The Rote Säule (also ''Rote Saile''
[ Alpine Club map 1:25,000, Sheet 36, Venedigergruppe.]) is a mountain, ,
[ Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen Österreich: ]
Austrian Map online (Österreichische Karte 1:50,000)
'. on the
main chain of the Alps in the
Venediger Group. It lies on the border between the Austrian states of
Salzburg and
East Tyrol.
Location and ascent
The Rote Säule is a peak in the extreme north of the district of Lienz. It is located on the main chain of the
Tauern between the
Roter Kogel
The Roter Kogel is a mountain, , in the Stubai Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
It lies on a ridge that runs from the Hohe Villerspitze over the Lüsener Villerspitze () northwards as far as the Fotscher Windegg (). West of this chain lies t ...
() to the southeast and the ''Abretter'' () to the northwest, the Rote Säule being separated from the Abretter by the col of ''Abretterscharte'' (). The Rote Säule has a wide north and east face. To the south are the remains of a glacier, the ''Gschlößkees''. The Rote Säule may be climbed from the
Venedigerhaus, the route branching off from the Sandebentörl path towards the northwest.
References
Literature
* Willi End, Hubert Peterka: ''
Alpine Club guide Venedigergruppe.''
Bergverlag Rother, 5th edition, Munich, 2006, .
*
Alpine Club map 1:25,000, Sheet 36, ''Venedigergruppe'', .
External links
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Two-thousanders of Austria
Venediger Group
Geography of East Tyrol