol or the Kasseler Hut (also Hochgallhütte, 2274 m ) in South Tyrol. There is a normal route from both the south and east Tyrolean sides, the former leads from the Hochgallhütte over the Graue Nöckl ( 3,084 m ) and the north-west ridge ( II ) to the summit, the latter from the Barmer hut over the east flank and the north-east ridge ( one point III-, otherwise II, steep ice).
The ascent over the north-west ridge takes place without touching the glacier, a short descent point on the Grauen Nöckl and the flat ridge area below the summit are defused with fixed ropes (wire rope insurance).
The first ascent took place in 1854 by surveyor Hermann van Acken and some Defregger surveyors via the northeast ridge. However, at that time only a rock head in the summit ridge east of the summit saddle was reached, a little below the actual summit. Karl Hofmann and Valentin Kaltdorff and their Reiner mountain guides Georg Weis and Hansl Oberarzbacher reached the highest point of the summit ridge on August 3, 1868 over the western flank and the northwest ridge. The north face, which was popular as an ice tour until the 1980s, has largely melted away today.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Josef Schgör, " The Sciliar ", 1964; quoted in the AV-Führer Rieserfernergruppe.
- ^ Karl Hofmann in: Yearbook of the Austrian Alpine Association , Vienna 1869, pp. Ff.
literature
- Werner Beikircher: Alpenvereinsführer Rieserfernergruppe , Bergverlag Rother , 1983. ISBN 3-7633-1227-7 , [1]
