Hohe Warte (Karwendel)

Hohe Warte

The Hohe Warte with its prominent south arête in the centre. Left: the Kleiner Solstein. Right: the Hintere and Vordere Brandjochspitze. Seen from Innsbruck
Highest point
Elevation 2,597 m above sea level (AA) (8,520 ft)
Prominence 77 m
Isolation 0.4 km Hintere Brandjochspitze
Coordinates 47°18′06″N 11°20′02″E / 47.30167°N 11.33389°E / 47.30167; 11.33389Coordinates: 47°18′06″N 11°20′02″E / 47.30167°N 11.33389°E / 47.30167; 11.33389
Geography
Hohe Warte

Tyrol,  Austria

Parent range Nordkette, Karwendel
Geology
Age of rock Triassic
Mountain type Wetterstein limestone
Climbing
First ascent 1870 by Hermann von Barth
Normal route Innsbruck - Seegrube or Aspach Hut - Gamswart Saddle - Hohe Warte

From the left: the Hintere Brandjochspitze, Hohe Warte, Kleiner Solstein and Großer Solstein

The Hohe Warte is a mountain, 2,597 m above sea level (AA)[1] in height, in the Karwendel range in Austria. It is located between the Kleiner Solstein to the west and the Hintere Brandjochspitze to the east, in the Nordkette in the state of Tyrol, north of the Innsbruck quarter of Kranebitten and has a prominence of at least 77 metres.[1][2]

Access

The Hohe Warte was first climbed in 1870 by Hermann von Barth.[3] The present normal route to the top runs from the Aspach Hut (1,534 m above sea level (AA)) above Innsbruck and poses no great difficulties. It runs through schrofen terrain up to the Gamswart Saddle, then for a short way along the western ridge to the summit. Another ascent runs up the south ridge and has a climbing grade of UIAA IV. Crossings to the Kleiner Solstein and Hintere Brandjochspitze are possible at grade III-.[4]

Literature and maps

References

  1. 1 2 Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen Österreich: Austrian Map online (Österreichische Karte 1:50,000). Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  2. The exact value is unknown, the prominence given is a minimum, but it could be around 19 m greater. It was estimated from the separation of 20 metre contour lines from the 1:10,000 scale topographic map.
  3. Heinrich Schwaiger in Eduard Richter: Die Erschliessung der Ostalpen, Vol I, Berlin, 1893, p. 224
  4. Walter Klier: Alpenvereinsführer alpin, Karwendel, pp. 142 f, Rz 730 ff.
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