Ifinger

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Ifinger
West view of the Ifinger: in the middle the main summit, on the left the Scheibenspitz, on the right the Lauwand

West view of the Ifinger: in the middle the main summit, on the left the Scheibenspitz, on the right the Lauwand

height 2581  m slm
location South Tyrol , Italy
Mountains Sarntal Alps
Dominance 1.67 km →  Verdinser Plattenspitze
Notch height 258 m ↓  Oswaldscharte
Coordinates 46 ° 41 ′ 33 "  N , 11 ° 15 ′ 25"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 41 ′ 33 "  N , 11 ° 15 ′ 25"  E
Ifinger (South Tyrol)
Ifinger
rock Tonality

The Ifinger ( Italian Picco Ivigna ) is a 2581  m slm high mountain in the Sarntal Alps in South Tyrol ( Italy ).

Location and surroundings

The mountain, made of granite , the so-called Ifinger tonalite of the Periadriatic Seam , is the southernmost prominent elevation in the western ridge of the Sarntal Alps, before it drops to the broad ridge of the Tschögglberg . Its main peak, the Great Ifinger , reaches a height of 2581  m . Southeast in the immediate vicinity, only a few meters, is defined by a notch separate Small Ifinger (Italian Piccolo Ivigna , 2552  m ). Several ridges run from these two peaks in different directions. The Scheibenspitz ( 2412  m ) is located on the ridge leading to the northwest . The southwest ridge first drops to the Ifinger-Scharte ( 2117  m ) and then rises to the Lauwand ( 2255  m ). The ridge, which initially runs to the east and later to the northeast, descends to the Oswaldscharte ( 2323  m ) and connects the Ifinger with the Verdinser Plattenspitze ( 2681  m ).

Administratively, the mountain is located in the area of ​​the municipalities of Schenna and Hafling in South Tyrol.

Alpinism

The Ifinger rises freely northeast over Merano and the Burggrafenamt and is an important tour destination. The normal route on the Kleine Ifinger begins in the Merano 2000 ski area, which is accessible by cable cars, on the southern flank of the mountain and initially leads northeast to the Oswaldscharte . From there, a hiking trail follows the ridge to the west to the smaller of the two Ifinger peaks. Shortly before the summit, a via ferrata , which was opened in 2016 and named after Heini Holzer , joins the normal route.

To get from the small to the Großer Ifinger , you first have to descend into the small notch between the peaks and cover the last 50 meters in altitude by a short, secured via ferrata. The north face of the Ifinger is popular with climbers.

The Lauwand and the Ifinger-Scharte are also accessible by hiking trails. The closest refuges are the Ifingerhütte on the west flank and the Meraner Hütte in the southeast.

etymology

In spite of its striking appearance, the oldest tangible name evidence only dates from the 18th century; he appears in the Atlas Tyrolensis as Ifinger Spiz . The relatively young name of the mountain probably hiked up from the mountain meadows Pifing to the south , but why the initial / p / was lost remains unclear. Pifing, on the other hand, is probably derived from the Middle High German bivanc , which means "separately used, fenced property". Another theory puts the mountain name with the local Ifern called musk yarrow in context.

Web links

Commons : Ifinger  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Hanspaul Menara : The most beautiful 2000s in South Tyrol . Athesia, Bozen 2012, ISBN 978-88-8266-830-3 , p. 40-41 .
  2. Johannes Ortner: Sassvaina and Türggstroh . In: Experience the mountains - The magazine of the Alpine Association of South Tyrol . No. 3 , 2019, p. 40-41 .