Sulzkogel

Sulzkogel
	The Sulzkogel from the east. On the right on the ridge the midday storm
height	3016 m above sea level A.
location	Tyrol , Austria
Mountains	Stubai Alps
Dominance	2.8 km → Rosskogel
Notch height	239 m ↓ Finstertaler Scharte
Coordinates	47 ° 10 '55 " N , 11 ° 0' 41" E Coordinates: 47 ° 10 '55 " N , 11 ° 0' 41" E
rock	Gneiss
First ascent	1878 by Julius Pock and Bernhard Tütscher
Normal way	from Kühtai through the Finstertal

The Sulzkogel is 3016 m above sea level. A. high mountain in the Stubai Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol .

topography

The Sulzkogel is about 3.5 kilometers south of the Kühtai winter sports resort . In the west, the Sulzkogel falls with a sharp ridge that separates the Mittagskar in the northwest from the Stierkar in the south, down to the Längental . In the northeast, below the steep northeast face and the east ridge, lies the Finstertal with the Finstertal reservoir , a reservoir belonging to the Sellrain-Silz power plant group . In the north close over a sharp ridge of 2929 m above sea level. A. high Mittagsturm , the 2895 m and 2934 m high Mittagsköpf and the 2988 m high Zwölferkogel , in the south the 2965 m above sea level. A. high Gamskogel . Between Sulzkogel and Gamskogel, below a wide rocky ridge, lies the Gamskogelferner, a glacier that reaches down to 2,700 m .

ways

The normal route , a popular ski tour in winter , leads over the northern edge of the Gamskogelferner and the southern ridge to the summit. However, the first climbers Julius Pock and Bernhard Tütscher chose the ascent over the southwest flank from the Stierkar in 1878. The north ridge of the saddle south of the noon storm is significantly more difficult with III + . Furthermore, climbs over the east ridge and over the ridge between Sulzkogel and Gamskogel are possible.