Großer Löffler
Big Löffler from east
Big Löffler from Gigalitz
The Great Löffler (Italian: Monte Lovello ) is a 3379 m above sea level. A. high mountain in the Zillertal Alps on the border between the Austrian state of Tyrol and the Italian province of South Tyrol. Preceded Just north is a secondary summit, the little Löffler, with 3,225 meters of altitude. The dominant pyramidal mountain sends to the west, north, northeast and south distinctive ridges, with the south ridge forms the border between Austria and Italy. Bears his name the mountain since 1840 located at its foot from the Löffelkar. The Italian name Lovello is a phonetic adaptation of the German term and was introduced by the Italian nationalists Ettore Tolomei.
Location
The mountain is located about two miles southeast of the crow Floitengrund - Talschlusses, 3 to 4 hours walk above the Greizer hut. The exposed by its geographical dominance rock mountain is surrounded by glaciers. To the north is the Löfflerkees, to the east the Frankbachkees, to the south and west of the Tribbachkees finally Floitenkees. The neighboring peaks are significantly lower, in the north- north-east of the Greizer peak with 3,007 meters of altitude, in the east, the wedge Bach peak ( 3,093 m ) in the south immediately adjacent is the Tribbachspitze ( 3,267 m) and in the south west of the Eastern Floitenspitze (Italian Cima di Floita Est) with 3,154 meters above sea level. To the north-eastern end of the valley of the Stilluppe (also called Stillupptal ) towards the north-east side of the Great Löffler drops in 600 -meter-high rock slabs. To the south, the area drops to Ahrntal, the nearest place is the stone house about six and a half kilometers away.
First ascents
In the literature of the early 19th century was widely expressed the view that the spoonbill is the highest mountain in Tyrol. Was first climbed the Great Löffler on 12 September 1843 by the mining scientists and geologists Mark Vincent Lipold and an unknown Gamsjager from Mayrhofen Ginzling by the Floitengrund along the southern ridge, which to this day as normal route (easiest rise) is considered. The northwest upstream little Löffler defeated on June 27, 1893 Oscar Schuster from Dresden with the leader Heinrich Moser from Mayrhofen from the Greizer hut.
Base and easiest ascent
As a base for climbing on the normal, the way of the first ascent, the Greizer cabin used at the end of Floitengrundes at 2,226 meters above sea level. It is accessible from Ginzling. From the hut the trail leads southeast to divide rich and steep Floitenkees. From here it is a demanding alpine tour, which should be done only with appropriate equipment and glacier experience. The trail then in an easterly direction to the south below the west ridge over. At the highest point of the glacier between Tribbachspitze and spoonbills, turn left on north over the south ridge to the summit, according to the literature, easy climbing in the UIAA difficulty level I in 3 to 4 hours walking to the summit.
Sources and maps
- Heinrich Klier, Walter Klier: Alpine Club leaders Zillertal Alps, Rother Verlag, Munich (1996 ), ISBN 3-7633-1269-2
- Alpine Club map 1:25,000, sheet 35/2, Zillertal Alps, middle