The Hochfeiler ( it, Gran Pilastro; german: Hochfeiler) is a mountain, 3,510 metres high, and the highest peak in the

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The normal route to the summit

Hochfeiler (Gran Pilastro) is at the Austrian-Italian border, and the two sides of the mountain are very different. The Austrian side is completely under glacier. The normal south route from the Italian side is usually snow-free during the summer. So the south route starts from a parking at the road at around 1700 meters above the sea level, close to the village of San Giacomo. Hochfeiler can be climbed from the parking in one day. The time needed is 6 hours to the summit and 4 hours back. The easier way is to stay in the Hochfeiler hut which is on the route. It can be reached in 3 hours. The hut has 94 beds and a winter room.

References

* Heinrich Klier, Walter Klier:

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''Zillertaler Alpen'', Rother Verlag, Munich, (1996), * Zeitschrift des Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Vol. II, page 127, Vienna, 1870/71 * Carl Diener in Eduard Richter (ed.): ''Die Erschließung der Ostalpen'', Vol. III, Berlin, 1894 * Raimund von Klebelsberg: ''Geologie von Tirol'', Berlin, 1935 * Alpine Club Map 1:25,000 series, Sheet 35/1 * Tabacco-Verlag, Udine, ''carta topografica 1:25,000, Sheet 037, Hochfeiler-Pfunderer Berge''

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