Hohe Warte (Karwendel)

Coordinates: 47°18′06″N 11°20′02″E / 47.30167°N 11.33389°E / 47.30167; 11.33389
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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
From the left: the
Tyrol,  Austria
Wetterstein limestone
Climbing
First ascent1870 by Hermann von Barth
Normal routeInnsbruck - Seegrube or Aspach Hut - Gamswart Saddle - Hohe Warte

The Hohe Warte is a mountain, 2,597 

prominence of at least 77 metres.[1][2]

Access

The Hohe Warte was first climbed in 1870 by

UIAA IV. Crossings to the Kleiner Solstein and Hintere Brandjochspitze are possible at grade III-.[4]

Literature and maps

References

  1. ^
    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.