The Patteriol is a mountain in the

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. It has an elevation of . (In old literature the elevation is stated higher: . Patteriol is sometimes called "

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of Verwall" because of its shape.Beate Leifert & Mirjam Frede: ''Alpinvielfalt abseits vom Skizirkus – 125 Jahre Konstanzer Hütte''. In: ''DAV Panorama'', 1/2011, pages 72–75
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463 KiB Aside from the main summit, the Patteriol has some more summits: * South summit (also called ''Pfeilerkopf'', 2,884 m) * Horn (3,003 m) * Kleiner Patteriol (2,590 m)

Ascents

The ascent on normal route from the

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Konstanzer Hütte at 1688 m to the summit takes approximately 4½Peter Pindur, Roland Luzian, Andreas Weiskopf: ''Verwallgruppe''. Alpenvereinsführer, 10th edition, Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2005, pages 155–155–156, to 5verwall.de:
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', accessed 2014-12-09. hours and difficulty grade is II on UIAA climbing scale. The first ascensionists of the summit were around the year 1860 two

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s, three hunters and a soldier (a " Kaiserjäger"). Additionally there are rock climbing routes. Some of them are: * North-east ridge,

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mostly III, two spots IV− and V * East pillar, grade IV+ * South pillar, grade IV+

References

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