Urbeleskarspitze
| Urbeleskarspitze | |
|---|---|
 The Urbeleskarspitze | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,632 m (AA) (8,635 ft) |
| Prominence | 375 m ↓ Schönecker Scharte |
| Isolation | 8.9 km → Großer Krottenkopf |
| Coordinates | 47°20′12″N 10°28′06″E / 47.33667°N 10.46833°E |
| Geography | |
| Parent range | Allgäu Alps (Hornbach chain) |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Rock summit |
| Type of rock | Main Dolomite (Triassic) |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1869 Hermann von Barth |
| Normal route | Hinterhornbach – Kaufbeurer Haus – Urbeleskarspitze |
The Urbeleskarspitze is a 2,632-metre-high mountain peak in the Allgäu Alps. It lies within Austria in the state of Tyrol and is the fifth-highest summit in the Allgäu Alps and the second-highest peak in the Hornbach chain. Its neighbours in the Hornbach chain are the Bretterspitze to the southwest and the Zwölfer Spitze to the northeast.
Rock and structure[edit]
Like most of the high mountains in the Allgäu Alps the Urbeleskarspitze consists of main dolomite. Its summit has a striking bell-shaped appearance and is easily identified from the north and south from nearby and more distant summits.
First ascent[edit]
Who first climbed the Urbeleskarspitze cannt be precisely determined. Candidates include unknown locals or a "Dr. Gümbel" in 1854. It was certainly ascended in 1869 by Hermann von Barth.[1]
Bases[edit]
The main starting point for ascents is the village of Hinterhornbach in a side valley of the Tyrolean Lechtal. From there it is roughly 2½ hours to the Kaufbeurer Haus, a self-service hut belonging to the DAV. The hut is regularly manned at weekends from Pentecost to early October but is otherwise only open to members of the Alpine Club with a key.
Ascent[edit]
There is no simple way leading to the summit of the Urbeleskarspitze. The two usable routes from the Kaufbeurer Haus require sure-footedness, a head for heights and Alpine experience and climbing preparedness.
The only partially marked normal route is graded as UIAA II+ and takes just under 2 hours through steep schrofen terrain over the northwest flank to reach the top.
An alternative climb existed over the north arête. It was a UIAA grade II and ran through broken rock, also taking 2 hours to reach the summit of the Urbeleskarspitze.
References[edit]
- ^ Ernst Zettler, Heinz Groth: Alpenvereinsführer - Allgäuer Alpen. 12th full revised edition. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich, 1985, ISBN 3-7633-1111-4 (p. 385).
Literature/ Maps[edit]
- Zettler, Ernst (1979). Allgäuer Alpen : e. Führer für Täler, Hütten u. Berge. München: Bergverlag Rother. ISBN 3763311017.
- Seibert, Dieter (2004). Allgäuer Alpen und Ammergauer Alpen alpin (in German). ISBN 3763311262.
- Alpine Club map 2/2 Allgäuer-Lechtaler Alpen – Ost 1:25,000 map series, 7th edition, 2002
- Thaddäus, Steiner (2007). Allgäuer Bergnamen (in German) (3rd ed.). Fink Kunstverlag Josef. ISBN 9783898703895.
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