The Petersköpfl is a 1,745m high summit in the Zahmer Kaiser, the northern ridge of the
Kaisergebirge mountain range in the
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
n 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 ...
.
To the east, the Petersköpfl is linked by a ridge to the Einserkogel; to the west it is separated from the
Naunspitze
The Naunspitze is a peak Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen Österreich: Austrian Map online (Österreichische Karte 1:50.000)''. in the Zahmer Kaiser, the northern ridge of the Kaiser Mountains in Tyrol, Austria. Seen from the west it is ...
by a wind gap. To the south it falls steeply into the
Kaisertal valley and to the north its steep rock faces tower above
Ebbs. To the east there is a gently sloping plateau covered with mountain pine that forms the main ridge of the Zahmer Kaiser and runs up to the
Pyramidenspitze.
Ascents
From the
Vorderkaiserfelden Hut the Petersköpfel is reached in an hour on an easy route and, similarly, from the Hinterkaiserfeldenalm. The crossing to the neighbouring summit of the Naunspitze takes 20 minutes. From Petersköpfl a climbing path runs over the plateau of the Zahmer Kaiser to the Pyramidenspitze. Several short climbing routes run up a small rock slab on its western flank. Longer Alpine climbs run up its north face.
References
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Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Tyrol (state)
One-thousanders of Austria
Kaiser Mountains