Elevation 2,651 m Prominence 678 m | First ascent 1854 Mountain range Allgäu Alps | |
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Isolation 7.0 km → Großer Krottenkopf Parent range Central crest of Allgäu Alps Mountain type Limestone of the Main Dolomite
rock Similar Mädelegabel, Bockkarkopf, Hochfrottspitze, Großer Krottenkopf, Biberkopf | ||
The Hohes Licht, at 2,651 metres, is the second highest mountain in the Allgäu Alps after the Großer Krottenkopf. Its summit lies in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
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Map of Hohes Licht, 6655, Austria
Location
The mountain lies 4½ kilometres as the crow flies north-northwest of Steeg in the Lech valley and 14 kilometres south of Oberstdorf. Neighbouring peaks are, to the northeast the Wilder Mann, the Bockkarkopf, the Hochfrottspitze and the Mädelegabel. To the south are the Peischelspitze and the Ellbognerspitze, to the west the Hochgundspitze and the Hochrappenkopf. To the northwest lies the 200 metre lower Rotgundspitze.
First climb
In 1854, during a triangulation exercise, a "survey signal" (Vermessungssignal) was erected. When the mountain was first climbed for leisure purposes by Hermann von Barth on 6 August 1869, the signal was still there. Barth reached the summit approaching from the Biberkopf via the Hochalpe and the Steinscharte from the northwest. This is still the normal route today.