Ox head (Silvretta)

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Ox head
Main summit of the Ochsenkopf from the east summit

Main summit of the Ochsenkopf from the east summit

height 3057  m above sea level A.
location Tyrol / Vorarlberg , Austria
Mountains Silvretta
Dominance 0.6 km →  Tyrolean head
Notch height 122 m ↓  Tiroler Scharte
Coordinates 46 ° 51 '43 "  N , 10 ° 8' 22"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 51 '43 "  N , 10 ° 8' 22"  E
Ochsenkopf (Silvretta) (Tyrol)
Ox head (Silvretta)
First ascent September 9, 1896 by L. Pezzendorfer from Stuttgart with guide Ignaz Lorenz I from Galtür

The Ochsenkopf is a 3057  m above sea level. A. high summit of the Silvretta group in the Eastern Alps. The first ascent took place on September 9, 1896 by L. Pezzendorfer from Stuttgart with guide Ignaz Lorenz I from Galtür from the Jamthalhütte via the north side.

Location and surroundings

The Ochsenkopf is located about 12 km south of Galtür on the border between the federal states of Vorarlberg and Tyrol . It is located in the Vermunt ridge, which branches off to the north at the Dreiländerspitze from the Silvretta main ridge. The summit sends out three ridges. To the north it is separated from the Tiroler Kopf ( 3,095  m ) by the Tiroler Scharte ( 2935  m ) , and to the south by the Untere and Obere Ochsenscharte ( 2913  m and 2970  m ) from the Dreiländerspitze ( 3197  m ). At the east summit another short ridge branches off to the west, in which the main summit is located and which ends at the Vermuntkopf ( 2851  m ). The summit is surrounded by the Tyrolean glacier in the north-west, Jamtalferner in the east and the Vermunt glacier in the south-west.

Routes to the summit

The Ochsenkopf can be reached from the Wiesbadener hut in a good 2 hours. To do this, first follow the marked path towards Radsattel. At the Hohes Rad fork in the road, the trail continues on unmarked climbing tracks in a south-easterly direction over the Tyrolean glacier, which has hardly any crevasses , to the Tiroler Scharte ( 2935  m ). In the notch then turn right over steep scree up to the east summit. The main summit can be reached from here via a short ridge with a few climbing spots ( II ). An alternative way of descent is to the west over the west ridge, which you walk over crumbling rock and scree up to a notch. From there you can descend over the steep firn slope to the north to the Tyrolean glacier.

Literature and map

  • Günther Flaig, Walther Flaig: Silvretta alpin. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7633-1097-5 , page 230ff.
  • Alpine club map sheet 26, 1: 25,000, Silvretta group. ISBN 3-928777-35-1

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Austria map, Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying
  2. ^ Yearbook of the Swiss Alpine Club, 33rd year, 1897-1898
  3. ^ A b Günther Flaig, Walther Flaig: Silvretta alpin. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7633-1097-5 , p. 230ff
  4. ↑ Alpine Club map, sheet 26, 1: 25,000, Silvretta group. ISBN 3-928777-35-1
  5. ↑ From the Wiesbadener hut to the Ochsenkopf