High Villerspitze
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 High Villerspitze from the east |
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| height | 3,087 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Tyrol , Austria | |
| Mountains | Stubai Alps | |
| Dominance | 4 km → Berglasspitze | |
| Notch height | 293 m ↓ Kleines Horntaler Joch | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 6 '29 " N , 11 ° 10' 24" E | |
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| rock | Amphibolite | |
| First ascent | July 20, 1887 by Carl Gsaller | |
| Normal way | Northwest Ridge ( II ) | |
 High Villerspitze from the south |
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The Hohe Villerspitze is 3087 m above sea level. A. high mountain in the southeastern Sellrainer mountains , a subgroup of the northern Stubai Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol . The top consists of three mountain peaks that form a solitary, massive amphibolite rock. Due to its high geographical dominance and easy accessibility, the Villerspitze is a scenic mountain that is frequently climbed, but should not be underestimated. The southwestern rock point has a height of 3087 m , the middle 3081 m and the northwest one is 3024 m high. To the south the mountain emits a pronounced ridge.
location
The Hohe Villerspitze is about six kilometers as the crow flies south-east of Praxmar in the Lüsenstal , a side valley of the Sellraintal branching off to the south and about 10 km west of Neustift in the Stubaital . To the northwest of the Villerspitze at the head of the Fotschertal valley lies a small glacier , the Fotscher Ferner , which is rapidly disappearing due to global warming . Adjacent mountains are in the north, separated by a 2932 m high notch , the 3027 m high Lüsener Villerspitze . In the course of the east ridge is the Grawawand and in the southwest, a little further away and separated by the passage Großes Horntaler Joch ( 2812 m ), the Schafgrübler ( 2922 m ). To the southeast the Hohe Villerspitze falls down into the Oberbergtal , to the west into the Horntal.
Base and ascent
First, the Hohe Villerspitze was climbed in a second attempt on July 20, 1878 by the tourist Carl Gsaller from Innsbruck single- handedly , after his mountain guide Alois Tanzer failed on the first attempt on October 1, 1877. Gsaller's path led from the Stöcklenalm ( 1598 m in the Oberbergtal) and the Horntaler Joch over the so-called Schiefen Gang (a series of geological bands and cracks in the rock) through the southwest flank to the northwest ridge and then to the summit in, according to literature, moderately difficult climbing in difficulty level UIAA II . It took Carl Gsaller 10 hours to get to the summit. The base for today's mountaineers is the Franz-Senn-Hütte at an altitude of 2149 m . The normal route to the Villerspitze is still the route of the first climber today. According to the literature, the walking time is 3½ hours. Other routes, primarily for alpine climbers, in UIAA grade III on the Hohe Villerspitze lead over the southwestern edge, through the south wall and over the east ridge.
Literature and map
- Walter Klier , Alpine Club Leader Stubai Alps , Munich 2006, ISBN 3-7633-1271-4
- Eduard Richter, The development of the Eastern Alps, Volume II , Berlin, publishing house of the German and Austrian Alpine Association, 1894
- Alpine Club Map 1: 25,000, sheet 31/2 Stubai Alps, Sellrain
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Clem Clements, Jonathan de Ferranti, Eberhard Jurgalski , Mark Trengove: The 3000 m SUMMITS of AUSTRIA - 242 peaks with at least 150 m of prominence , October 2011, p. 11.
- ↑ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria: Hohe Villerspitze on the Austrian Map online (Austrian map 1: 50,000) .