The Fallenbacherspitze (also: Fallenbacher Spitze, Fallenbacher-Spitze) in the Austrian state of

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

is a 2,723-metre-high rock summit in the

Lechtal Alps The Lechtal Alps (german: Lechtaler Alpen) are a mountain-range in western Austria, and part of the greater Northern Limestone Alps range. Named for the river Lech which drains them north-ward into Germany, the Lechtal Alps occupy the Austrian stat ...

. Due to its remoteness and lack of signed routes, the mountain is not climbed very often.

Location and area

The Fallenbacherspitze lies in the middle of the Lechtal Alps, about eight kilometres south of

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

. Apart from its main summit (2,723 m), the massif has another, clearly lower summit on the southeast ridge, the ''Gamskarlespitze'' (2,469 m). It is bounded to the east and south by the ''Alperschontal'' valley, that runs from the ''Madau''. To the southwest it continues via the wind gap of ''Gamskarscharte'' and the ''Fallenbacher Turm'' (2,704 m) to the

Feuerspitze Feuerspitze ("Fire-Peak") is a mountain in the Lechtal Alps of Tyrol. The elevation at its peak is . Feuerspitze is located southeast of Holzgau Holzgau is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol Tyrol ( ...

(2,852 m). The cirque of ''Das Fallenbacher Kar'' lies on the west flank of the mountain and leads to the ''Mittelrücken'' (2,625 m) and the

Holzgauer Wetterspitze Holzgauer Wetterspitze is a mountain in the Lechtal Alps of Tyrol, Austria. The elevation at its peak is . It is located in the district of Reutte, south of Holzgau, for which its name (meaning "Holzgau weather tip/point") is derived, and east ...

(2,895 m). In the valley of ''Fallenbacher Tal'' north of the mountain lies a small lake, the ''Fallenbacher See''. Further away from the Fallenbacherspitze lies the

Vorderseespitze The Vorderseespitze is a mountain in the Lechtal Alps, Tyrol, Austria. At it is the eighth highest peak in the Lechtal Alps. The Lech Valley Ridgeway (''Lechtaler Höhenweg'') runs over its southeastern flank from Kaiserjochhaus to the Ansbac ...

(2,889 m) to the southwest and the Freispitze (2,884 m) to the east, on the other side of the ''Alperschontal''. In summary, several of the largest and most striking summits of the Lechtal Alps are concentrated within a radius of less than 3 kilometres around the Fallenbacherspitze.

Bases and tours

The Fallenbacherspitze is climbed relatively rarely. Suitable bases for an ascent are Bach or Madau. The simplest, albeit unsigned, route runs from the ''Alperschontal'' via the ''Gamskarle'' and the southwest ridge to the plateau-like summit. Its difficulty is mainly level I, in one place it reaches level II on the UIAA scale.

Literature and map

*Dieter Seibert: ''

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Lechtaler Alpen'', Munich, 2002, {{ISBN, 3-7633-1268-4 *Alpine Club Map 1:25.000, Sheet 3/3, ''Lechtaler Alpen, Parseierspitze'' Mountains of Tyrol (state) Two-thousanders of Austria Lechtal Alps Mountains of the Alps