The Olperer is a mountain in 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 ...
in 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 ...
. It is the main summit on the Tux Crest (''Tuxer Kamm'') and is often crossed in the summer as climbers transit from the Olperer Hut to the Geraer Hut. It was first climbed on 10 September 1867 along the southeast ridge (''Südostgrat'') by
Paul Grohmann
Paul Grohmann (12 June 1838 – 29 July 1908) was an Austrian mountaineer and writer.
Biography
Grohmann was a pioneer in exploring technically challenging mountains and is thought to have made more first ascents of Eastern Alps summits than any ...
, Georg Samer and Gainer Jackl. On its north flank is the ski region known as
Hintertux Glacier
The Hintertux Glacier (german: Hintertuxer Gletscher) is the tourist name for the glaciers of the Gefrorene-Wand-Kees, also called the Tuxer Ferner, and the nearby Riepenkees at the top of the Tuxertal, a side valley of the Zillertal in the Austr ...
on the ''Gefrorene-Wand-Kees'' glacier (also called the ''Tuxer Ferner'').
Location and area
The Olperer, with its pyramidal summit block, presents a striking appearance. As a result of that and because of its geographical
prominence
In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...
over its nearby peaks, the summit is a popular viewing point. It lies about four kilometres
as the crow flies
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The expression ''as the crow flies'' is an idiom for the most direct path between two points, rather similar to "in a beeline". This meaning is attested from the early 19th century, and appeared in Charles Dickens's 1838 novel ''Oliver ...
northwest of the
Schlegeisspeicher dam and seven kilometres south of Hintertux. Its neighbours are, to the north and separated by the ''Wildlahnerscharte'' (3,220 m), the
Großer Kaserer at 3,266 metres, to the southeast along the crest the
Fußstein and, to the northeast, separated by the ''Großes Riepenkees'' glacier, lie the twin peaks of the
Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen
The Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen are two summits on the Tux Crest (''Tuxer Kamm''), a mountain chain in the Zillertal Alps, one of the ranges of the central Eastern Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The north summit (''Nordgipfel'') is recorded as 3 ...
, the southern summit of which lies at a height of 3,270 metres.
File:Olperer Nordwest.JPG, View from the northwest. Right: the Fußstein
File:Olpererfussstein.jpg, The Olperer and the Fußstein. View from Wildlahnertal near Schmirn
Schmirn is a municipality in the District Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Geography
Schmirn is located southeast of Innsbruck, situated in the homonymous valley that branches off from Wipptal
The Wipp Valley (german: Wipptal ...
File:Zillertaler Alpen 2009.jpg, South face of Olperer
Sources and maps
* H. Klier und W. Klier: ''
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 G ...
Zillertaler Alpen'', Munich, 1996,
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Alpine Club Map
Alpine Club maps (german: Alpenvereinskarten, often abbreviated to ''AV-Karten'' i.e. AV maps) are specially detailed maps for summer and winter mountain climbers (mountaineers, hikers and ski tourers). They are predominantly published at a scale o ...
1:25,000, Sheet 35/1, ''Zillertaler Alpen West''
References
External links
The Olperer at SummitpostBergrettung Ginzling – info about the Zillertal Alps
Alpine three-thousanders
Mountains of Tyrol (state)
Zillertal Alps
Mountains of the Alps
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