The Große Arnspitze is the highest peak in the
Arnspitze Group in the
Wettersteingebirge
The Wetterstein mountains (german: Wettersteingebirge), colloquially called Wetterstein, is a mountain group in the Northern Limestone Alps within the Eastern Alps. It is a comparatively compact range located between Garmisch-Partenkir ...
mountains. It is located west of
Scharnitz
Scharnitz is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located north of Innsbruck and from Seefeld in Tirol on the German border. It is one of the largest municipalities and has 10 parts: Au, Eisack, Gieße ...
in Austria. The border between
Germany
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and
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 ...
runs over its summit.
The normal climbing route, ''Weg 851'', runs from Scharnitz westwards and below the
Ahrntalköpfle to the
Riedberg. Below this mountain the path bends to the southwest from the Arnspitzhütte, whence it heads northwest to the summit.
References
Sources
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Kompass Wander-, Bike und Skitourenkarte: ''Blatt 25 Zugspitze, Mieminger Kette'' (1:50.000). Kompass-Karten, Innsbruck 2008,
Mountains of Bavaria
Two-thousanders of Austria
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Tyrol (state)
Two-thousanders of Germany
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