Texelspitze
Seen Texel top of Roteck
The Texel tip ( Italian: Cima Tessa ) is at an altitude of 3318 meters, the second highest mountain in the Texel Group ( Gruppo di Tessa ) in the southern Oetztal Alps in South Tyrol. The Texel is a flat top pyramid, which sends to the north and north-west long ridges. Tourist it was first climbed by Theodor Petersen, who was 1869-1894 Board of Frankfurt the German Alpine Club section, with the mountain guide Alois Ennemoser and the shepherd Joseph Hellriegl.
Location
The Texel tip lies about five kilometers in a straight line north-east of Karthaus ( Certosa, 1327 m) in the Schnalstal. In the north and east of the tip lie the remains of former glaciers, which have almost disappeared in the wake of global warming. To the north lies the Texel Furthermore, and to the southeast of the blue paint addition. Adjacent peaks are in the course of Nordostgrats, separated by a located at 3175 meters altitude yoke Roteck ( Monterosso ), with 3337 meters the highest mountain in the Texel Group. To the south is the 3173 meter high blue color lace ( Cima del Lago Azzurro ) and in the northwest, at the end of two and a half kilometers long Nordwestgrats, the 2783 meter high Kasernberg, above the settlement Vorderkaser in Pfossental.
Geology
The Texel peak belongs geologically to Schneeberger train, consisting of a gray, mineral-rich mica schist shale zone that extends from the western edge of the Texel Group to Sterzing. Frequently, and present in large individuals, are minerals of the garnet group. But rock crystal, epidote, hornblende, calcite and marble are also found in places. The base material of Texel tip, mica schist, is easily eroded. Therefore, the mountain does not untypical for the more rugged Ötztal Alps flat shape of a rounded pyramid.
Base and ascent
The way Petersen and his companions in 1871 led by the Rableidalm in the northern part of the Pfossentals from south through the Alplatschertal and the still existing, steep Alplatscherferner, the one overcame by step cutting. At the summit, the leaders built a cairn as a sign of this first ascent. The descent was then in an easterly direction to the target Alpe, near the present-day Lodnerhütte, and further down to Partschins. It took 15 hours for the entire tour. Today's normal route runs from the Lodnerhütte located at 2262 meters above sea level, west over the remains of blue paint Ferner and through the south-east wall of the Texel to its peak. The path leads over long distances over debris and rocks. The walk from the Lodnerhütte ( Rifugio Cima Fiammante ) is made according to the literature 4 ½ hours. In the upper part there are slight climbs in difficulty UIAA I.
Sources and maps
- Walter Klier: Alpine Club leaders Ötztal Alps, Mountain Publishing Rother, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-7633-1123-8.
- Casa Editrice Tabacco, Tavagnacco: Carta Topografica 1:25,000, sheet 04, Schnalstal / Val Senales, Naturno / Naturns