Rascals

Rascals
Gate pillar (left) and Schoberköpfe (center) with the Devil's Church in front, taken from the Ochsenriedl
height	2708  m above sea level A.
location	Salzburg , Austria
Mountains	Hochkönig , Berchtesgaden Alps
Dominance	1.8 km →  Great Viola Head
Notch height	129 m ↓  Schoberschartl
Coordinates	47 ° 25 '51 "  N , 13 ° 5' 48"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '51 "  N , 13 ° 5' 48"  E
rock	Dachstein Limestone
Age of the rock	Norium - Rhaetium

The Schoberköpfe are several ridge-shaped peaks on the eastern edge of the Hochkönig plateau in the Berchtesgaden Alps , which form a semicircular ridge that opens towards the east towards the Salzach Valley :

• Southwestern Schoberkopf ( 2708  m above sea level )
• Eastern Schoberkopf ( 2666  m )
• Teufelskirche , also Teufelskirchl ( 2520  m ), a rock tower in front of the eastern Schoberkopf.

The relatively steep, 200–300 m high south walls fall into the gravelly ice cave and rise again to 2588  m in the distinctive, isolated gate pillar opposite . A little west of the ridge, at Schoberschartl ( 2579  m ), ends the plateau glacier of the Übergossene Alm , which takes up part of the Hochkönig summit corridor.

Climbs

The first known tourist ascent of the Schoberköpfe was carried out on June 29, 1882 by Ludwig Purtscheller , but he did not publish a report on the tour. The two Schoberköpfe can be easily reached without a path from the plateau, but the normal route to the Teufelskirche already requires climbing at level IV. Otherwise, the Schoberköpfe on its south side offer an abundance of climbing tours.

Literature and

• Albert Precht : Alpine Club Leader Hochkönig , Bergverlag Rudolf Rother. Munich 1989. ISBN 3-7633-1259-5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} http://www.austrianmap.at/ BEV 1: 50,000
2. ^ Albert Precht : Alpine Club Guide Hochkönig