The Schaufelspitze is a
mountain, , in the
Stubai Alps in the
Austrian state of
Tyrol.
Its summit is easily accessible to experienced mountaineers from the
top station of the
Stubai Glacier Stubai may mean:
* Stubai Alps, (German: Stubaier Alpen), a mountain range in the Central Eastern Alps of Europe
* Stubaital, the central valley of the Stubai Alps
* Stubai Valley Railway
The Stubaitalbahn (Stubai Valley Railway) is an long narr ...
lift on the ''Schaufeljoch'' (also ''Isidornieder'') at 3,158 m west of the peak. Other ascents are the North
Arête (
UIAA grade III) and the Northeast Arête (also grade III). The route taken by the
first climber
In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First mountain ascents are notable because they e ...
s was a grade II and ran from the Schaufelnieder (Fernaujoch), in the southeast, to the summit.
File:Schaufelspitze.JPG, The Schaufelspitze from the northeast
File:Schaufelspitze von Nordwesten.JPG, The Schaufelspitze from the northwest. Behind: the Zuckerhütl and Pfaffenschneide. Front right: the Schaufeljoch lift.
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Alpine three-thousanders
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Tyrol (state)
Stubai Alps
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