The Salober ist a

grass mountain A grass mountain (german: Grasberg) in topography is a mountain covered with low vegetation, typically in the Alps and often steep-sided. The nature of such cover, which often grows particularly well on sedimentary rock, will reflect local condit ...

in the

Allgäu Alps The Allgäu Alps (german: Allgäuer Alpen) are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, located in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany and Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. The range lies directly east of Lake Constance. Character ...

. It lies northeast of the

Laufbacher Eck The Laufbacher Eck is a 2,178-metre-high grass mountain in the Allgäu Alps in the south German state of Bavaria. Location It is located southeast of the Lachenkopf and north of the Rotkopf from which it is separated by the Laufbachereck Saddle. ...

. Its name probably means la, saluber "healthy, smart, attractive" (also used of scenery). la, salūber, –ris (m.);
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', Duden online; '' saluber'', English Wiktionary. There are no signed paths to the top of the Salober. It can be accessed from the ''Feldalpe'' across trackless terrain. This climb requires a

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and

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. Occasionally the Salober is climbed as part of a crossing of the whole chain from the Giebel via the Berggächtle to the Laufbacher Eck by experienced mountaineers (Climbing grade: UIAA III). The botany of the Salober is as rich as that of the other Allgäu grass mountains.

References

* Zettler, Groth: ''Alpenvereinsführer Allgäuer Alpen''. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, München 1984. {{ISBN, 3-7633-1111-4, S. o.A. Mountains of Bavaria Mountains of the Alps Allgäu Alps Oberallgäu Two-thousanders of Germany