The most beautiful ski in the Alps.

It is worth the long hours Ascent: The readers of the magazine "Alpin" have their favorite ski elected. Included are some of the most famous Alpine peaks - but bronze is a surprise to a comparatively mere mountain in Bavaria.

 

1. Wild Peak, 3772 meters - Ötztal Alps

And the Oscar goes to?

... Austria, more precisely, to the Tyrol. Where else, if not into the land of the mountains. By far, the Alpine reader Oetztaler Wildspitze the most perfect ski mountain elected. And for good reason.

Franz Maier Falter

She is a queen, no doubt. While in her realm, the dominion is not fully exercised. Too many celebrities, the peak in the Ötztal mountains, than that the game itself on top all the other would collect. There are hundreds of ski mountains: large, small, long, short, steep and difficult, but enjoyable and technically easy targets for beginners. Almost exclusively, the summit beyond the 3000 mark. At well over 300 Ötztal peaks can also be in the winter and spring in the thin mountain air sniff.

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Alpine - The Mount Magazine

Issue 3 / 2009

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Over it all stands out - at least a little - the Wildspitze out. With its 3772 meters high north summit Hood (the South Summit stretches only two meters high up less), it is the highest in the Tyrolean Gupf country - at least from the North Tyrolean perspective, because the Südtiroler refer this to the Ortler.

Hardly a comparable level summit is so comfortable and at so many different routes to reach technically simple as the Oetztaler Wildspitze. From Vernagt and Breslauer Hütte by Taschachhaus and Pitztaler glacier run the routes radiating from the summit almost together construction. Sooner is also still on the Braunschweiger Hütte started - but this way is quite out of fashion, it should be possible but across the Pitztaler ascend slopes.

Fast-day tour, walkers - and are now the most - come from the Pitztal Wildspitze. What to grandfather's time, a vast western weekend tour almost alpine character, is using the Pitzexpresses and subsequent lifts to Mittelbergjoch to become half-day tour. Easy prey for those who are on the Saturday evening sports show again at home want to be. Accordingly, it is often Wildspitz growth is underestimated, especially since the subsequent mega-descent on the bottom of the wildly rugged Taschachferner also pleased by the Pistenskifahrern used.

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We have a whole weekend this time for the Wildspitze time to provide us with the majesty of the due respect and get closer to a nice round trip to undertake. Starting point for those perhaps not quite contemporary, but eventful trip is a side vent in the Ötztal. Choosing the Vernagthütte as a base, so the figures are seven to eight hours to hike the highest peak in Tyrol respectively.

With the finely detailed, and are fairly lightweight (so there's something!) Tourencarvern is also pretty easy. After an overly rustic night in the overcrowded camps Vernagthütte tracks we are still sleeping at night time on the flat Vernagtferner into Brochkogeljoch.

We reach the gentle Peter Einschartung between the tip and the Brochkögeln with the sunrise - what an experience that the mountain belongs to us alone. An icy wind dust around the summit, on a plateau, is over the peak-Firntrapez - and for the last few meters above the Südwestgrat even need the crampons out of the backpack.

Arrival

By car: From Munich via Garmisch - Mittenwald (B 2) - Zirlerberg or Fernpass to Imst Pitztal and into or
Ötztal. Public transport from Innsbruck: Innsbruck train Arlberg - Bludenz to Ötztal station. Bus to Vent. From the bus service Imst Pitztal, www.postbus.at

Talorte / Info

Vent, 1894 meters; Ötztal Tourism Office Vent, Tel +43 57 200260, www.vent.at
Mandarfen, 1675 meters; Tourism Pitztal, Tel +43 5414 86999,
www.pitztal.com

Best Time

March to May.

Mountain Guides

Vent Mountain Guides office, tel +43 5254 8106, www.bergfuehrer-vent.at
Alpine Club, tel: +43 5413 85000, www.club-alpin-pitztal.at

Bergbahn

Pitztaler Gletscherbahnen, Phone +43 5413 86288, www.pitztaler-gletscher.at

Huts

Vernagthütte, 2755 meters, DAV-section of Würzburg, in early March to mid-May, hosted, phone +43 664 1412119 lodge, by Vent 860 meters height, 3 1 / 2 hours; Breslauer Hütte, 2844 m, DAV Sektion Wroclaw, open winter space Valley Tel +43 5254 8153, www.venter.at, from the mountain station of the chairlift Wildspitze 280 meters in altitude, 1 hour.

Literature

Rudolf and Siegrun Weiss: ski Oetztal - Silvretta, Rother Berg Publisher, 2007.

Map

Alpenverein card, 1: 25,000, sheet 30 / 6 with ski routes, the Ötztal Alps - Wild tip.

The skis are we refer to the South Summit with, because we want to exceed Wildspitze. To do this we grope at überwechteten first connecting to the slightly higher Firnkuppel across the North Summit. There is Alpinism concludes and to our surprise, has also put the wind. So break out bush, thermos bottle and enjoy the unique moment. Finally, we sit Mutterseelenallein on one of the most popular Skiberge in the Eastern Alps - and with the (almost) clear sky. Only when we depart in the direction Rofenkarferner, forming Taschachferner down there on the hundreds to storm on the throne.

About an extra steep curve we back down to the northwest and cross the northern wall round. Taschachferner on down there, the long caravan then. Many a tear has to have the first gaps, as we gaily on Rofenkarferner entschwinden. Lonely mountains, surrounded only Summit, no sound, only two old tracks, which we are excited by direct descent to Vent follow. The Queen has sent us a private audience granted - an exclusive and unforgettable.

THREE increase to the favorites ALPINE SKI TOURING MOUNTAIN OF READERS

Wild Peak, 3772 meters / Mittelbergjoch

Total time: 2 1 / 2 hours
Altitude difference: 700
Difficulty: Medium

From Mittelbergjoch about the most unpleasant verblasenen slope starting at the Taschachferner cross. There anfellen and direction
Southwest, always on the rear of the striking Nordgrat to Broch Kogel, between the fracture zones of the Far increase. At about 3400 meters, turn on a plateau sharply east. First flat, then increasing slope at the foot of the Südwestgrats Wildspitze - Ski Depot. With or without crampons to the highest point. Run over the Taschachferner and by Taschachtal after Mandarfen.

Mitterkarjoch

Total time: 3 hours
Altitude difference: 930
Difficulty: Medium

From the hut by the Mitterkar and north-west - to the final very steep - the Mitterkarjoch, 3468 meters. Beyond the flat glacier to the northeast to the ground track from the Pitztal glacier climb.

Brochkogeljoch

Total time: 4 hours
Altitude difference: 1020
Difficulty: Medium

From the hut in a wide arc to the northeast on the Vernagtferner.
Towards the east and northeast on the Brochkogeljoch, 3423 meters, and over the flat area north of the glacier below the Broch Kogel over, crossing the track from the Pitztal glacier rolls in - about them to the summit and ski storage.

ALPINE TIP

Which of the Vernagthütte comes down to Vent and wants to elect a direct route across the Mitterkarjoch and Breslauer Hütte or via the Rofenkarferner to Vent.