Rote Säule (Tauern)

The Rote Säule (also Rote Saile[1]) is a mountain, 2,993 m (AA),[2] on the main chain of the Alps in the Venediger Group. It lies on the border between the Austrian states of Salzburg and East Tyrol.

This article is about the mountain on the Tauern ridge. For the nearby peak of the same name on the Wallhorn ridge, see Rote Säule (Wallhorn).
Rote Säule
The Rote Säule seen from the Wildenkogel
Highest point
Elevation2,993 m (AA) (9,820 ft)
Prominence303 m ↓ Rotebenscharte
Isolation3.4 km → Kratzenberg
Coordinates47°08′47″N 12°26′38″E 
Geography
Rote Säule
Parent rangeVenediger Group
Climbing
First ascent1865 by Franz Keil (tourist and cartographer)
Normal routeWest ascent (I)

Location and ascent

The Rote Säule is a peak in the extreme north of the district of Lienz. It is located on the main chain of the Tauern between the Roter Kogel (2,946 m above sea level (AA)) to the southeast and the Abretter (2,979 m above sea level (AA)) to the northwest, the Rote Säule being separated from the Abretter by the col of Abretterscharte (2,856 m above sea level (AA)). The Rote Säule has a wide north and east face. To the south are the remains of a glacier, the Gschlößkees. The Rote Säule may be climbed from the Venedigerhaus, the route branching off from the Sandebentörl path towards the northwest.

References
  1. Alpine Club map 1:25,000, Sheet 36, Venedigergruppe.
  2. Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen Österreich: Austrian Map online (Österreichische Karte 1:50,000).

Literature
  • Willi End, Hubert Peterka: Alpine Club guide Venedigergruppe. Bergverlag Rother, 5th edition, Munich, 2006, ISBN 3-7633-1242-0.
  • Alpine Club map 1:25,000, Sheet 36, Venedigergruppe, ISBN 3-928777-49-1.
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