Hinterer Bratschenkopf

Front and Rear Bratschenkopf (right with summit cross). From Kaindlgrat

The Rear Bratschenkopf is 3413 m above sea level. A. high mountain in the Glockner group in Fuscher / Kaprun ridge of the Hohe Tauern Mountains, a mountain range in the central Alps. The mountain is located in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It appears from the north, east and south as softly curved Firngipfel, to the west, however, it has a massive 1,400 meters high and 40 to 60 ° inclined rock wall. To the north it sends out a steep, 500 -meter-long ridge. Due to its easy accessibility from the Heinrich- Schwaiger -Haus from the head is a popular viewpoint. Was first climbed the mountain on 18 September in 1869 by the Munich mountaineer Karl Hofmann, the Prague merchant Johann Stüdl and the guides Groder Thomas and Joseph Quick from Kals am Großglockner.

Naming

The name Rear Bratschenkopf received the mountain in 1871 at the suggestion of kuk Austrian surveying officer Major Joseph Pelikan of Plauen forest. On the old Tauern Map of Franz wedge from 1855 the head was still shown as Glockerin, which fell to Karl and Johann Sonklar Stüdl while now called Klockerin was not yet known.

A certain confusion reigned in the naming of the surrounding mountains. " Small ", " Medium ", " Large " and " Front bear's head " were names that were then assigned randomly to different but also the same summit. Only the Alpine Club Map of 1891 introduced a mandatory naming, thus ensuring a recognized among mountaineers order, which restricted the then widespread difficulties in orientation and errors in ascents and surveys.

Environment

The Rear Bratschenkopf is surrounded by glaciers. To the northeast lies the little Kaindlkees, in the east, the accumulation zone of the Teufelsmühlkees extends to just below the summit. To the south lies the Bratschenkopfkees and in the west, below the mighty Western Wall, the (lower ) Klocke Rinkees. Significant neighboring mountains are in the course of Südostgrats, separated by the location at 3383 meters above sea level Bratschenkopf Charter, the Front Bratschenkopf with a height of 3401 meters and in a south-westerly direction, beyond to 3295 meters above sea ice divide between Bratschenkopfkees and Upper Klocke Rinkees, the 3425 meters high Klockerin. The highest mountain of the region, the Great Wiesbachhorn with 3564 meters above sea level, is located in the northeast neighborhood. The nearest major settlement is the almost 11 kilometers in a straight line northerly Fusch on the Großglockner High Alpine Road. Towards the northwest of the Rear Bratschenkopf falls down to the dam of the Mooser soil.

Bases and tours

The way the mountaineers smashing in 1869, resulted from the Kaprun side, from the north, across the glacier saddle with the misleading name Wielingerscharte on the mountain. This road is still the normal route today. The Rear Bratschenkopf can only be achieved as high tour, appropriate equipment and glacier experience is required. As a base, the Heinrich- Schwaiger -Haus is on 2802 meters above sea level, east above the Mooser soil. From the hut the trail leads in a south-easterly direction up to the Upper Fochezkopf ( 3159 m), the fissured hanging Kaindlgrat at the top Wielingerkees, past the foot of the Wiesbachhorn - west ridge, then in a southerly direction over the so-called Wielingerscharte to Bratschenkopf lip and up to the summit of the Viola rear head. Walking time is, according to the literature, about 2 to 3 hours, depending on conditions. Also from the southeast is a slight increase firn possible. Heavier ascents result of the southern Black Mountain Hut on 2267 meters altitude over Hochgruberkees and Bratschenkopfkees as ice route on the southern flank with slopes of 40 to 60 °. Difficulty climbing routes in the UIAA III lead over the steep north ridge 620 meters above sea level. Through the first since 1928 unclimbed West Face routes lead into levels of difficulty to about UIAA III , at an altitude of 1300 meters, where are to be expected with large stones falling.

Sources and maps

• Willi End: Alpine Club leaders Glocknergruppe, Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-7633-1266-8
• Eduard Richter: The development of the Eastern Alps, III. Band, publisher of the German and Austrian Alpine Club, Berlin 1894
• Alpine Club map 1:25,000, sheet 40, Glocknergruppe