Hochjoch (Schnalskamm)

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Hochjoch / Giogo Alto
The shelter beautiful view from the northwest with the glacier lake fed by the Hochjochferner

The shelter beautiful view from the northwest with the glacier lake fed by the Hochjochferner

Compass direction North south
Pass height 2861  m above sea level A. (2875 m)
Territory:
Country / Province
State:
Venter Valley Tyrol Austria
TyrolTyrol (state) 
AustriaAustria 
Schnalstal South Tyrol Italy
South-TirolSouth-Tirol 
ItalyItaly 
Watershed Venter AcheÖtztaler AcheInnDanube ( Black Sea ) Schnalser BachEtsch ( Adriatic Sea )
Valley locations Vent Kurzras
expansion Mule track
Mountains Ötztal Alps
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Hochjoch (Schnalskamm) (Ötztal Alps)
Hochjoch (Schnalskamm)
Coordinates 46 ° 47 '17 "  N , 10 ° 47' 58"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 47 '17 "  N , 10 ° 47' 58"  E
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The Hochjoch ( Italian Giogo Alto ) is a transition in the Ötztal Alps with a height of 2861  m above sea level. A. (according to other sources 2875  m above sea level ). It connects the Schnalstal ( South Tyrol , Italy ) with the Rofen , Venter and Ötztal ( North Tyrol , Austria ). It is typically understood as a depression in the Schnalskamm , but occasionally also as a point of separation between the Schnalskamm and the Weißkamm . Since the Treaty of Saint-Germain came into force in 1920, the border between Italy and Austria has run across the Hochjoch .

The transition has been known for centuries and is used annually for a large sheep drive in June and September . In the past it was often used as a smuggler route . The Schnalser and Vinschgau farmers have centuries-old grazing rights in the Venter Valley , which have survived the political disputes.

The ascent from the south takes about 2 hours from Kurzras in Schnalstal via the Schöne Aussicht shelter . At 2,750 m, just south of the pass, there is a glacier lake, which is fed by the Hochjochferner . The Hochjoch can also be reached from the Grawand mountain station of the Schnalstaler Gletscherbahn . From there the descent is about 3/4 of an hour.

From the north, the ascent is via the 2412  m above sea level. A. high-altitude Hochjochhospiz .

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supporting documents

  1. a b according to AMap or BEV (reload page if there is no display)
  2. a b c Ernst Höhne: Knaur's Lexicon for Mountain Friends / The Alps between Chiemsee and the Dolomites . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-426-26222-3 , pp. 121 .