The Gaisspitze (also called ''Geißspitze'') is a cone shaped mountain in the

Verwall Alps The Verwall Alps or Verwall Group Reynolds, Kev (2005). ''Walking in the Alps'', 2nd ed., Cicerone, Singapore, pp. 321-326. . are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps at the border of the Austrian states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg. It inclu ...

in the

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n 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 ...

and north of the municipality

Galtür Galtür is a village and ski resort in the upper Paznaun valley in Austrian state of Tyrol located in the Central Eastern Alps 35 km southwest of Landeck near the border of Vorarlberg and Switzerland. History Galtür was settled by th ...

. It has an elevation of . The nearest taller mountain is the Glatter Berg (2866 m), about 1 km north.Retrieved from official Austrian map 1:50,000, accessed vi
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They are separated via the col Muttenjoch (2620 m). There are two

alpine club hut Alpine club huts (german: Alpenvereinshütten) or simply club huts (''Clubhütten'') form the majority of the over 1,300 mountain huts in the Alps and are maintained by branches, or sections, of the various Alpine clubs. Although the usual English ...

s nearby: * Heilbronner Hütte (2,329 m) * Friedrichshafener HütteVerwallrunde
Heilbronner Hütte
accessed 2014-12-04. Normal routes to the summits are from both huts via Muttenjoch.

References

Literature

* Peter Pindur, Roland Luzian, Andreas Weiskopf: ''Verwallgruppe''. Alpenvereinsführer, 10th edition, Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2005, pages 155–155–156, {{ISBN, 3-7633-1251-X

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Picture of Gaisspitze
Mountains of Tyrol (state) Mountains of the Alps Verwall Alps Two-thousanders of Austria