Second Schafalpenkopf

Zweiter Schafalpenkopf
Second and First Schafalpenkopf
Highest point
Elevation	2,302 m above sea level (NHN) (7,552 ft)
Prominence	122 m ↓ Notch to the Third Schafalpenkopf
Isolation	0.6 km → Third Schafalpenkopf
Coordinates	47°18′23″N 10°12′37″E / 47.30639°N 10.21028°E / 47.30639; 10.21028Coordinates: 47°18′23″N 10°12′37″E / 47.30639°N 10.21028°E / 47.30639; 10.21028
Geography
Zweiter Schafalpenkopf Bavaria, Germany / Vorarlberg, Austria
Parent range	, Allgäu Alps
Geology
Type of rock	main dolomite
Climbing
Normal route

The Second Schafalpenkopf (German: Zweite Schafalpenkopf), also Middle Schafalpenkopf (Mittlerer Schafalpenkopf) is a 2,302-metre-high mountain in the Allgäu Alps. It is part of the Schafalpenköpfe and the .

Location and surrounding area[]

The border between Germany and Austria runs over the summit of the Second Schafalpenkopf, simultaneously separating the federal states of Bavaria and Vorarlberg. On the Bavarian side it belongs to the administrative units of the county of Oberallgäu and market town of Oberstdorf, on Austrian soil to the district of Bregenz and the parish of Mittelberg.

To the northeast the Second Schafalpenkopf is followed by the Third Schafalpenkopf (2,320 m) from which it is separated by a 2,180-metre-high arête, which is the reference point for the Second Schafalpenkopf's topographic prominence of 122 metres. Its isolation is 600 metres, extending across to the Third Schafalpenkopf. To the south of the Second Schafalpenkopf is the valley of . In the southwest the mountain transitions to the First Schafalpenkopf (2,272 m). In the northwest of the mountain is the valley of Wildental which leads to the Kleinwalsertal führt.^[1][2][3]

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  From the crossing to the First Schafalpenkopf

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  From the Walser Hammerspitze

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  From the Third Schafalpenkopf

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  Klettersteig passage

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Zweiter Schafalpenkopf at Wikimedia Commons