Gleirscher Fernerkogel
| Gleirscher Fernerkogel | |
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Tyrol, Austria
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| Parent range | Stubai Alps |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1 September 1883 by Ludwig Purtscheller and Hans Schöller (touristic) |
| Normal route | Glacier tour from the Gleirschtal valley and up the east face |
The Gleirscher Fernerkogel, also Gleirschfernerkogl, formerly called the Roßkarspitze, is a mountain, 3,189 Tyrol. The old name, Roßkarspitze, was given to it during the military survey of the region in the 1850s. The first documented ascent was undertaken on 1 September 1883 by Ludwig Purtscheller and Hans Schöller, a "professor from Salzburg". Purtscheller gave the mountain its present name. A prominent 500-metre-long ridge runs eastwards from the unimposing summit.
Surrounding area
The Gleirscher Fernerkogel lies a good seven kilometres
global warming, whose firn field is now only just under 300 metres long. Neighbouring peaks are the Hintere Grubenwand (3,175 m) on the east ridge, separated by the col of Roßkarscharte (3,053 m); the Winnebacher Weißkogel
(3,185 m) to the south; and the Sonnenwände peaks to the north, whose highest top is the Hintere Sonnenwand (3,112 m). To the west the 500-metre-high rock face of the Gleirscher Fernerkogel drops steeply into the valley of the Zwieselbach.
Bases and tours
The route taken by the
UIAA grade II to the summit. The direct route along the East Ridge involves difficult climbing at UIAA grade IV. The journey time from the hut is 5 hours. Other routes to the Gleirscher Fernerkogel run along the South Ridge (UIAA grade II) from the Westfalenhaus
(2,273 m) in 3 hours, or up the South Face assessed as UIAA grade III.
Literature and maps
- Walter Klier: Stubaier Alpen, ISBN 3-7633-1271-4
- Eduard Richter (ed.): Die Erschließung der Ostalpen, II. Band, Verlag des Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Berlin, 1894
- Alpine Club map 1:25,000 series, Sheet 31/2 Stubaier Alpen, Sellrain
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