The Lamkopf (also ''Lammkopf'') is a mountain, , in the Hochkönig massif within the Berchtesgaden Alps. It lies in the

Zell am See Zell am See is the administrative capital of the Zell am See District in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Located in the Kitzbühel Alps, the town is an important tourist destination due to its ski resorts and shoreline on Lake Zell. While Zell a ...

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Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label= Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...

. The peak can be climbed from the north the crossing between the Hochkönig and the

Hochseiler The Hochseiler (also ''Hochsailer'') is a mountain, , in the Hochkönig massif within the Berchtesgaden Alps. It lies on the boundary between the districts of Zell am See and St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian state of Salzburg. The summit ca ...

Übergossene Alm The Übergossene Alm is the name of the summit region of the Hochkönig (2,941 m) in the Berchtesgaden Alps. It contains the remains of a glacier that used to cover almost the entire summit plateau; in 1888 around 5.5 km² of the platea ...

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easy). The first summit cross was erected in 1960, but destroyed by lightning in 2011. In 2013 a new summit cross was erected.Maria Riedler
''Ein neues Gipfelkreuz für den Lammkopf (2846m).''
SalzburgerLand Magazin

Literature

* . * Albert Precht: ''Alpenvereinsführer Hochkönig''. 1st edition, Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 1989, {{ISBN, 978-3-7633-1259-7.

References

Two-thousanders of Austria Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Salzburg (state) Berchtesgaden Alps