Reichenspitze
Sign in to saveThe Reichenspitze is a mountain, , in the eastern Zillertal Alps on the border between the Austrian states of Salzburg and Tyrol. It is the highest peak of the range named after it, the Reichenspitze Group, and offers good, all-round views. Its neighbouring peaks, all linked by arêtes, are the 3,263-metre-high Gabler to the northeast, the Richterspitze (3,052 m) to the south and the 3,278-metre-high Wildgerlosspitze to the northwest.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Reichenspitze
- Mountain.photo
- Reichenspitze.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 282px
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The Reichenspitze (centre right) and Gabler (centre left) seen from the Lower Gerlossee
- Mountain.elevation
- ()
- Mountain.isolation
- 12.2 km → Dreiherrnspitze
- Mountain.prominence
- 3,303-2,620 m ↓ Schütttaler Joch
- Mountain.listing
- Alpine mountains above 3000 m
- Mountain.range
- Reichenspitze Group, Zillertal Alps
- Mountain.location
- Salzburg and Tyrol, Austria
- Mountain.map
- Austria
- Mountain.first_ascent
- 1856 by a farmer from Prettau
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Austria
- Located in
- Brandberg
- Elevation
- 3303
- Image
- Reichenspitzgruppe vom Salzachgeier.jpg
- Significant event
- first ascent
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- topographic isolation
- 12.2
- Commons category
- Reichenspitze
- located in protected area
- Hohe Tauern National Park
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- First ascent
- Routes
- Literature and maps
- References
The Reichenspitze is a mountain, , in the eastern Zillertal Alps on the border between the Austrian states of Salzburg and Tyrol. It is the highest peak of the range named after it, the Reichenspitze Group, and offers good, all-round views. Its neighbouring peaks, all linked by arêtes, are the 3,263-metre-high Gabler to the northeast, the Richterspitze (3,052 m) to the south and the 3,278-metre-high Wildgerlosspitze to the northwest.
== First ascent == The mountain was first ascended in 1856 by a farmer from Prettau in the valley of Tauferer Ahrntal, whose name has been lost. He climbed from the southeast up the east face, a route that, today, is assessed near the summit as climbing grade UIAA III. The first touristic ascent took place on 16 July 1865 by Peter Haller from Gmünd and foresters, Anton Peer and Josef Unterrainer of Schönachtal.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Reichenspitze” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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