The Guffert is a high, isolated, prominent
limestone alpenstock in the
Brandenberg Alps
The Brandenberg Alps (german: Brandenberger Alpen) are a sub-group of the Northern Limestone Alps, that run in front of the Eastern Alps for their whole length. They lie entirely in Austria between Achensee in Tyrol, the Inn Valley and the Bavari ...
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Rofan
The Brandenberg Alps (german: Brandenberger Alpen) are a sub-group of the Northern Limestone Alps, that run in front of the Eastern Alps for their whole length. They lie entirely in Austria between Achensee in Tyrol, the Inn Valley and the Bavari ...
) that, together with the Guffertstein, forms a
twin peak. It lies north of
Steinberg am Rofan
Steinberg am Rofan is a municipality and a small village in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The main economic factors are tourism and agriculture.
As of 2022, the municipality had 288 inhabitants plus tourists.
... "am Rofan" ...
. Because it projects above the
Mangfall Mountains
The Mangfall Mountains (german: Mangfallgebirge), or sometimes Mangfall Alps, are the easternmost part of the Bavarian Prealps that, in turn, belong to the Northern Limestone Alps. The name comes from the river Mangfall, whose tributaries, the Ro ...
to the north by about 300 metres, the striking double peak is easily recognised from the Alpine Foreland, the
Tegernsee and the
Bavarian Prealps
The Bavarian Prealps (german: Bayerische Voralpen) are a mountain range within the Northern Limestone Alps in south Germany. They include the Bavarian Prealp region between the river Loisach to the west and the river Inn to the east; the range is a ...
.
File:Guffert vom Unnütz HQ.jpg, The Guffert from the southwest (from the '' Vorderunnütz'')
File:Guffert Westgipfel HQ.jpg, The western summit seen from the main summit
File:014_11A.jpg, The "unfriendly" west side of the Guffert
File:Guffert_face_nord.jpg, Guffert - north side
File:Guffert_vom_Balkon.jpg, The Guffert seen from Munich
File:Guffert westseite.jpg, Northwest side of the Guffert
File:Inscription étrusque Guffert Autriche.jpg, Etruscan inscription in the rock cleft
File:East side of Guffert.JPG, East side of the Guffert
References
External links
Tour description
Tour description at bergschrei.de{{in lang, de
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Tyrol (state)
Two-thousanders of Austria
Brandenberg Alps