Hohe Warte (Karwendel)

The Hohe Warte is a mountain, 2,597 m (AA)[1] 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.[1][2]

Hohe Warte
The Hohe Warte with its prominent south arête in the centre. Left: the Kleiner Solstein. Right: the Hintere and Vordere Brandjochspitze. Seen from Innsbruck
From the left: the Hintere Brandjochspitze, Hohe Warte, Kleiner Solstein and Großer Solstein
Highest point
Elevation2,597 m (AA) (8,520 ft)
Prominence77 m
Isolation0.4 km → Hintere Brandjochspitze
Coordinates47°18′06″N 11°20′02″E 
Geography
Hohe Warte
Parent rangeNordkette, Karwendel
Geology
Age of rockTriassic
Type of rockWetterstein limestone
Climbing
First ascent1870 by Hermann von Barth
Normal routeInnsbruck - Seegrube or Aspach Hut - Gamswart Saddle - Hohe Warte

Access

The Hohe Warte was first climbed in 1870 by Hermann von Barth.[3] 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-.[4]

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

References
  1. Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen Österreich: Austrian Map online (Österreichische Karte 1:50,000). Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  2. The exact value is unknown, the prominence given is a minimum, but it could be around 19 m greater. It was estimated from the separation of 20 metre contour lines from the 1:10,000 scale topographic map.
  3. Heinrich Schwaiger in Eduard Richter: Die Erschliessung der Ostalpen, Vol I, Berlin, 1893, p. 224
  4. Walter Klier: Alpenvereinsführer alpin, Karwendel, pp. 142 f, Rz 730 ff.
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