The Austrian mountains are a popular tourist attraction, and some mountains are good for skiing and hiking. Mountain landscapes around the Alps are intensively used for hiking and skiing among other types of recreation and sports.
Unfortunately, this has left serious traces on sensitive ecosystems in this region. Young trees are destroyed as a result of widespread walking, causing disturbances to the local fauna and damaging soil and vegetation.
In addition, global warming has reduced the size of many glaciers covering the mountains. Environmentalists and climate researchers have warned that the continued impact of global warming could increase the number of avalanches, heavy rains and landslides.
If you are fond of any types of recreation, such as hiking and mountaineering, this list will fit perfectly into your top list of goals, but even if you don’t have the opportunity to climb one of these peaks, you can still look at the peaks, admire them and find inspiration.
We bring to your attention a rating of the 10 highest mountains in Austria: names and their height, interesting facts about their discoveries.
List
- 10. Großes Wiesbachhorn, 3564 m
- 9. Vorderer Brochkogel, 3565 m
- 8. Similaun, 3599 m
- 7. Hinterer Brochkogel, 3628 m
- 6. Hintere Schwarze, 3628 m
- 5. Grossfenediger, 3666 m
- 4. Glocknerwand, 3721 m
- 3. Weißkugel, 3739 m
- 2. Wildspitze, 3770 m
- 1. Großglockner, 3798 m
10. Großes Wiesbachhorn, 3564 m
Großer wiesbachhorn Located in the province of Salzburg in Austria, the second largest array of the Glockner Group. Grosses Wiesbachhorn is an impressive mountain. Its proportions are ideal, and not one of the surrounding peaks can compare with it in height.
Alpine authors End and Peterka describe him as a "Grossglockner rival" in his guide to the Glockner and Granazpitz group. The southeast side falls from a height of 2418 meters - the biggest difference in height between the peak and the valley in the eastern Alps! For a long time in the history of mountaineering, it was mistaken for the highest mountain in the Hohe Tauern.
The first ascent was made by two farmers from Fush named Zanker and Zorner in the 18th century along the southeast route. The first winter climb through the southwest face on March 2, 1906.
The mountain is very popular among climbers and is especially suitable for beginners, because it is quite easy to climb the usual route called Kainldgrat.
9. Vorderer Brochkogel, 3565 m
Vorderer Brochkogel It offers various climbing routes, especially in summer. This route is easy starting from the Breslauer hut. Climbing to the top accompanies the natural line through the snow field.
From the top of the Vorderen Brochkogel you have a fantastic view of the Ötztal Valley, the famous Wildspitze and the Ortler Ridge.
8. Similaun, 3599 m
Similown - one of the classic glacial mountains of the Ötztal Alps - or perhaps the most classic for some reason.
It is located on the border between Austria and Italy, which means "north and south ”,“ cold and warm ”, even “Beer and wine", And therefore is in the most central position.
The nearby Niederjoch Pass (3,019 m) is a popular mountain pass that tourists often cross, even mountain bikers, although you touch the (fairly safe) Niederjochferner Glacier. This exceeds the “magic” line height of 3000 meters. Similown is the dominant mountain nearby and therefore attracts many people.
In 1991, the Ötzi ice mummy was discovered in the area. Although the exact place where she was found is located west of Nederoch, halfway to Finilspitze, he was named “man of similown“Because Similown is simply a more popular name. A visit to the cairn built in this place made the area even more popular.
7. Hinterer Brochkogel, 3628 m
Hinterer brochkogel - a small mountain with an interesting northwest face. In combination with the northern faces of Petersenshpitse and Tashahvand, it is part of the so-called “Pitztaler Eisexpress”.
But since the northern part of Tashachvand is rather snowless in summer and, therefore, objectively dangerous, people today usually rise only to the north side of the Petersenspitze and the northwestern border of the Broshkogel-henter and add the northwestern ridge to the Wildspitte instead of Tashahvand.
6. Hintere Schwarze, 3628 m
Hintere schwärze located on the main alpine ridge on the border with Italy (Italian name Cime Nere). It is the sixth highest mountain in Austria, although the neighboring, slightly lower, Similown is more popular and accessible. Almost the entire ascent leads along the Marzelferner Glacier.
5. Grossfenediger, 3666 m
Großvenediger - the main peak of the Venediger group with a height of 3666 m - the fourth highest mountain in Austria. Title "majestic all over the world ” comes from Ignaz von Kursinger, the initiator of the first ascent of the Grand Voyage. He was not completely wrong, since Grosvenediger is one of the most impressive glacial mountains in the Eastern Alps and with its star ridges forms a huge, magnificent roof made of ice and snow. Due to its open location, the view of the peak in fine weather extends to Bernina and Ortler.
4. Glocknerwand, 3721 m
Mountain Glocknerwand located in the Austrian central Alps and lies on the border between East Tyrol and Carinthia. This mountain has very steep rocky surfaces, which makes it one of the most difficult to climb.
The Glocknerwand summit has thick snowdrifts, which can sometimes be unpredictable. This, of course, is not one of the safest climbing mountains.
3. Weißkugel, 3739 m
Vayskugel (Italian name: Palla blanca) - the second highest mountain of the Ötztal Alps and the third largest in Austria. And this is the highest point of today's line between Austria and Italy.
Vayskugel is a very impressive stone and ice pyramid, where 4 ridges and 4 glaciers culminate in the western center of the Ötztal Alps.
As locals are native German speakers from the Italian side, the Italian name “Palla Blanca” is just a translation.
2. Wildspitze, 3770 m
Wildspitze, located on a white ridge, is the second highest mountain in Austria and the highest mountain in the Ötztal Alps and North Tyrol. The mountain has double peaks, which are very icy, which makes it popular among the "ice climbing".
The north face is 55 degrees, and is suitable for climbing in July, August and September. The first recorded successful ascent was in 1861.
1. Großglockner, 3798 m
Grossglockner It is the highest mountain in Austria, as well as the most famous. It is located on the border between the Austrian states of Carinthia and Tyrol (East Tyrol), near the Brenner Pass, which forms the border between Italy and Austria.
The name Grossglockner comes from the German: glocke, which means a bell to denote the characteristic shape of the mountain. With the construction of a high mountain alpine road that runs near the mountain, the region has experienced a boom in tourist attraction.
The construction of the road in the 1930s solved the unemployment crisis and led to the development of the Alpine regions of Salzburg. Today, the road is the second most popular tourist destination in Austria after the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. Museums and exhibition centers on the side of the road talk about the flora and fauna of the National Park, about the hard work in the construction of the road and the impact it had on the local economy.