Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen

Considered the northern summit of Frozen Wall tips from Durrachjöchl from the Northwest

The Frozen Wall spikes are two peaks in the Tux comb, a mountain range in the Zillertal Alps, a mountain range in the central eastern Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The north summit is 3286 meters according to the literature, according to the Austrian Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying However 3288 meters high. In contrast, the south summit has only a height of 3270 meters. The tips are about 300 meters apart. They appear from the North seen as blunt conical firnbedeckter Cathedral, from the east, however, as a repellent, dark wall. According to the northeast and southwest sending distinctive ridges that mark the ridge line. The tips are the highest points of the summer ski Hintertux glacier and can be reached from Hintertux from gaps by cable cars and lifts since the end of the 1990s, making it a popular destination for day-trippers. The northern tip was first climbed in 1867 by Dr. Berreitter, the southern tip defeated first on 7 September 1872, the brothers Max and Richard von Frey from Salzburg.

Environment

The Frozen Wall tips are surrounded by glaciers. In the West, the vast Frozen Wall Kees extends up to the peaks, in the southwest of the Great Riepenkees extends to over 3000 meters in the northeast lies the little Friesenbergkees and in the southeast the Small Riepenkees. Adjacent Mountains are in the course of Nordostgrats, separated by the location on 2904 meters above sea level Friesenbergscharte, the 3231 meter high riffler, located throughout the south-eastern ridge, separated by the broad Riepe saddle Olperer, with 3476 meters the highest peak of the Tux comb. To the northwest the terrain falls to the Tux Valley, to the southeast in the Zamser reason. An important place is in the north the approximately 6 km away as the crow Hintertux. The Finkenberger district Ginzling is just 11 km to the east.

Bases and routes

Who alpine the Frozen Wall tips, so would like to climb without technical climbing aids, or can the normal route of Spannagelhaus, located at 2531 meters altitude use, as easiest route. This path leads to the south ( Wildlahnerscharte ) on the Frozen Wall Kees with its ski slopes. The route runs along the northwest ridge of the North Summit by easy climbing in difficulty UIAA I to the highest point of the South Summit, however, requires a moderately difficult climb in the UIAA grade II Walking time is according to the literature 2 ½ hours. From Friesenberghaus ( 2498 m) is possible from an inspection of the East. Here the route follows the first Berlin High Trail to the point where it turns west of the hut at right angles to the south ( highlight 2600m ). Then it goes west across the snowfield of Friesenbergkees up towards the Northeast of North Summit in a walking time of about 3 hours. From the mountain station of the Hintertux Glacier cable car to the north peak in about 15 minutes on unschwieriges center is located.

Sources and maps

• Heinrich Klier, Walter Klier: Alpine Club leaders Zillertal Alps. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-7633-1269-2.
• Eduard Amthor (ed.): The Alpine friend. Monatshefte for the dissemination of Alpine customer among young and old in the popular and entertaining descriptions from the whole field of the Alps and with practical Wave for pleasurable Bereisung same. Gera 1870, p 245
• Alpine Club map 1:25,000, sheet 35/1, Zillertal Alps, Western Journal