The Napfspitze (, also called the ''Dreiecketer'', it, Cima Cadini), is a peak on the main chain of the
Zillertal Alps
The Zillertal Alps ( it, Alpi Aurine; german: Zillertaler Alpen) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps on the border of Austria and Italy.
Name
The range is named after the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) on its north.
Geography
The ...
and on the border between the Austrian federal 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 ...
and the Italian province of
South Tyrol
it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol
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Geography
The Napfspitze lies north of
St. Peter in the
Tauferer Ahrntal
The Tauferer Ahrntal denotes the valley of the Ahr ( it, Aurino) River, a tributary valley of the Puster Valley in South Tyrol, Italy. It is commonly divided into the Tauferer Tal (''Val di Tures''), stretching from the confluence with the Rien ...
valley and south of the
Zillergrund bottom. The long ridge of ''Riblerkamm'' branches from the main chain of the Zillertal Alps at the Napfspitze heading in a northerly direction. Along the ridge are two more peaks that exceed 3,000 metres in height: an unnamed 3,103-metre-summit and, further south, the ''Hohe Warte'' at 3,095 metres. On the northeastern side of the Napfspitze lies a small glacier, the ''Grießbachjochkees''.
First ascent
The mountain was
first climbed
In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First mountain ascents are notable because they en ...
by R. Seyerlein and St. Kirchner in the year 1880; they reached the summit via the southern arête.
[Goedecke (2004), p.156.]
Ascent options
The
normal route
A normal route or normal way (french: voie normale; german: Normalweg) is the most frequently used route for ascending and descending a mountain peak. It is usually the simplest route.
Overview
In the Alps, routes are classed in the following way ...
runs from the Zillergrund to the north of the Napfspitze, beginning from the inn on the water meadows. Initially, it heads south towards Mitterjoch through the Sundergrund bottom. It then forks off this road at the upper level beneath the col called the ''Oberlangleben''. It then continues, trackless and unmarked, over extensive, boulder-strewn mountainside to the summit area. There, the route makes its way up gullies to the summit block and continues up climb steep, heavily-fissured rocks to the summit itself (
UIAA scale I). Five to seven hours are needed for this long climb.
Alternatively, the Napfspitze can be scaled from the St. Peter im Ahrntal to the south. One option is the long south ridge (
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). Another variant is the
waymark
Trail blazing or way marking is the practice of marking paths in outdoor recreational areas with signs or markings that follow each other at certain, though not necessarily exactly defined, distances and mark the direction of the trail.
A blaz ...
ed trail to the lake of Grießbachsee, which then climbs tracklessly from there to the Grießbachjöchl col and finally crosses the east ridge to the summit (
UIAA scale I).
References
Literature and maps
* Richard Goedeke: ''3000er in den Nordalpen.'' Bruckmann, Munich, 2004,
* Topographic walking map, ''Ahrntal / Rieserferner Gruppe'', Sheet 035, 1:25,000, Casa Editrice Tabacco,
External links
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Alpine three-thousanders
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Tyrol (state)
Mountains of South Tyrol
Zillertal Alps