Runner tip

Runner tip
Läuferspitze from the northwest in front of Kellenspitze  ( 2238  m ), Gimpel  ( 2173  m ) and Roter Flüh  ( 2108  m )
height	1958  m above sea level A.
location	Tyrol , Austria
Mountains	Tannheimer Berge , Allgäu Alps
Dominance	0.9 km →  Schartschrofen
Notch height	117 m ↓  Hallergernjoch
Coordinates	47 ° 30 '46 "  N , 10 ° 35' 51"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '46 "  N , 10 ° 35' 51"  E
rock	Main dolomite
Normal way	North ridge ( I )

The top of the runner is 1958  m above sea level. A. high mountain in the Austrian part of the Allgäu Alps .

Location and surroundings

Located in the subgroup Tannheimer Berge , the mountain rises in the center of the group north of the Tannheimer Tal . In the south of the mountain lies the insignificant Hallerschrofen ( 1934  m ), which is separated by the Hallergernjoch ( 1851  m ) to the southeast from the Schartschrofen ( 1968  m ). With these two mountains, the Läuferspitze forms the western edge and origin of the Raintal. To the west, the flanks of the Läuferspitze drop into the Tannheimer Tal. In the north, the Läuferspitze passes over the Füssener Jöchl ( 1818  m ) to the Sefenspitze ( 1948  m ). To the east, the Läuferspitze descends into the Reintaler Jöchl and goes over to the Hahnenkopf ( 1942  m ).

The border between the communities of Musau in the east and Grän in the west runs over the summit of the Läuferspitze .

Origin of name

The runner's tip was mentioned for the first time around 1580 in a border photograph, but as a Haller head . In a further border recording in 1623 there was another mention with In first Haller Kopf or Spiz . At the end of the 19th century, August Kübler suspected that the name of the Läuferspitze came from a source that rises nearby. He came to this assumption because he associated this source with the Old High German word louf for "to run". However, this interpretation is unlikely. Steiner suspects the origin of the name in the meaning of a runner as an intermediate landmark . Either the mountain was provided with one or had been seen as such in its shape. The latter would then be related to its position between the high, conspicuous mountains with Aggenstein and Brentenjoch in the north-west and Gimpel in the south-east.

Ascent

Support points for the ascent of the Sefenspitze can be the Füssener Hütte ( 1550  m ) and Otto-Mayr-Hütte ( 1530  m ) in the Raintal and the Vilser Alpe ( 1228  m ) in the Alptal. In addition, the cable car operated by the Grän lift company ends at the Füssener Jöchl .

The normal route to the Läuferspitze leads from the Füssener Jöchl over the rugged north ridge with easy climbing points of difficulty I and wire rope securing to the summit. It is sure-footedness necessary. Access to the summit is also possible from the southeast. However, a short rock face (II) has to be overcome here, which has now been defused with a new wire rope and step bars.

photos

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  Summit cross

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  Summit wall (II)

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  East flank & south ridge

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  From the Schartschrofen

Web links

Commons : Runner tip  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dieter Richter: Allgäu Alps . In: Manfred Gwinner (Ed.): Geological Guide Collection Volume 77 . 3rd revised edition. Borntraeger Brothers, Stuttgart 1984. (p. 196).
2. ^ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria: Austrian Map online (Austrian map 1: 50,000) . Retrieved April 26, 2012.
3. ^ Thaddäus Steiner : Allgäu mountain names . 2nd Edition. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8987-0389-5 (p. 132 f.).
4. ↑ Marcus Lutz: Alpine Club Guide - Tannheim Mountains . 2nd Edition. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother , Munich 1992, ISBN 978-3-7633-1239-9 (p. 139).