Hohe Warte (Karwendel)

High wait
	The Hohe Warte with the striking south ridge in the middle of the picture, the Kleine Solstein on the left, the Hintere and Vordere Brandjochspitze from Innsbruck on the right
height	2597 m above sea level A.
location	Tyrol , Austria
Mountains	Nordkette , Karwendel
Dominance	0.4 km → Hintere Brandjochspitze
Notch height	85 m ↓ notch to the Hinteren Brandjochspitze
Coordinates	47 ° 18 '6 " N , 11 ° 20' 2" E Coordinates: 47 ° 18 '6 " N , 11 ° 20' 2" E
rock	Wetterstein lime
Age of the rock	Triad
First ascent	1870 by Hermann von Barth
Normal way	Innsbruck - Seegrube or Aspachhütte - Gamswartsattel - Hohe Warte
	From the left Hintere Brandjochspitze , Hohe Warte, Kleiner Solstein , Großer Solstein

The Hohe Warte is 2597 m above sea level. A. high mountain in the Karwendel . It is located between the Kleiner Solstein in the west and the Hinteren Brandjochspitze in the east in the Nordkette in the Karwendel in the Austrian state of Tyrol , north of the Innsbruck district of Kranebitten and has a notch height of around 85 meters.

Development

The Hohe Warte was first climbed in 1870 by Hermann von Barth . Today's normal route to the summit leads from the Aspachhütte ( 1534 m above sea level ) above Innsbruck without major difficulties in the rock through rugged terrain to the Gamswartsattel , then briefly over the west ridge to the summit. Another ascent leads over the south ridge with difficulty UIAA IV . Transitions to the Kleiner Solstein and the Hinteren Brandjochspitze are possible in difficulty level III-.

gallery

Summit cross of the Hohe Warte and a view to the south over Innsbruck.

Literature and map

Walter Klier : Alpine Club Guide for the Karwendel Mountains Alpine . 15th edition. Bergverlag Rother , Munich 2005, ISBN 3-7633-1121-1 .
Alpine Club Map 1: 25,000, sheet 5/1, Karwendel Mountains West

Individual evidence

^ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria: Austrian Map online (Austrian map 1: 50,000) . Retrieved February 13, 2012.
↑ Heinrich Schwaiger in Eduard Richter : The development of the Eastern Alps , Volume I, Berlin 1893, p. 224
^ Walter Klier: Alpenvereinsführer alpin, Karwendel , p. 142 f, Rz 730 ff.

[BEV-1] Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria: Austrian Map online (Austrian map 1: 50,000) . Retrieved February 13, 2012.

[2] Heinrich Schwaiger in Eduard Richter : The development of the Eastern Alps , Volume I, Berlin 1893, p. 224

[3] Walter Klier: Alpenvereinsführer alpin, Karwendel , p. 142 f, Rz 730 ff.