High Riffl
| High Riffl | ||
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 Schattseitköpfl (left) and Hohe Riffl (right), with the Karlingerkees in between |
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| height | 3338 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Border between Carinthia and Salzburg , Austria | |
| Mountains | Austrian Central Alps , Hohe Tauern , Glockner Group , Kapruner / Stubacher Kamm | |
| Dominance | 1.38 km → Johannisberg | |
| Notch height | 110 m ↓ Obere Ödenwinkelscharte | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 7 '23 " N , 12 ° 39' 58" E | |
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| rock | Mica schist , paragneiss | |
| First ascent | September 15, 1869 by Karl Hofmann , Johann Stüdl , led by Thomas Groder and Josef Schnell | |
| Normal way | from the Oberwalder Hütte over the Pasterzenboden and the Südkamm | |
The Hohe Riffl is a 3338 meter high mountain in the Glockner Group in the Hohe Tauern , a mountain range in the Central Alps . The mountain lies exactly on the border between the Austrian federal states of Salzburg and Carinthia . Seen from the south, it appears like a gentle, firn-covered elevation in the Rifflwinkel , a flat part of the Oberer Pasterzeboden glacier . To the southeast it looks like a broad snow mountain, but to the north the Hohe Riffl has a huge, 350 meter high, up to 60 ° inclined ice wall, in the eastern half of which the rock emerges. To the northeast and northwest it sends out pronounced ridges, the south ridge , on the other hand, can hardly be made out and appears like a flat ridge. The Hohe Riffl is easy to reach from the Oberwalderhütte . It was first climbed on September 15, 1869 by the Prague merchant Johann Stüdl and the Munich alpinist Karl Hofmann . They were run by Thomas Groder and Josef Schnell from Kals am Großglockner .
Location and surroundings
The Hohe Riffl is located in the so-called Rifflwinkel , a glacier plateau north-west above the so-called Pasterzenboden , which forms the breeding ground for the Pasterze and extends almost to the summit. To the north, below the north wall, lies the column-rich Obere Rifflkees , also called Die Totenlöcher , and to the west lies the Totenkopfkees . Neighboring mountains are in the course of the north- east ridge, which is arched to the northwest, the 3101 meter high Torkopf , and further away, beyond the Kapruner Törl , at an altitude of 2639 meters, the Kleiner Eiser (2897 m). In the south of the Hohen Riffl, in the course of the firn-covered south ridge, separated by the Obere Ödenwinkelscharte crossing at an altitude of 3228 meters, is the Johannisberg . Finally, in the west, connected to the Hohen Riffl by the 700 meter long northwest ridge , lies the 3151 meter high skull .
Bases and routes
The alpinists' path in 1869 led from Winkl near Heiligenblut to the east over the Pasterze and the southern ridge to the summit in seven hours . On the occasion, they also climbed the Johannisberg. Today's base for tours on the Riffl is the Oberwalderhütte located to the east at an altitude of 2972 meters, northwest of the Franz-Josefs-Höhe . The Hohe Riffl can only be climbed as part of an alpine tour, which requires appropriate equipment and glacier experience. From the hut the normal route leads first in a westerly direction to the Obere Pasterzenboden towards the Obere Ödenwinkelscharte, then in a north-westerly direction over the south-east side up to the summit cross of the Hohen Riffl. According to the literature, the walking time is around 2½ hours. The combined ascent (ice / rock) over the southwest flank shows climbing difficulties in UIAA grade III , with an ice slope of 40 °. Serious ice tours, however, lead from the hanging glacier at the Dead Holes through the Hohe Riffl north face . In 1928 the north face was climbed for the first time (350 meters in altitude , ice slope up to 50 °). However, several variants have an inclination of up to 60 °.
Literature and map
- Willi End : Alpine Club Guide Glockner Group , Bergverlag Rother , Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7633-1266-8
- Alpine Club map 1: 25,000, sheet 40, Glockner group
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eduard Richter : The development of the Eastern Alps, III. Volume , publishing house of the German and Austrian Alpine Club, Berlin 1894, p. 196 ff.
- ^ Journal of the German and Austrian Alpine Association , Volume II, Munich 1871, p. 425 ff.
- ↑ Willi End: Alpenvereinsführer Glocknergruppe , Munich 2003, p. 476 ff., Margin no. 1716 ff.