Höfats
The Höfats is a 2,259 m high mountain in the Allgäu Alps. Located near Oberstdorf, it separates the Oy and the Dietersbach valleys, along with the Rauheck and other lower summits. With its very steep faces it is the most striking of the Allgau " grass mountains" (''Grasberge'') and is unique in the Eastern Alps. It may be compared to the mountains of the Lofoten. Location and surrounding area The Höfats has four almost equally high and narrow summits, whose appearance has been said in the past to resemble that of a Gothic cathedral.Ernst Zettler/Heinz Groth: ''Alpenvereinsführer Allgäuer Alpen''. Munich, Bergverlag Rudolf Rother 1951, p. 214 The four summits of the Höfats divide into two pairs of peaks that are separated by the Höfats wind gap (''Höfatsscharte'', 2207 m). Between the summits of the two pairs of peaks are smaller gaps (about 2233 m and 2227 m high). All of the peaks sit on the crest of a ridge that runs from Rauheck towards the northwest.Ernst Zet ...
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