Ödkarspitzen
Middle Ödkarspitze | |
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![]() The Ödkarspitzen from the Birkkarspitze | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,745 m (AA) (9,006 ft) |
Prominence | 2,745-2,635 m ↓ Schlauchkar Saddle |
Isolation | 1.0 km → Birkkarspitze |
Coordinates | 47°24′45″N 11°25′27″E / 47.4125°N 11.42417°ECoordinates: 47°24′45″N 11°25′27″E / 47.4125°N 11.42417°E |
Geography | |
Parent range | , Karwendel |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Triassic |
Type of rock | Wetterstein limestone |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1853 by a surveyor |
Normal route | Scharnitz – – Schlauchkarsattel – Middle Ödkarspitze |
The Ödkarspitzen are three peaks in the Karwendel mountains in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Hinterautal-Vomper Chain between the ultra-prominent mountain of Birkkarspitze in the east and the Marxenkarspitze (2,636 m (AA)) in the west. The highest of the summits is the Middle Ödkarspitze (German: Mittlere Ödkarspitze) with a height of 2,745 m (AA). The Western Ödkarspitze (Westliche Ödkarspitze) is 2,712 m (AA) high and the Eastern Ödkarspitze (Östliche Ödkarspitze) is 2,738 m (AA) high.
A waymarked and, in places, protected mountain path, that requires sure-footedness and a head for heights, leads to the summit. The may be used in summer as the base for an ascent. The usual route is via the cirque of Schlauchkar and the saddle of the same name. The of all three summits is popular, the path west of the Western Ödkarspitze being used as an alternative route to return to the Karwendelhaus.
Literature[]
- Heinrich Klier; Fritz März (1978), Alpine Club guide Karwendelgebirge (in German) (11. ed.), Munich: Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, ISBN 3763312080
- Two-thousanders of Austria
- Mountains of the Alps
- Mountains of Tyrol (state)
- Karwendel