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The Kuchenspitze is a
Kuchenspitze 3148m - Nordwand (55°, 4-)
'', Martin Rossmann und Peter Mayer auf bg.gebirgsverein.at, 28/29 February 2003;
11.-12.Mai '07 Kuchenspitze Nordwand
', Zwerggäuer auf rocksports.de, 17 May 2007;
Gipfel: Kuchenspitze, 3148 m.ü.M.
', Hanspeter Willi in gipfelbuch.ch, 4 September 2011;
', 83_Stefan auf hikr.org, 6 October 2011;
Kuchenspitze 27/28 Jul 2013
', AV-Sektion Kleinwalsertal, alpenverein.at. {{clear
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually highe ...
, , in the Verwall between the valley of Stanzer Tal and Paznaun in the west of North Tyrol
North Tyrol, rarely North Tirol (german: Nordtirol), is the main part of the Austrian state of Tyrol, located in the western part of the country. The other part of the state is East Tyrol, which also belongs to Austria, but does not share a borde ...
.
Location and landscape
The mountain rises south of St. Anton am Arlberg in the Stanzer valley. Northeast of the summit is the Darmstädter Hut.Peter Pindur, Roland Luzian, Andreas Weiskopf: 1770 ''Kuchenspitze 3148 m'' in ''Verwallgruppe'', Alpenvereinsführer, 1988, pp. 203 ff. The Kuchenspitze is the second highest peak in the Verwall Group after the Hoher Riffler. Its main summit is not the 3148spot height
A spot height is an exact point on a map with an elevation recorded beside it that represents its height above a given datum.Whittow, John (1984). ''Dictionary of Physical Geography''. London: Penguin, 1984, p. 506. .
In the UK this is the Ordna ...
, but the peak to the south; to the north are several other subpeaks.Alpenvereinsführer ''Verwallgruppe'' 1988, Skizze ''Übersicht Nord- und Nordostwand'', p. 207.
The mountain is glaciated. In its north cirque (''Nordkar'') is the ''Großer Kuchenferner''; to the west, the ''Kleiner Kuchenferner''; and, to the south, between the main summit and the subpeak of the Küchlspitze
The Küchlspitze (also: ''Küchelspitze'') is a three-thousander () in the Verwall between the valley of Stanzer Tal and Paznaun in the western North Tyrol in Austria.
Location and landscape
The mountain rises between St. Anton am Arlb ...
(3,147 m), is the ''Großer Küchlferner''. The ridge continues northwards via the col of ''Kuchenjöchl'' (2,730 m) to the Scheibler (2,978 m) and the ''Kartell Group'' above St. Anton. The Kuchenspitze is a little to the north of the main chain of the Verwall, which runs over the Küchlspitze.
The entire west side of the mountain drains into the ''Kartellspeicher'' reservoir and the ''Moosbach'' into the Rosanna, the west flank into the ''Fasulbach'', which empties into the upper Rosanna.
Ascent
Two of the peaks, including point 3148, were first climbed by Andreas Madlener and Julius Volland on 3 September 1877, the actual main summit by Wilhelm Strauß with his guides, Josef Ladner and Gottlieb Lorenz on 19 September 1884. At that time it was one of the few unclimbed main summits of the group, because the main chain of the Verwall was ascended around 1860 as part of a state survey. Today, the mountain is rarely visited. It may be ascended, for example, from St. Anton in the Verwall valley near the Konstanzer Hut directly or via the Kuchenjöchl, or up the Moosbach valley, and from the south fromIschgl
Ischgl () is a town in the Paznaun valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Its ski resort is connected with that of Samnaun across the border in Switzerland to form one of the largest in the Alps. Ischgl was a major hotspot of the COVID-19 pandem ...
via the Madleinalpe, or from Mathon via the Friedrichshafner Hut. The Darmstädter Hut usually the base. The routes to the summit are then at least difficult (UIAA grade
In rock climbing, mountaineering, and other climbing disciplines, climbers give a grade to a climbing route or boulder problem, intended to describe concisely the difficulty and danger of climbing it. Different types of climbing (such as sport ...
II/SAC WS) and, in places, challenging climbs.Tour reports (chronological):Kuchenspitze 3148m - Nordwand (55°, 4-)
'', Martin Rossmann und Peter Mayer auf bg.gebirgsverein.at, 28/29 February 2003;
11.-12.Mai '07 Kuchenspitze Nordwand
', Zwerggäuer auf rocksports.de, 17 May 2007;
Gipfel: Kuchenspitze, 3148 m.ü.M.
', Hanspeter Willi in gipfelbuch.ch, 4 September 2011;
', 83_Stefan auf hikr.org, 6 October 2011;
Kuchenspitze 27/28 Jul 2013
', AV-Sektion Kleinwalsertal, alpenverein.at. {{clear
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