Ochsenkopf (Rätikon)
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| height | 2286 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Vorarlberg , Austria and the municipality of Schaan, Principality of Liechtenstein | |
| Mountains | Rätikon of the Alps | |
| Dominance | 3.63 km → Augstenberg | |
| Notch height | 330 m | |
| Coordinates , ( CH ) | 47 ° 6 '52 " N , 9 ° 37' 29" O ( 765 891 / 220472 ) | |
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| rock | Main dolomite | |
| First ascent | no information is reported | |
| Normal way | from Sareis (chairlift from Malbun) over the south ridge | |
The Ochsenkopf is 2286 m above sea level. A. high summit in the Rätikon , a mountain group of the western central Alps. The state border between the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and the Principality of Liechtenstein runs over its summit .
Location and surroundings
The Ochsenkopf is part of the Ochsengrates which runs almost exactly from north to south from the Bettlerjöchle (2026 m) to the Sareiser Joch (2000 m). While the three high peaks of this ridge, Ruchberg (2160 m), Ochsenkopf (2286 m) and Gamsgrat (2246 m) show partly strongly jagged Schrofenköpfe and western flanks, the southernmost part of the ridge north of the Sareiser Joch is the 1 km long Kuhgrat ( 2002 m), much lower and a tame, partly wide grass and tinder ridge. The mountain station of the chairlift from Malbun to the Sareiser Joch is located on it. The whole ridge forms the watershed between the Gamperdonatal in the east and the Saminatal or Valorsch and Malbuntal in the west. From the Bettlerjöchle to the Gamsgrat, the ridge also bears the state border between Austria and Liechtenstein .
Name and story
The Ochsenkopf takes its name from the Ochsenalpe on the Gamperdona side. The Bettlerjöchle takes its name from the lard or butter beggars who used to move from Alpe to Alpe. The name Sareis comes from the Rhaeto-Romanic serra = bottleneck, documented as early as 1515 Serraßgrat and Serrißgradt. There is no history of climbing, but the Ochsenkopf is likely to have been climbed by hunters and shepherds very early.
Bases and climbs
Main bases are Malbun , Nenzinger Himmel and Gampalpe. From Malbun (chairlift) to the Kuhgrat and turn left to the north along the ridge, then avoiding to the right over brittle crags to the Gamsgrat south summit (2201 m). From the southern summit of the Gamsgrat continue without difficulty over the Gamsgrat main summit (2246 m) and point 2242, then moderately difficult on and next to the southern ridge (switch to the W flank) to the Ochsenkopf (2286 m; 2.5 - 3 hours from Malbun ; with chairlift 45 - 60 minutes less). Yellow markings show the way. Descent via the W-flank and via Sass-Fürkle back to Malbun, 1.5 hours or via the ascent route back to Sareis . The easiest, i.e. not difficult, ascent to the Ochsenkopf is from the Ochsenalpe over the OSE flank or on the south side along the east ridge. There is also an easy ascent from the west, from the Matta or Göra Alps.
view
From the Ochsenkopf you can see: Zimba , Schesaplana , Panülerkopf , Salaruelkopf , Schafberg, Piz Segnas , Piz Sardona , Tödi , Clariden , Glärnisch , Churfirsten , Wildhauser Schafberg , Säntis , Altmann, Galinakopf .
Literature and map
National map of Switzerland 1: 25,000, sheet 1136, Three Sisters. 1: 50,000, sheet 238, Montafon
Walther and Günther Flaig: Alpine Association Guide Rätikon, Bergverlag Rudolf Rother Munich, 1974, ISBN 3 7633 1210 2 , pp. 246–247
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria: Austrian Map online (Austrian map 1: 50,000) .
- ↑ a b c Walther and Günther Flaig: Alpine Club Guide Rätikon . Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-7633-1210-2 .