Großer Solstein
| Großer Solstein | |
|---|---|
 The Großer Solstein (to its left the Kleiner Solstein) seen from the Kuhljochspitze | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,541 m (AA) (8,337 ft) |
| Isolation | 0.94 km (0.58 mi)  |
| Coordinates | 47°18′10″N 11°18′28″E / 47.30278°N 11.30778°ECoordinates: 47°18′10″N 11°18′28″E / 47.30278°N 11.30778°E |
| Geography | |
| Parent range | Nordkette, Karwendel |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Triassic (Ladinian to Lower Carnian) |
| Type of rock | Wetterstein limestone |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | in 1846 by |
| Normal route | mountain tour, good stamina necessary |
The Große Solstein is a mountain, 2,541 m (AA) high, on the western corner of the Nordkette range in the Karwendel mountains near Zirl in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Its summit may be ascended on various mountain tour routes either from the Solsteinhaus or from the . These routes are described as not difficult but require stamina. The crossing to the higher peak of the Kleiner Solstein (2,637 m (AA)), despite its name the highest in the Nordkette, is described in that article.
Literature[]
- Klier, Walter (1996), Alpine Club Guide Karwendelgebirge alpin (in German) (14 ed.), Munich: Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, ISBN 3763311211
External links[]
Media related to Großer Solstein at Wikimedia Commons- Tour description
Categories:
- Two-thousanders of Austria
- Karwendel
- Mountains of Tyrol (state)
- Mountains of the Alps
- Innsbruck