The Schneebiger Nock (Italian: ''Monte Nevoso''), in old literature also called the ''Ruthnerhorn'', is 3,358 metres high and, after the

Hochgall The Hochgall is a mountain of the Rieserferner group in the High Tauern. the summit is in South Tyrol, Italy, just 500 m from the Austrian border. Climbing history For the Austrian land survey of 1853-1854, Hermann van Acken and guides/helpers ...

, the second highest mountain of the

Rieserferner Group The Rieserferner Group ( it, Gruppo delle Vedrette di Ries, german: Rieserfernergruppe) is a mountain range in the Austrian Central Alps. Together with the Ankogel Group, Goldberg Group, Glockner Group, Schober Group, Kreuzeck Group, Granatspitz ...

, a range in the western part of the

High Tauern The High Tauern ( pl.; german: Hohe Tauern, it, Alti Tauri) are a mountain range on the main chain of the Central Eastern Alps, comprising the highest peaks east of the Brenner Pass. The crest forms the southern border of the Austrian states of S ...

. The mountain rises in the Italian province of

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous province , image_skyline = , image_alt ...

in the

Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park The Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park (german: Naturpark Rieserferner-Ahrn) is a nature reserve in South Tyrol, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is loca ...

(''Parco Naturale Vedrette di Ries-Aurina''). It was first climbed on 6 October 1866 by

Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria Archduke Rainer Ferdinand Maria Johann Evangelist Franz Ignaz of Austria (11 January 1827 – 27 January 1913), a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and nephew of Emperor Francis II, was an Austrian politician who served as Minister-Pres ...

, Count Heinrich Wurmbrand, and mountain guides, Georg Auer, Johann Oberarzbacher from Rein in Taufers and Georg Weiss, an innkeeper from St. Johann im Reintal. Today the Schneebige Nock may be reached from the Kasseler Hut (also Hochgall Hut) to the northeast or from the Rieserferner Hut to the south. Thanks to its prominent pyramidal shape and its distinct

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 ...

s it is a frequently visited viewing summit.

Literature and maps

* Helmut Dumler: ''Gebietsführer Südtirol 3'',

Bergverlag Rudolf Rother Bergverlag Rother is a German publisher with its headquarters in Oberhaching, Upper Bavaria. Since 1950 the company, that formerly went under the name of ''Bergverlag Rudolf Rother'', has published the Alpine Club Guides in cooperation with the Ge ...

, Munich, 1987, * Johann Daimer und Reinhold Seyerlen in einem Beitrag der ''Zeitschrift des Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins'', Band XI, Munich, 1880 * Jahrbuch des Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Band III, 1867, Vienna, 1867 * Carl Diener in Eduard Richter (ed.): ''Die Erschließung der Ostalpen'', III. Band, Berlin, 1894 * Raimund von Klebelsberg: ''Geologie von Tirol'', Gebr. Borntraeger, Berlin, 1935 * Casa Editrice Tabacco, Tavagnacco, walking map 1:25,000 series, Sheet 035, ''Valle Aurina/Ahrntal, Vedrette di Ries/Rieserferner-Gruppe''

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