The Alpgundkopf is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

, 2,177 m high, in the

Allgäu Alps The Allgäu Alps (german: Allgäuer Alpen) are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, located in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany and Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. The range lies directly east of Lake Constance. Character ...

. It lies in the Schafalpenköpfe group, northeast of the Roßgundkopf, from which it is separated by the ''Alpgundscharte'' col. To the southeast, 383 metres away, lies the lower Alpkopf and, 1,035 metres away, the small lake of

Guggersee The Guggersee is a small mountain lake in the Southeastern Walsertal Mountains (''Südöstliche Walsertaler Berge''), a subgroup of the Allgäu Alps. It is located at a height of 1,709 metres,Kompass walking, cycling and ski touring map: She ...

Ascent

There are no

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paths up the Alpgundkopf. The normal approach is a trackless route from the notch of Alpgundscharte that requires

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and mountain experience. All other ascents are not recommended due to the brittle nature of the rock.

Photographs

File:Alpgundkopf Gipfelaufbau.JPG, Summit block File:Alpgundkopf02.JPG, Southwest

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Literature

* Thaddäus Steiner: ''Allgäuer Bergnamen'', Lindenberg, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, 2007, * Thaddäus Steiner: ''Die Flurnamen der Gemeinde Oberstdorf im Allgäu'', München, Selbstverlag des Verbandes für Flurnamenforschung in Bayern, 1972 * Zettler/Groth: ''Alpenvereinsführer Allgäuer Alpen''. Munich, Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, 1984.

External links

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