The Muttekopf (Imster Muttekopf, ) is a lookout mountain in the

Lechtal Alps The Lechtal Alps (german: Lechtaler Alpen) are a mountain-range in western Austria, and part of the greater Northern Limestone Alps range. Named for the river Lech which drains them north-ward into Germany, the Lechtal Alps occupy the Austrian stat ...

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 ...

. It lies northwest of

Imst Imst (; Southern Bavarian: ''Imscht'') is a town in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. It lies on the River Inn in western Tyrol, some west of Innsbruck and at an altitude of above sea level. With a current population (2013) of 9,552, Imst ...

and immediately south of the

Hahntennjoch Hahntennjoch (el. 1894 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Austrian Alps in the '' Bundesland'' of Tyrol. It connects the upper valley of the Inn with the Lech valley. The road leads from Imst to Elmen, a distance of 29 km. It is popular wit ...

saddle. The path runs from Imst along a road or through the narrow ''Rosengarten Gorge'' to ''Hochimst''. From there it takes about 2 hours on a footpath to reach the '' Muttekopf Hut'' (). Alternatively a

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may be taken to the top station of the Untermarkt Chairlift and from there in about half an hour to the managed hut which is at roughly the same altitude. From the hut the route follows a steep path, that is unattractive for an Alpine trail, up to the ''Muttekopfscharte'' col and from there gently climbs up to the Muttekopf, taking 2 to 3 hours from the hut. In dry weather this can be walked without

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and is apparently suitable for children. Another ascent starts at the '' Pfafflar'' () and runs through the ''Fundaistal'' and up the ''Kübelwände'' to the summit. The crossing to the Hanauer Hut also runs via the Muttekopfscharte col. It is not difficult in dry weather, but it is long. Geologically the Muttekopf is characterised by conglomerate rocks of the

Gosau Group The Gosau Group (German: ''Gosau-Gruppe'') is a geological stratigraphic group in Austria, Germany and western Slovakia whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous to Eocene.Höfling, 1985McCann, 2008 It is exposed in numerous sporadic isolated ...

Literature

* Heinz Groth: ''Alpenvereinsführer Lechtaler Alpen'',

Bergverlag Rother Bergverlag Rother is a German publisher with its headquarters in Oberhaching, Upper Bavaria. Since 1950 the company, that formerly went under the name of ''Bergverlag Rudolf Rother'', has published the Alpine Club Guides in cooperation with the Ge ...

, Munich, out of print. * Dieter Seibert: ''

Alpine Club guide The ''Alpine Club Guides'' (german: Alpenvereinsführer, commonly shortened to ''AV Führer'' or ''AVF'') are the standard series of Alpine guides that cover all the important mountain groups in the Eastern Alps. They are produced jointly by the Ge ...

alpin, Lechtaler Alpen'', Bergverlag Rother Munich,

External links

Reserve around the Muttekopf
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