The Hohe Munde is a mountain at the eastern end of the
Mieming Chain in the
Austria
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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 ...
. It has two peaks: the west top (2,662 m) and the east top or ''Mundekopf'' (2,592 m).
Location
The Hohe Munde rises north of the village of
Telfs
Telfs is a market town in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol, west of Innsbruck. It is the third largest municipality in Tyrol
Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical regio ...
in the
Inn valley
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. To the east is the
Seefeld Plateau
The Seefeld Plateau (german: Seefelder Plateau) is a montane valley and basin landscape in the North Tyrolean Limestone Alps about 500 metres above the Inn valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol (Bundesland), Tyrol. The plateau covers the valley b ...
and the
Leutasch
Leutasch is a municipality in the northern part of the district Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol about 30 km northwest of Innsbruck and 10 km northwest of Seefeld in Tirol
Geography
The village lies in the Leutaschtal, a ...
village of ''Moos''. To the north it is separated from the
Wetterstein Mountains
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-Partenki ...
by the valley of
Gaistal. To the west, the Mieming Chain stretches away into the distance. Beyond the saddle of ''Niedere Munde'' (2,059 m) is the next peak in the chain, the 2,469 metre high
Karkopf, followed by the 2,719 metre high
Hochwand.
Ascent
The mountain may be climbed on an
easy but strenuous tour from Moos via the Rauth Hut (1,605 m). The cable car from Moos to the Rauth Hut (the ''Mundelift'') is no longer working. On the eastern slopes of the Mundekopf extensive avalanche defences have been built to protect the village of Sagl. These were finished in August 2014.
Sure-footed and experienced climbers can also climb the Hohe Munde from Telfs - branching off in Straßberg to the saddle of the ''Niedere Munde'' - via the western arête, a route graded as
UIAA I. There are several
climbing route
A climbing route is a path by which a climber reaches the top of a mountain, rock, or ice wall. Routes can vary dramatically in difficulty and grade; once committed to that ascent, it can sometimes be difficult to stop or return. Choice of rou ...
s up the north and south faces below both the east and west tops, some of which are difficult.
A
ski tour
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is possible over the steep (up to 45 degrees) east side in the spring. However, this requires safe
firn
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Firn (; from Swiss German "last year's", cognate with ''before'') is partially compacted névé, a type of snow that has been left over from past seasons and has been recrystallized into a substance denser than névé. It is ice that ...
conditions and a very early start.
Drama and television
In 1990, the drama ''Munde'' by Felix Mitterer was premiered on the Hohe Munde.
In 2009 the ''Tatort'' episode, ''Baum der Erlösung'', was partly filmed in the summit area of the Hohe Munde.
References
Literature
External links
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Two-thousanders of Austria
Mountains of Tyrol (state)
Innsbruck-Land District
Mieming Range
Mountains of the Alps