The Alpawand (1,671 m) is the tallest rock face on the northwestern side of the Reiter Alps with height of over 600 m. It is particularly interesting to climbers; although the summit itself is an unimposing rise, covered in

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, on an extension of the

Großes Häuselhorn Großes Häuselhorn is a mountain on the Reiter Alpe in the western part of the Berchtesgaden Alps located in Salzburg, Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central ...

. In the central section of the face there are several classic Alpine

climbing route A climbing route is a path by which a climber reaches the top of a mountain, rock, or ice wall. Routes can vary dramatically in difficulty and grade; once committed to that ascent, it can sometimes be difficult to stop or return. Choice of rout ...

s, that are rarely attempted. On the left-hand side there have been several worthwhile Alpine sports climbing routes, established in 2002, that have rapidly become popular. The first and best-known of these routes is the Water Symphony (''Wassersymphonie''). It was first climbed in September 1951 by

Toni Dürnberger Toni Dürnberger (11 September 1932 – 17 August 1992) was an Austrian mountaineer and expedition leader. Biography From April to July 1962, Dürnberger led the Austro-German Expedition to Greenland ''(Österreichische Deutsche Grönland Expedit ...

, Sepp Schmiderer and Hans Herbst.''Die Alpa-Nordwand ist bezwungen! – Drei junge Salzburger Bergsteiger vollbrachten eine alpine Großtat.'' In:

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, 26. September 1951, p. 5.

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''Wassersymphonie''

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