Schlossberg (mountain)

Schlossberg- west wall with back lock. On the far right the Schlossberglücke.

The Schlossberg ( 3'133 m above sea level. M. ) is a mountain in the Urner Alps. His 800 -meter high west wall is one with routes of the 7th and 8th of difficulty of the most difficult climbing areas in Switzerland.

Location

The Schlossberg has two peaks. The eastern front will lock ( 2'931 m above sea level. M. ), the western, slightly higher Hinterschloss called. The Schlossberg is one of the high ridge which forms the watershed between the valley of Engelberg Aa and the Reuss. To the north of the castle hill flows through the Engelberg Aa the wide basin Blackenalp that serves as pasture in the summer.

A mile to the south the 3'198 m high Gross is Spannort.

Geology

The summit massif of the castle hill consists of lime.

History

The Castle Mountain was first climbed in 1863 by Eugen Infanger and Eduard Cattani of Blackenalp from. In 1905 an attempt was made to set up with the help of iron pins in the south, from the Schlossberglücke ago, there on the 120 m high wall, a via ferrata. However, this trail was no great encouragement.

The extremely difficult west face was first climbed in 1971 by Kurt Grüter and Gerry Egloff within 12 days. 1975 Ivor managed Ganahl and Toni Holdener the same wall in 1 ½ days, finally in 1981 they climbed Ueli Bühler within two days alone.