Kastal (mountain)
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 Kastal |
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| height | 2776 m above sea level A. | |
| location | East Tyrol ( Austria ) | |
| Mountains | Lasörling group , Venediger group | |
| Dominance | 0.53 km → Hofspitze | |
| Notch height | 42 m ↓ notch to the Hofspitze | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 56 '43 " N , 12 ° 21' 47" E | |
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The Kastal is a 2776 m above sea level. A. high mountain in the Lasörling group in East Tyrol . It is 1 hour walking time west of the Gritzer See . Neighboring mountains are the Hofspitze ( 2819 m above sea level ) in the north and the Gasser Horn ( 2612 m above sea level ) in the south. The Hohe Rast ( 2548 m above sea level ) connects the Gasser Horn with the Kastal. The Kastal offers a good view of the Glockner Group , Venediger Group , Panargenkamm and Rieserferner Group .
The ascent from the Speikbodenhütte above St. Veit takes about 3 hours of walking. Other possible starting points are the hamlets of Tögisch ( St. Jakob in Defereggen ) and Gasse (St. Veit) as well as the Lasörlinghütte in Virgental . A marked path of difficulty I (UIAA) leads from the Hohe Rast to the summit. The transition from the Hofspitze is more difficult with difficulty level II.
View from the summit of the Kastal - left behind Großglockner and right Gritz lakes
Kastal (center) - right Hofspitze and Gritzer lakes
literature
- Walter Mair: Osttiroler Wanderbuch , pp. 353–354.
- Willi End , Hubert Peterka : Alpine Club Leader Venediger Group . 5th edition. Rother, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-7633-1242-9 , pp. 523 ( Google Books [accessed February 19, 2010]).