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

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. 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

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, 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

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over its nearby peaks, the summit is a popular viewing point. It lies about four kilometres

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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, *

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 Summitpost

Bergrettung Ginzling – info about the Zillertal Alps

Alpine three-thousanders Mountains of Tyrol (state) Zillertal Alps Mountains of the Alps {{Tyrol-geo-stub