Basement tops
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 Hohe Warte (left) and the Kellerspitzen (right) from the south |
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| height | 2774 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Carinthia , Austria and Friuli-Venezia Giulia , Italy | |
| Mountains | Carnic Alps | |
| Dominance | 1.4 km → Hohe Warte | |
| Notch height | 252 m ↓ Kellerscharte | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 36 '33 " N , 12 ° 54' 0" E | |
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| rock | lime | |
| First ascent | July 13, 1878 by J. Hocke and Adam Riebler, | |
| Normal way | From the east over the Kollinkofel | |
The Kellerspitzen ( Italian: Creta delle Chianevate ) form the second highest mountain ( 2774 m above sea level ) in the Carnic Alps , a mountain range in the Southern Limestone Alps . The double summit of the cellar peaks lies in the middle of the east-west oriented cellar wall ridge , which here forms the Carnic main ridge . The border between Italy ( Friuli-Venezia Giulia region ) and Austria ( Carinthia ) runs along this ridge . The western summit , also Grohmannspitze called, is 2,718 m high, the East - or main summit , however 2774 m . The mountain offers a comprehensive panoramic view on all sides, which makes it a popular destination for mountaineers, also due to its numerous climbing routes.
history
Since the 1860s there have been different opinions between Austrian, German and Italian alpinists as to whether the Kellerspitzen or the Hohe Warte ( Monte Coglians ) are the highest mountain in the Carnic Alps. Paul Grohmann , geologists and paleontologists Fritz Frech from Breslau and Georg Geyer from Vienna kept the cellar tips listed on the Austrian map with a height of 2,813 meters, for the higher peaks, the Italian Giovanni Marinelli and Arturo Ferrucci from the Italian Alpine Club , however, favored the Hohe Warte, which is shown on the map Tavolette 1: 50,000, Prato Carnico at an altitude of 2782 meters. As far as we know today, the Hohe Warte is the highest mountain in the area at 2780 meters and exceeds the top of the cellar by 6 meters.
According to German-language literature, the Kellerspitzen-Westgipfel was climbed on July 15, 1868 by Paul Grohmann, led by Josef Moser from Kötschach and Peter Salcher from Luggau in the Lesachtal . On July 14th, they set out from the Plöckenpass , climbed to the Upper Collinalpe and bivouacked at an altitude of around 2000 meters north below the Green Cutting Edge . The route continued through the Eiskar to the summit ridge. The group only reached the lower western summit, an emerging thunderstorm prevented the transition to the eastern summit. On July 31, 1877, L. Pitacco, Pietro Galante and A. Menchini failed at the Kollinkofel . It was not until July 13, 1878, that Giovanni Hocke from the Società Alpina Friulana (today the Udine section of the CAI), together with Adam Riebler, a master locksmith and mountain guide from Mauthen, managed to conquer the eastern summit, which they reached via the Kollinkofel, and the descent was on the same way. The noble brothers Guido and Cesare Mantica with their guide Nicolò Silverio from Timau managed to cross from the east to the west summit on August 29th . They too first climbed the Kollinkofel. On the west summit they found Grohmann's business card left behind under a stone man , to descend they chose Grohmann's route down to the Eiskar. After that, the mountains of the Kellerwandgrat were visited again and again.
In the mountain war of 1915–1918 , the frozen front between Austria and Italy ran here. The area still has numerous remains of positions and shelters, the old supply route between the peaks of the cellar peaks makes it easy for today's visitors to cross.
Surroundings
The peaks of the cellar have only a few significant neighboring mountains. To the west, in the course of the Kellerwand ridge, separated by the Kellerscharte , at 2524 m, is first the 2713 meter high Kellerwarte ( Cima di Mezzo ), then follows the Hohe Warte, at 2780 meters the highest mountain in the Carnic Alps, and to the east the Kollinkofel ( Creta di Collina ). To the north, towards the Valentintal , the peaks drop almost vertically in an 800 meter high wall. The south wall drops about 500 meters to the cellar ( La Chiavenate ) to the south , a kettle-shaped rubble . The next significant settlements on the Italian side are Timau in Val Grande , which is about 9 kilometers as the crow flies to the east, and Kötschach-Mauthen 10 kilometers to the northeast. The Plöckenpass road runs about 3.5 kilometers to the east.
Bases and routes
The normal route , the easiest ascent, to the top of the cellar leads over the Kollinkofel. From the summit of the Kofel there is a well-preserved war trail that leads over to the east summit with difficulty UIAA I and a short section UIAA II. The further way to the west summit is also easy, but exposed. In addition, there are numerous serious climbing routes through the south and north walls, which in the Pilastro delle Plote reach UIAA grade VII at an altitude of 450 meters . The routes through the north face are easier; according to literature, they have UIAA grade III and IV in the so-called "crown" at an altitude of 450 meters. North of the Kellerspitzen, on the Eiskar at 2100 meters above sea level, lies the Eiskarhüttl bivouac , a cavern from the mountain war. The Rifugio Giovanni e Olinto Marinelli at 2120 meters above sea level, east above Collina, can serve as a base from the south .
Literature and map
- Peter Holl: Alpine Club Guide Karnischer Hauptkamm , Bergverlag Rother , Munich 1988, ISBN 3-7633-1254-4
- Carl Diener : The Carnic Alps in Eduard Richter : The development of the Eastern Alps , Berlin 1894
- Casa Editrice Tabacco, Carta topografica 1: 25.000, sheet 09, Alpi Carniche, Carnia Centrale