Wildspitze
Wildspitze | |
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Alpine mountains above 3000 m | |
Coordinates | 46°53′07″N 10°52′02″E / 46.88528°N 10.86722°E |
Geography | |
Location | North Tyrol, Austria |
Parent range | Ötztal Alps |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1848 by Leander Klotz and a fellow local farmer |
Easiest route | basic snow climb |
Wildspitze (German pronunciation:
Location
The Wildspitze is on a ridge called Weißkamm ("white ridge") that joins the main chain of the Alps at the Weißkugel. Its north and west flanks form the end of the Pitz valley, while the south and east flanks rise above the upper ends of the Ötztal. The mountain has twin peaks, with a rocky south summit (3768 m[2] or by most other sources 3770 m[3][4]) and a firn-covered north summit at about 3760 m.[5] The mountain is surrounded by glaciers on three sides, of which the Taschachferner (at 8 km2) is the largest. The 50° north face is popular with ice climbers.
The view from the peak is only limited by the curvature of the Earth. To the east one can see as far as the
The nearest higher mountain is the Ortler, 48.5 kilometres (30 mi) away in South Tyrol.
Early ascents
The first recorded attempt at the Wildspitze was made in 1847 by
Routes
The most common route to the top is from the Breslauer Hut, which is approached from the village Vent (1900 m a.s.l.). Most climbers sleep at the hut or in a tent and continue to the summit the next day (about 4 hours from the Breslauerhütte).
An alternative route goes from the Braunschweiger Hut in the Pitztaler glacier area. From the hut the route crosses the glaciers to the Mittelbergjoch (see right image, close to the lower left corner), and then traverses a crevasse-filled area of the Taschachferner glacier to the summit of the Wildspitze. The average time used for this tour is 6.5 hours.
Climate
Wildspitze has a tundra climate (Köppen ET).
Climate data for Pitztaler Gletscher: 2864m (1991−2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
7.6 (45.7) |
9.0 (48.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
17.8 (64.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
16.0 (60.8) |
12.7 (54.9) |
10.2 (50.4) |
6.2 (43.2) |
17.8 (64.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −4.8 (23.4) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
8.2 (46.8) |
8.7 (47.7) |
5.2 (41.4) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
1.1 (34.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.7 (16.3) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
0.0 (32.0) |
3.8 (38.8) |
6.0 (42.8) |
6.2 (43.2) |
2.6 (36.7) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−2.0 (28.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.2 (11.8) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
0.5 (32.9) |
2.4 (36.3) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−5.2 (22.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | −27.0 (−16.6) |
−29.0 (−20.2) |
−26.3 (−15.3) |
−23.4 (−10.1) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−19.4 (−2.9) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
−26.3 (−15.3) |
−29.0 (−20.2) |
Source: Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics[7]
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See also
- List of the highest mountains in Austria
References
- ^ The key col is the Reschen Pass.
- Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Austrian Map online Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Austrian Alpine Club's Alpine Club map of the Ötztal Alps
- ^ a b Walter Klier, Ötztaler Alpen: ein Führer für Täler, Hütten und Berge, Rother, Munich, 14th print, 2006.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-7654-4746-4, page 93.
- ^ a b Anthon von Ruthner, Ersteigung der hohen Wildspitze im Oetzthale, Mittheilungen der Kaiserlichen=Königlichen Geographischen Gesellschaft, pp. 216–243.
- ^ "Klimamittelwerte 1991-2020" (in German). Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
External links
- Wildspitze on Summitpost
- "Wildspitze". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. - photos