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Hohe Warte (Karwendel)

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Parent range
  
Nordkette, Karwendel

Elevation
  
2,596 m

Mountain range
  
Karwendel

Mountain type
  
Wetterstein limestone

Prominence
  
77 m

Age of rock
  
Triassic

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Isolation
  
0.4 km → Hintere Brandjochspitze

First ascent
  
1870 by Hermann von Barth

Normal route
  
Innsbruck - Seegrube or Aspach Hut - Gamswart Saddle - Hohe Warte

Similar
  
Kleiner Solstein, Vordere Brandjochspitze, Großer Solstein, Kemacher, Erlspitze

The Hohe Warte is a mountain, 2,597 m (AA) in height, in the Karwendel range in Austria. It is located between the Kleiner Solstein to the west and the Hintere Brandjochspitze to the east, in the Nordkette in the state of Tyrol, north of the Innsbruck quarter of Kranebitten and has a prominence of at least 77 metres.

Contents

Map of Hohe Warte, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Access

The Hohe Warte was first climbed in 1870 by Hermann von Barth. The present normal route to the top runs from the Aspach Hut (1,534 m (AA)) above Innsbruck and poses no great difficulties. It runs through schrofen terrain up to the Gamswart Saddle, then for a short way along the western ridge to the summit. Another ascent runs up the south ridge and has a climbing grade of UIAA IV. Crossings to the Kleiner Solstein and Hintere Brandjochspitze are possible at grade III-.

Literature and maps

  • Walter Klier (2005) (in German), Alpenvereinsführer Karwendelgebirge alpin (15 ed.), Munich: Bergverlag Rother, ISBN 3763311211 
  • Alpine Club map 1:25,000, Sheet 5/1, Karwendelgebirge West
  • References

    Hohe Warte (Karwendel) Wikipedia