Rieserferner Group

The Rieserferner Group (

• Venediger Group (to the north)
• Villgraten Mountains (to the southeast)
• Dolomites (to the south)
• Zillertal Alps (to the west)

Boundary

To the north, the Klammljoch saddle forms the boundary. In the east it runs from there along the valley of the Arventalbach past the Jagdhausalm to its confluence with the Schwarzach. In the west the boundary of the range runs from the Klammljoch along the Klammlbach stream until it joins the Knuttenbach. In the east the boundary continues along the Schwarzach until its confluence with the Staller Almbach. In the southeast and south it runs along the Staller Almbach to the

In the Rieserferner Group there are about 30 high points over 3,000 metres. The best-known and most important peaks are the:

• Hochgall (3,436 m s.l.m.)
• Schneebiger Nock (3,358 m s.l.m.)
• Wildgall (3,273 m s.l.m.)
• Magerstein (3,273 m s.l.m.)
• Lenkstein (3,237 m s.l.m.)
• Barmer Spitze (3,200 m s.l.m.)
• Fenneregg (3,123 m s.l.m.)
• Schwarze Wand (3,105 m s.l.m.)
• Patscher Spitze (3,082 m s.l.m.)
• Roßhorn
  (3,068 m s.l.m.)
• Große Windschar (Lanebachspitz) (3,041 m s.l.m.), western "cornerstone" of the group
• Dreieckspitze (3,041 m s.l.m.), northernmost three-thousander of the group

Literature

• Werner Beikircher: Rieserfernergruppe (Alpenvereinsführer)
  ISBN 3-7633-1227-7

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