Puitkogel

Puitkogel from the northwest, of Gahwinden

The Puitkogel ( 3345 m above sea level. A., also Puikogel ) is a mighty peak in Geigenkamm southeast of the Rüsselsheim hut and southwest of the Weißmaurachjochs. Three large burrs pull down from the promising rock pyramid. Northwest and southwest ridge pull into two massive rock pillars against the Pitztal, while the eastern ridge drifting towards Pollestal.

The mountain itself through its extremely massive and simultaneous high mountain shape. He himself is clearly seen from the Jerzener Alm im Pitztal. He can also be seen to the rearmost Taschachtal into it. In addition to the Hundstalkogel, the violin and the High Hairlacher Seekopf he is thus one of the mountains that dominate the panorama of the Pitztal. His climbing history has some interesting details.

Climbing history

It is believed that the mountain has been climbed by hunters in ancient times, but missing about any documents that could prove it. On August 22, 1893, Rudolf L. Kusdas, a famous mountain pioneer of Kaunergrat and violin comb, trying to climb the Puitkogel of Mittelberg from. He had risen through the Vaser Valley in the south-western flank of the Puitkogels, but then had to turn back about 100 meters below the summit.

On August 29, 1894 Lantschner F. and F. Gstrein undertook another attempt to conquer the summit. They wandered into the Pollestal and rose from the Pollesau on the southern leg of the Puitkogelferners. In difficult climb, they reached a saddle east of the summit before the east shoulder of the mountain. A sharp, eiserfüllte saddle they had to overcome gradually beating and eventually reached from the southeast to the summit of Puitkogels. They dismounted on the blocky south ridge to the pit Karl Furthermore, from where they came back to Pollestal.

On August 29, 1895, Rudolf L. Kusdas, who still held the mountain for unerstiegen, a new attempt on his ascent. He rose from Mittelberg on the Pollesjoch and crossed all mountains of the ridge towards the Wassertalkogel. From there, he climbed over the Südscharte the Sonnenkogel and crossed it towards the col between Puitkogel and Sonnenkogel. The great difficulty of the ridge pushed him over gullies in the western flank of the ridge. He reached the saddle south of Puitkogels and finally climbed the mountain on the south ridge, today's normal route.

Routes

Normal (II ): On the trail of Mainz to the southern Puitkogelferner, then west towards the mountain side across the ice up and over easy rocks on the east shoulder of the advanced block south ridge. In a steep scree gully extremely laborious upward. Steep sections of the channel bypasses or climbing one. To the south ridge up to the last notch before the summit. (Variant from the Pitztal ): From Mandarfen a riser on the grassy slopes of Mandarfen sun mountain. Once it is possible to easily crossed up over steep grassy slopes to the north. A steep descent pulling towards Wassertal gully is crossed at the appropriate place. Next cross up a steep wall that drops into the top Wassertal. They overcomes either at the top, just below the rock face of the sun Kogels or below by a 10 meters down pulling fireplace. Now on the top slopes of the Wasser to a distinctive rock groove. Upward in the well- viable, steep gully. Smaller branch branches of the gutter ignoring you reach the col between Sonnenkogel and Puitkogel. On the often broad, blocky south ridge (II ) up to the last notch before the summit.

From the col, over ledges to the right of the scree ridge and moderately difficult ( II) in the eastern Gratflanke or directly on the ridge height to the summit.

Northeast Ridge (II, part III): From Weißmaurachjoch follow the Mainz trail for the first, steep, vertical at the upper edge of the first Aufschwunge. In fragile terrain steeply up among his top steepest part. Through a rocky gully and debris bands further up and over a Kriechband with abdrängendem overhang left out to a Törl. It reaches a plateau beyond and climbed over a steep, crack durchzogenes WANDL the upswing (III). The following, highly zerschartete ridge section one overcomes first at the edge, a Hangelstelle overcoming deviates from a crash on a legally located debris belt and wins over gutgestufte blocks the wide secondary Gratplateau. About the plateau and some snow fields across the re-narrowing of the ridge. Now, more on the left side of the edge on disks and tapes to the East Summit ( 3278m ) and beyond in a small glacier -filled boiler, which forms the last notch before the main summit. From the boiler steeply over a block recovery to a pre-peak and sharp cutting over to the actual summit building. Left over inclined plates to form a chute and into her up to the main summit.

Extremely difficult to climb the mountain via the two against the Pitztal down pulling burrs. The difficulty of this route is IV

Impressions

Puitkogel from the Rifflsee

The Gratpfeiler of Puitkogels

At the summit

Puitkogel from the Taschachtal

Puitkogel from south

Puitkogel from north

Overlooking the Kaunergrat from the summit

Sources and maps

• Walter Klier: Alpine Club leaders Ötztal Alps, Mountain Publishing Rudolf Rother, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-7633-1123-8.
• Ludwig Obersteiner: A guide through the Ötztal Alps, rich stone Verlag, 1937 (2nd Edition )
• Alpine Club map sheet 30 /5, 1:25.000, Ötztal Alps, Geigenkamm, ISBN 3-928777-44-0