Himmelhorn

Sky horn with its south wall, the Rädlergrat and Schneck - secondary summit ( 2259 m)

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The sky horn is a 2111 meter high mountain peaks in the Allgäu Alps.

Location

It is not an independent summit, but a culmination of the worm by south-southwest trending Grasgrates at the forks of the ridge and crashes in very steep grassy and rocky slopes in the Oytal.

The prominence of the sky horn is at least 31 meters, his dominance at 100 meters, in each case the reference Schneck mountain is.

Botany

The Botany of the sky horn is similar rich as of Höfats or worm.

Increases

The sky horn was known by the ascent of the Rädlergrates in 1910. Heaven on the horn leads no marked path. All climbs are more or less difficult climbs grass and require very good climbing experience, sure-footedness and freedom. The more difficult climbs in the sky horn are among the most demanding and dangerous grass climbs in the Allgäu Alps.

From Himmelecksattel

  • Difficulty: II
  • Time: 3 /4 hours
  • Starting point: Himmelecksattel
  • First Steiger: unknown
  • Note: Grass and Schrofenkletterei, sometimes very exposed, poor security options

By Schneck - Vorgipfel

  • Difficulty: II
  • Time: 3 /4 hours
  • Starting point: Screw - Vorgipfel
  • First Steiger: unknown
  • Note: Grass and Schrofenkletterei, sometimes very exposed, esp the descent through the 70 ° steep grassy slope to the high gears, poor security options

West wall

  • Difficulty: VI
  • Time: 4 1/2 hours
  • Starting point: running creek valley
  • First Steiger: Carnival Leitner, Zint, 1932
  • Note: practically now rarely

South wall

  • Difficulty: VI, A2, A3
  • Time required: 3-5 hours
  • Starting point: Stuibenfall
  • First Steiger: M. exchanger, W. Teufele, 1958

South wall, " Sky Ride "

  • Difficulty: IX or VII/A1
  • Starting point: Stuibenfall
  • First Steiger: Matthias Robl and Alexandra Plattner, 2000

Rädlergrat

The Rädlergrat, a ( grass ) climb, leads from the rear Stuibenfall Oytal in Oberstdorf on the southwest to the sky horn. It was first climbed in 1910 alone by the teacher Hermann Rädler from Langenwang. His route took in the top part by an extremely unreliable, brittle grass and rock wall on the flatter part of the ridge and on to the summit of the sky horn. In these 20 meter climbing route (difficulty V ) there is virtually no backup option, so it numerous fatal crashes were in the past, such as the tragic fatal crash of a rope team of three brothers from Oberstdorf mid-1950s.

Due to the large number of accidents, the original route is no longer committed today, instead, the technically more difficult, but somewhat safer variant, which runs through the vertical, upper ( western ) area of ​​sky horn - south wall (difficulty VI, A2). Nevertheless, the Rädlergrat remains a not to be underestimated company, as Gaston Rébuffat has instilled respect and mid-20th century renowned rock climbers, also because of the not to be underestimated boarding over steep, grass interspersed rock faces from the beginning of the former Gaisbach Tobel path. Due to the combination of brittle rock passages with very steep grassy flanks ( as in the Höfats ) the Rädlergrat is a challenge even for very good climbers.

The Rädlergrat owes its aura not only of the danger, and the technical difficulties, but also the botanical beauty that is home to this increase. Nowadays the Rädlergrat committed two to three times per year on average.

Bavaria Daumengruppe First ascent Rauheck Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme
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