The Schartschrofen is a rocky summit, 1,968 m high, in the

Tannheim Mountains The Tannheim Mountains 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 northwest of the

Rote Flüh ''For the "Rote Flüh" feature on the North Face of the Eiger, see Eiger. '' The Rote Flüh is a peak in the Tannheim Mountains, a sub-range of the Allgäu Alps. It is 2,108 metres high. The Rote Flüh is built from Wetterstein limestone. It gets ...

and south of the col of Füssener Jöchl.

Ascent

There are two

waymark Trail blazing or way marking is the practice of marking paths in outdoor recreational areas with signs or markings that follow each other at certain, though not necessarily exactly defined, distances and mark the direction of the trail. A blaz ...

ed paths up the Schartschrofen. The normal route runs from the valley of

Tannheimer Tal The Tannheimer Tal ("Tannheim valley") is a high valley, at an elevation of about 1,100 metres, in the Tannheim Mountains, which are part of the Allgäu Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol ( county of Reutte).It is a left sided tributary to th ...

via the col of Füssener Jöchl – to this point the cable car may be taken from

Grän Grän is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Geography Grän lies near Lake Haldensee in the Tannheim valley, a high mountain valley on the border with Bavaria. It lies on the road to Pfronten Pfronten ( S ...

– continuing to the Hallgernjoch col and from there to the top. Along the 150-metre-high southeastern

arête An arête ( ) is a narrow ridge of rock which separates two valleys. It is typically formed when two glaciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys. Arêtes can also form when two glacial cirques erode headwards towards one another, although frequen ...

runs the Friedberger Klettersteig, protected throughout its length, initially leading along the ridge and then after a detour into the south flank finally climbing a gully to the summit.

Literature

* Dieter Seibert: ''Allgäuer Alpen Alpin''

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 Ge ...

. Munich, Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, 2004. * Eugen E. Hüsler: ''Klettersteigatlas Alpen''. Munich, Bruckmann Verlag, 6th edition, 2005.

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