High light

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High light
High light seen from the Rappenseekopf

High light from Rappenseekopf seen from

height 2651  m above sea level A.
location Tyrol , Austria
Mountains Central main ridge , Allgäu Alps
Dominance 7 km →  Großer Krottenkopf
Notch height 678 m ↓  Madelejoch
Coordinates 47 ° 16 '50 "  N , 10 ° 16' 34"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 16 '50 "  N , 10 ° 16' 34"  E
High light (Tyrol)
High light
Type rock
rock Limestone of Main Dolomite
First ascent 1854 as part of the national survey

The high light is at a height of 2651 meters, the second highest mountain in the Allgäu Alps after the Great Krottenkopf . The summit is in the Austrian state of Tyrol .

Surroundings

The mountain is 4½ kilometers as the crow flies north-northwest of Steeg in the Lechtal and 14 kilometers south of Oberstdorf . Neighboring peaks in the northeast are the Wilde Mann , the Bockkarkopf , the Hochfrottspitze and the Mädelegabel . The Peischelspitze and the Elbognerspitze join in the south, the Hochgundspitze and the Hochrappenkopf in the west . In the northwest lies the Rotgundspitze, which is 200 meters lower .

First ascent

In 1854, a survey signal was set up as part of the national survey . When Hermann von Barth visited the mountain for the first time on August 6, 1869, it was still there. Barth reached the summit from the Biberkopf via the High Alps and the Steinscharte from the north-west. This route is still the normal route today .

Bases and tours

  • A suitable base for ascent of the Hohe Licht via the normal route , the easiest ascent, is the Rappenseehütte located to the northwest at an altitude of 2091 meters. The summit can be easily climbed from the hut in 1½ hours. The path leads over the Great Steinscharte at an altitude of 2262 meters , which marks the state border between Germany and Austria, over the western flank to the summit.
  • The Hohe Licht can be climbed through the Hochalptal from Steeg (in the south) in 4½ hours . The difference in altitude on this tour is 1527 meters . This ascent is also suitable as a spring ski tour .

Literature and map

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Anton Spiehler in Eduard Richter : Development of the Eastern Alps , Volume I, Berlin 1893, p. 62 f.

Web links

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