Grintovec

Grintovec from southeast

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The Grintovec is with a height of 2558 m. i J. Steiner is the highest mountain in the Alps in Slovenia. About the Summit was until 1918 the border between Carinthia and Carniola. As the first known tourist botanist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1759 had already reached the summit. The first trapdoor through the north wall succeeded Karl Günther Freiherr von Saar and Hermann Sattler on July 11, 1907.

The easiest ascent is the normal route of the Zois Hut ( Cojzova Koca, 1793 m) at the Kankersattel in the south. In the north of Grintovec located on 1543m the Czech hut ( Češka koca ); for the summit ascent from the north a complete ferrata and rock climbing helmet are required, the rock platforms are classified with B / C. From climbers and the routes to be taken on the northwest flank most.