Schneebiger Nock

Schneebiger Nock
Schneebiger Nock
	The Schneebiger Nock from the north.
Highest point
Elevation	3,358 m s.l.m. (11,017 ft)
Prominence	544 m (1,785 ft)
Isolation	4.2 km (2.6 mi)
Listing	Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates	46°54′20″N 12°05′04″E
Geography
	Schneebiger Nock South Tyrol, Italy
Parent range	Rieserferner Group
Climbing
First ascent	6 October 1866 by Archduke Rainer of Austria, Count Heinrich Wurmbrand, and mountain guides, Georg Auer, Johann Oberarzbacher from Rein and Georg Weiss, innkeeper
Easiest route	from the Kasseler Hut via the north arete

The Schneebiger Nock (Italian: Monte Nevoso), in old literature also called the Ruthnerhorn, is 3,358 metres high and, after the Hochgall, the second highest mountain of the Rieserferner Group, a range in the western part of the High Tauern. The mountain rises in the Italian province of South Tyrol in the Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park (Parco Naturale Vedrette di Ries-Aurina). It was first climbed on 6 October 1866 by Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria, Count Heinrich Wurmbrand, and mountain guides, Georg Auer, Johann Oberarzbacher from Rein in Taufers and Georg Weiss, an innkeeper from St. Johann im Reintal. Today the Schneebige Nock may be reached from the Kasseler Hut (also Hochgall Hut) to the northeast or from the Rieserferner Hut to the south. Thanks to its prominent pyramidal shape and its distinct arêtes it is a frequently visited viewing summit.

Literature and maps

Helmut Dumler: Gebietsführer Südtirol 3, Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich, 1987, ISBN 3-7633-3300-2
Johann Daimer und Reinhold Seyerlen in einem Beitrag der Zeitschrift des Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Band XI, Munich, 1880
Jahrbuch des Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Band III, 1867, Vienna, 1867
Carl Diener in Eduard Richter (ed.): Die Erschließung der Ostalpen, III. Band, Berlin, 1894
Raimund von Klebelsberg: Geologie von Tirol, Gebr. Borntraeger, Berlin, 1935
Casa Editrice Tabacco, Tavagnacco, walking map 1:25,000 series, Sheet 035, Valle Aurina/Ahrntal, Vedrette di Ries/Rieserferner-Gruppe

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