Coordinates: 46°58′22″N 11°43′34″E / 46.97278°N 11.72611°E / 46.97278; 11.72611

Hochfeiler

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Hochfeiler
File:Hochferner Hochfeiler Weißzint 070707.jpg
Highest point
Elevation3,510 m (11,520 ft)
Prominence981[1]
ListingAlpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates46°58′22″N 11°43′34″E / 46.97278°N 11.72611°E / 46.97278; 11.72611
Geography
Location in the Alps
Location in Austria
Location in Italy
LocationTyrol, Austria / South Tyrol, Italy
Parent rangeZillertal Alps
Climbing
First ascent24 July 1865 by Paul Grohmann, Georg Samer and Peter Fuchs

The Hochfeiler (Italian: Gran Pilastro; German: Hochfeiler) is a mountain, 3,510 metres high, and the highest peak in the Zillertal Alps on the border between Tyrol, Austria, and South Tyrol, Italy.

The normal route to the summit

Hochfeiler (Gran Pilastro) is at the Austrian-Italian border. The Austrian side is completely under glacier. The normal south route from the Italian side is usually snow-free during the summer.

References

  1. "Hochveiler - Peakbagger". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  • Heinrich Klier, Walter Klier: Alpine Club Guide Zillertaler Alpen, Rother Verlag, Munich, (1996), ISBN 3-7633-1269-2
  • Zeitschrift des Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Vol. II, page 127, Vienna, 1870/71
  • Carl Diener in Eduard Richter (ed.): Die Erschließung der Ostalpen, Vol. III, Berlin, 1894
  • Raimund von Klebelsberg: Geologie von Tirol, Berlin, 1935
  • Alpine Club Map 1:25,000 series, Sheet 35/1
  • Tabacco-Verlag, Udine, carta topografica 1:25,000, Sheet 037, Hochfeiler-Pfunderer Berge

External links

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