Stubaier Wildspitze

The Stubaier Wildspitze is a 3,341-metre-high mountain[2] in the Stubai Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Northeast of the summit lie two glaciers, the Schaufelferner and the Daunkogelferner, which form the basis for the Stubai Glacier ski region.

Stubaier Wildspitze
View from the northeast. Centre: the Stubaier Wildspitze; right: the Östliche Daunkogel
Highest point
Elevation3,341 m (AA) (10,961 ft)
Prominence168 m[1]
Isolation1.46 km→ Windacher Daunkogel
Coordinates46°59′00″N 11°06′00″E
Geography
Stubaier Wildspitze is located in Austria
Stubaier Wildspitze
Stubaier Wildspitze
Parent rangeStubai Alps
Climbing
First ascent1882 by E. v. Fuchs, M. Egger and Josef Pfurtscheller.
Normal routefrom the Stubaier Eisjoch in the south over blockwork (blockwerk)

The first documented ascent by tourists was in 1882 by E. v. Fuchs, M. Egger and Josef Pfurtscheller.[3]

References

  1. Clem Clements, Jonathan de Ferranti, Eberhard Jurgalski, Mark Trengove: The 3000 m SUMMITS of AUSTRIA – 242 peaks with at least 150 m of prominence, October 2011, p. 12. Height of the reference saddle from Walter Klier: Alpenvereinsführer Stubaier Alpen, Munich, 2006, RZ 3311. Lage der Scharte auf der Austrian Map online (1:50.000 scale).
  2. Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen Österreich: Stubaier Wildspitze at Austrian Map online (1:50.000 scale).
  3. Petersen (1889), p. 279.

Bibliography

  • Petersen, Theodor (1889). "Die Stubaier Wildspitze" in Mittheilungen des Deutschen und Oesterreichischsen Alpenvereins. No. 23, 15 December 1889. Vienna.
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