Kirchlispitzen

View from Verajoch by the Schweizertor. where the vertical edge of the door to Drusenfluh rises 2,827 m. Law, the foothills of the Kirchlispitzen.

As Kirchlispitzen the seven summits of the Kirchlispitzengruppe be called. They are in Rätikon, a mountain range in the western and central Alps form an east -west trending Gratzug. The measurement points of the summit form the border between the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, and the Swiss canton of Graubünden. They reach their highest point in the Third Kirchlispitze, the main peak, according to Austrian data ( Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying ) 2,551 meters, according to Swiss but is 2,552 meters high.

On the west of the chain is the first Kirchlispitze, in the East, finally, the Seventh Kirchlispitze, the lowest, 2,350 meters above sea level rises. The south face of the mountain range that tumble down to 500 meters deep in the Grisons area, offer for climbers worthwhile goals in the upper levels of difficulty up to the extreme difficulty in climbing UIAA IX. These routes have been committed for the first time since the 1980s. The first ascent of the Third Kirchlispitze was, according to the literature, however, on August 14, 1891 at single-handedly by A. Ludwig from the Swiss Alpine Club.

Heights Kirchlispitzen

( according to the Swiss National Map 1:25 '000)

  • First Kirchlispitze: 2,438 m
  • Second K.: 2,540 m
  • Third K.: 2,552 m
  • Fourth K.: 2,494 m
  • Fifth K.: 2,428 m
  • Sixth K.: 2,370 m
  • Seventh K.: 2,350 m

Environment

On Cavelljoch at 2,239 meters above sea level, which forms the border with Schesaplanagruppe that Kirchlispitzengruppe begins in the west with the first tip. The eastern terminus at which the ridge merges into the Drusenfluhgruppe, forms the Schweizertor, located at 2,139 meters above sea level. Here stands the seventh and lowest Kirchlispitze. The mountain range is situated about a mile south of the crow Lünersee, 10 kilometers southwest of Vandans in the Montafon Valley, 6 km north-east of the Grisons community Schuders.

Adjacent mountains are the pulpit and heads the 2,964 -meter-high Schesaplana, the highest point of the Rätikons in the West. In the east, joins, separated by the Swiss Gate and the Schweizereck, the massif of the Drusenfluh with 2,827 meters height. To the north are the Ross Mountain ( 2,452 m) and beyond the roughening of the valley 2,437 meters high Zaluandakopf.

Bases and routes

The way of the first ascent A. Ludwig in 1890 and 91, with a total of four experiments, led from the Douglas Hut and the northeast of the peak located at 2,330 meters above sea level Verajöchle on the northern flank of the summit. This is still the normal route, which in easy climbing ( UIAA grade I ) is to be covered in around 3 hours.

In general, however, the Kirchlispitzen be committed by a Gratüberschreitung from west to east. This route requires skills in exposed difficulty UIAA II to III in a total walking time of, according to the literature, 6 to 8 hours. Points here are the Douglas cabin at 1,973 meters above sea level or the Schesaplanahütte ( 1,908 m). The south face of Kirchlispitzen offer numerous climbing routes in difficulty from UIAA III to IX ( Hannibal's nightmare at the Fourth Kirchlispitze or apprentice at the Fifth tip).

As the crow flies Schiers Bergverlag Rother National Maps of Switzerland Sulzfluh
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