Blast furnace wall
| Blast furnace wall | ||
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| height | 3431 m slm | |
| location | South Tyrol , Italy | |
| Mountains | Ortler Alps | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 33 '11 " N , 10 ° 39' 2" E | |
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The blast furnace wall is a 3431 m (according to other information only 3430 m ) high mountain in the Ortler Alps . It is located in the South Tyrolean part of the Stilfserjoch National Park .
Location and surroundings
The blast furnace wall is located in the Lasa Mountains , a northern subgroup of the Ortler Alps. It rises in the ridge between the inner Lasa valley in the east and the inner Zaytal, a side valley of the Suldental , in the west. The rocky summit presents itself as a sharp, elongated ridge, which is separated in the south by the Ofenwandscharte ( 3302 m ) from the Hohen Angelus ( 3521 m ) and in the north by an approximately 3260 m high notch from the Kleiner Angelus 3318 m . The mountain is framed on two sides by smaller glacier areas : on the west side by the Zayferner and on the east side by the Ofenwandferner.
Alpinism
The blast furnace wall, which is characterized by much brittle rock, is rarely climbed and usually only climbed when crossing a ridge from the Big Angelus to the Little Angelus. The first known ascent took place on July 21, 1872, when Victor Hecht and Johann Pinggera reached the summit via the south ridge. The easiest approach today is via the north ridge and requires climbing in the II degree . The closest support points for mountaineers are the Düsseldorfer Hütte in the southwest and the Obere Laaser Alm in the northeast.
literature
- Peter Holl: Alpine Club Guide Ortleralpen . 9th edition, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7633-1313-3