Wildalmkirchl

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Wildalmkirchl
The Wildalmkirchl with its striking shape in the form of a church. The Wildalmkirchl bivouac box is marked with a red arrow below (2457 m)

The Wildalmkirchl with its striking shape in the form of a church. The Wildalmkirchl bivouac box is marked with a red arrow below (2457 m)

height 2578  m above sea level A.
location Salzburg , Austria
Mountains Steinernes Meer , Berchtesgaden Alps
Dominance 0.8 km →  Brandhorn
Notch height 114 m ↓  Mittagsscharte
Coordinates 47 ° 26 '51 "  N , 12 ° 59' 33"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 26 '51 "  N , 12 ° 59' 33"  E
Wildalmkirchl (State of Salzburg)
Wildalmkirchl
rock Dachstein Limestone
Age of the rock Norium - Rhaetium
First ascent Richard von Frey, Max von Frey , Richard Lonsky on September 11, 1875
Normal way Kirchdachgrat ( II )

The Wildalmkirchl (formerly Wildalmkirche ) is 2578  m above sea level. A. high rocky peaks on the southern edge of the Stone Sea . It is located in the Salzburg region , northeast of the village of Maria Alm and northwest of the Hochkönigstock .

The first part of the name goes back to the Wildalm, a secluded high valley that is located north of the Wildalmkirchl in the Bavarian-Austrian border area in the Steinerne Meer; the second part of the name results from the shape of the mountain, which from different points of view resembles a church with a roof and a tower. In 2457  m altitude, north-east of the summit, the is Wildalmkirchl-bivouac (open, sleeps 8 people).

The Wildalmkirchl is next to the Schottmalhorn the most difficult summit of the Steinerne Meer to climb; all climbs require climbing. The easiest route leads from the bivouac box to the north-east approach of the church roof and up on it (brittle, I ); then you cross the Kirchdachgrat in an exposed position and climb the final summit structure with a very exposed, moderately difficult climb ( II ); a total of about 40 minutes from the bivouac box.

Approaches

  • from Maria Alm ( 802  m ) or Hinterthal ( 1016  m ) via path 426 over the waterfall gap ( 2421  m ) in 5–6 hours (high alpine, easy climbing required, difficult old snow fields until late in the year).
  • from the plateau of the Steinernes Meer over path 401 (from the Riemannhaus or Kärlinger Haus over the Hochbrunnsulzen pass, 2356  m ).
  • From the Wasseralm over the Wildalm and before the Hochbrunnsulzen climb, cross south to the 401.
  • from the south-east via path 401 (coming from the Hochkönigstock or ascending from Hinterthal via the gatarte, 2246  m ).

photos

  • Wildalmkirchl from the northeast

  • Wildalmkirchl in the morning from Biwakschachtel

cards

  • Alpine Club map 1: 25,000, sheets 10/1 "Steinernes Meer" and 10/2 "Hochkönig and Hagengebirge"

Web links

Commons : Wildalmkirchl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard von Frey: The Wildalm Church on the Stone Sea. In: Journal of the German and Austrian Alpine Club , year 1877, Volume 8, pp. 69–74 ( digitized version ).