Nordkette
| Nordkette also North Chain / Northern Range Inntalkette / Nordkette im Karwendel | |
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Tyrol, Austria
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| Range coordinates | 47°18′00″N 11°21′00″E / 47.30000°N 11.35000°E |
The Nordkette, also variously called the North Chain, Northern Range, rarely the Inn Valley Range or Inn Valley Chain (Inntalkette), is a range of mountains just north of the city of
Inn valley. Its highest summit is the Kleiner Solstein (2,637 m (AA)
) in the west of the range.
The Nordkette is served by the
mountain bikers
.
The following
Alpine Club huts in the area of the Nordkette offer climbers bases for multi-day tours taking in numerous summits: the Solsteinhaus, the Neue Magdeburger Hut, the Pfeis Hut and the Bettelwurf Hut
(in the Gleirsch-Halltal Range).
In the southwest, there is a small massif in front of the Nordkette, the Hechenberg, which reaches a height of 1,943 m (AA) at the Kirchbergköpfl and which is separated from the Nordkette to the northeast and east by the Kranebitter Klamm.
Important summits
The most important summits of the Nordkette from west to east are the:
- Großer Solstein (2,541 m (AA))
- Kleiner Solstein (2,637 m (AA))
- Hohe Warte (2,597 m (AA))
- Hintere Brandjochspitze (2,599 m (AA))
- Vordere Brandjochspitze (2,559 m (AA))
- Hippenspitze (2,388 m (AA))
- Brandjochkreuz (2,268 m (AA))
- Frau Hitt (2,270 m (AA))
- Westliche Sattelspitze (2,339 m (AA))
- Kemacher (2,480 m (AA))
- Kumpfkarspitze (2,393 m (AA))
- Seegrubenspitze (2,350 m (AA))
- Hafelekarspitze (2,334 m (AA))
- Gleirschspitze (2,317 m (AA))
- Mandlspitze (2,366 m (AA))
- Gleirschtaler Brandjoch (2,372 m (AA))
- Rumer Spitze (2,454 m (AA))
- Thaurer Jochspitze (2,306 m (AA))
- Pfeiser Spitze (2,347 m (AA))
- Lattenspitze (2,330 m (AA))
- Wildangerspitze (2,153 m (AA))
- Thaurer Zunterkopf (1,918 m (AA))
- Haller Zunterkopf (1,966 m (AA))
- Hochmahdkopf (1,738 m (AA))
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Inntalkette.
- www.nordkette-austria.net – Website about the North Chain