The Kohlbergspitze is a high summit on the main chain (Daniel ridge) of the

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. Less common names for the mountain are the ''Zigersteinjoch'', ''Stapferwiesjoch'' and ''Zigerstein'' (also the name of a small

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with a

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on the southwest side of the Kohlbergspitze). With its 300-metre-high north faces and grassy and less steep southern slopes is the first prominent summit in the western part of the main chain.

Ascent

The Kohlbergspitze can be climbed on a

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. The path runs initially up the wooded southern slopes, later through fields of

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and finally up a grassy slope from the southeast to the summit. An alternative ascent climbs from the west over ''

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climb.

Literature

* Dieter Seibert: ''Allgäuer Alpen Alpin,

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