Öfnerspitze

Öfnerspitze with southwest ridge from Muttlerkopf

The Öfnerspitze is a 2576 m (after an Austrian Survey: 2575 m oa. ) High rocky mountain in the Allgäu Alps.

Origin of the name

The Öfnerspitze was first mentioned in hunting records from 1627 as Öffnerspüz. In Atlas Tyrolensis of 1774, he is listed, this time as Oefner Spiż. Since the mountain was attributed by the Bavarian side the Krottenspitzen, the naming was probably from the Lech Valley. As descent comes the word " oven" in question, which can also mean rugged, holey rock in Tyrol, Carinthia and Styria. This would well reflect the character of the mountain.

Location

The Öfnerspitze is centrally located within the Allgäu Alps. It forms the Kumulationsort of the three major chains of the central main ridge, the Hornbach chain and the northern main ridge. From a cultural point of view, branches off from the Öfnerspitze the purely Tyrolean Hornbach chain from the otherwise consistently lying on the German / Austrian border main ridge from, from a geological point of view here splits the interspersed with marl rocks northern main ridge from the dominant Hauptdolomit band with the ten highest peaks in the Allgäu Alps from. To extend the three Hauptgrate of the Öfnerspitze

• Southeast over the course Marc ( 2439 m) to Hornbach peak ( 2533 m), to which ( 2656 m) connects as another branch of the Great Krottenkopf and
• In the southwest to Muttlerkopf ( 2366 m), as the link on the Mädelejoch to the central main ridge.

Ascent

The first ascent of the Öfnerspitze can not be understood as part of a survey in 1854, the Öfnerspitze was probably climbed. In the same year Dr. Gumbel went up the mountain.

On the Öfnerspitze leads not made ​​path. The easiest climb leads over Öfnerkar to the southwest. It requires climbing skills in the first degree, sure-footedness and freedom. An equally possible, 1894 by J. Richter and L. Rieger erstbegangene variant there ascent from the Kar Schaferloch in the West, in this case be the difficulties partly the III. Degrees. The southern flank (II ) was committed in 1890 by Christian Wolff, the East Ridge (III ) in 1893 then by Josef Enzensperger with companions. The route of Gümbel resulted from the March ( II) to the summit.

Pictures

West side

Summit of

Summit cross