Mädelegabel
Sign in to saveThe Mädelegabel is a 2,645 metre high mountain, made of main dolomite, in the Allgäu Alps near Oberstdorf. It is one of the best-known and most-climbed high peaks in the German Alps, Within the Allgäu Alps it is the fourth-highest summit, with rock faces up to 400 metres high. Together with the Trettachspitze and the Hochfrottspitze it forms the famous triumvirate of peaks on the main crest of the Allgäu. Its name comes from Mähder - a mown mountain pasture in the vicinity - and gabel from the appearance of the triumvirate to the north which recalls a fork (German: Gabel). Originally the
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- Mountain.name
- Mädelegabel
- Mountain.photo
- Maedelegabele Schwarzmilzferner 2009.JPG
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The Mädelegabel from the south. Below: the Schwarzmilzferner (2009)
- Mountain.elevation
- ()
- Mountain.isolation
- 0.4 km → Hochfrottspitze
- Mountain.prominence
- 81 m ↓ Windgap with the Hochfrottspitze → Hochfrottspitze
- Mountain.range
- Central ridge, Allgäu Alps
- Mountain.location
- Bavarian / Tyrolean border
- Mountain.map
- Austria
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 1818
- Mountain.easiest_route
- from the Heilbronn Way
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- Elevation
- 2644
- Image
- Einödsbach 2020a.jpg
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- Mädelegabel
- topographic prominence
- 84
- topographic isolation
- 0.4
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The Mädelegabel is a 2,645 metre high mountain, made of main dolomite, in the Allgäu Alps near Oberstdorf. It is one of the best-known and most-climbed high peaks in the German Alps, Within the Allgäu Alps it is the fourth-highest summit, with rock faces up to 400 metres high. Together with the Trettachspitze and the Hochfrottspitze it forms the famous triumvirate of peaks on the main crest of the Allgäu. Its name comes from Mähder - a mown mountain pasture in the vicinity - and gabel from the appearance of the triumvirate to the north which recalls a fork (German: Gabel). Originally the Mädelegabel was the name for all three peaks of the triumvirate; only later were they distinguished from one another by name.
The border between Bavaria and Austria runs along the mountain ridge. On its southeastern slopes is the Schwarzmilzferner, a small glacier.
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