Daniel (mountain)

Daniel
Upsspitze and Daniel
height	2340  m above sea level A.
location	Tyrol , Austria
Mountains	Ammergau Alps
Dominance	6.7 km →  Schneefernerkopf
Notch height	1233 m ↓  Lähn
Coordinates	47 ° 25 '56 "  N , 10 ° 52' 49"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '56 "  N , 10 ° 52' 49"  E
rock	Plattenkalk
Age of the rock	Triad

The mountain Daniel is with a height of 2340  m above sea level. A. the highest peak in the Ammergau Alps , a group of the Northern Limestone Alps . It is located in the Ausserfern district of the Austrian state of Tyrol , north of the villages of Ehrwald and Lermoos . Its north wall is around 200 m high. The south wall has a rather rugged character. With the almost equally high Upsspitze ( 2332  m ) it forms a double peak. A neighboring peak in the northwest is the Hochschrutte with 2247  m height.

Ascent

The summit can be reached with an easy mountain tour from the south, whereby only the summit ridge from the Upsspitze to the Daniel requires increased surefootedness . The ascent from Lermoos via the Tuftlalm and Upsspitze to Daniel takes about 4 hours, according to literature. The descent over the Upsspitze, the Green Ups (a lookout point) and the Tuftlalm to Lermoos can be done in around 2.5 hours.

photos

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  Daniel from the Zugspitze

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  Daniel from the Upsspitze

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  Summit cross

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  Upsspitze from Daniel

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  Daniel from Riffeltorkopf

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  Daniel from the Tyrolean Zugspitzbahn

Literature and map

• Alpine Club Card , 4/1 Wetterstein-Mieminger Mountains West (1: 25,000)
• Bavarian Land Surveying Office, UK L31 Werdenfelser Land (1: 50,000) ISBN 3-86038-509-7
• Dieter Seibert: Alpine Association Guide Allgäu Alps and Ammergau Alps , Rother Verlag Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7633-1126-2
• Compass hiking map, scale 1: 35,000, sheet 07, Werdenfelser Land with Zugspitze , ISBN 3-85491-718-X

Web links

Commons : Daniel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Berg Daniel and Upsspitze: altitude profile and tour description
• Route description - mountain tour Daniel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Geological map of Bavaria with explanations (1: 500,000). Bavarian Geological State Office, 1998.