Weißkamm

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The Gepatschferner glacier and the Weißkugel. Foreground: the

The heavily glaciated Weißkamm is an Alpine chain that includes the Weißkugel (3,739 m (AA)) and Wildspitze (3,772 m above sea level (AA)), the two highest peaks in the Ötztal Alps. Starting from the Weißkugel the Weißkamm runs for about 20 kilometres to the northwest towards Sölden. Other ridges branch off the Weißkamm striking northwards. From west to east these are the , the and the . The Weißkugel is where the Weißkamm joins the , which runs in an easterly direction.

The and the are the two largest glaciers in the Ötztal Alps; both are situated in the area of the Weißkamm. Together with the , and they form an almost unbroken ice sheet.

Apart from the Weißkugel and the Wildspitze, other important summits on the Weißkamm are the Fluchtkogel (3,497 m above sea level (AA)), the Hochvernagtspitze (3,539 m above sea level (AA)), the Hinterer Brunnenkogel (3,440 m above sea level (AA)) and the Hinterer Brochkogel (3,628 m above sea level (AA))

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The Weißkamm from the to the Wildspitze, seen from the

Summits[]

Summit Elevation
Wildspitze 3,772 m
Weißkugel 3,739 m
Hinterer Brochkogel 3,635 m
Vorderer Brochkogel 3,565 m
3,557 m
3,556 m
Hochvernagtspitze 3,539 m
Langtauferer Spitze 3,529 m
Weißseespitze 3,526 m
3,516 m
Fluchtkogel 3500 m
Hintere Hintereisspitze 3,486 m
Petersenspitze 3,484 m
3,472 m
3,467 m
Mittlere Hintereisspitze 3,451 m
Hinterer Brunnenkogel 3,440 m
Vordere Hintereisspitze 3,437 m
3,435 m
3,429 m
3,425 m
3,414 m
Weißer Kogel 3,409 m
3,393 m
Innere Schwarze Schneide 3,369 m
3,367 m
3,355 m
3,350 m
3,347 m
3,325 m
3,312 m
3,309 m
3,298 m
3,278 m
Im Hinteren Eis 3,270 m
Äußere Schwarze Schneide 3,257 m
3,257 m
3,231 m
3,227 m
3,222 m
3,201 m
3,200 m
3,162 m
3,147 m
3,130 m
3,128 m
3,118 m
3,107 m
3,070 m
3,058 m
3,052 m
3,023 m
3,019 m
2,990 m
2,901 m
2,861 m

Literature[]

  • B. und E. Pinzer: Pitztal Edition Löwenzahn, Innsbruck, 2000, ISBN 3-7066-2204-1
  • Walter Klier: Ötztaler Alpen, Alpine Club Guide, Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich, 2006. ISBN 3-7633-1123-8

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