The Steinschartenkopf is a rocky peak, 2,615 m, in the Hochlicht range 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 is located between the
Wilder Mann to the north and the
Hohes Licht
The Hohes Licht, at 2,651 metres, is the second highest mountain in the Allgäu Alps after the Großer Krottenkopf. Its summit lies in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Location
The mountain lies 4½ kilometres as the crow flies north-northwest of ...
to the south and is the sixth highest summit in the Allgäu Alps. The popular
Heilbronn Way
Heilbronn () is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn District. With over 126,000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state.
From the late Middle Ages, it developed into an important trading centre. At ...
(''Heilbronner Weg'') runs over the summit.
Ascent
The Steinschartenkopf is usually only climbed as part of a hike along the Heilbronn Way. As a destination in its own right it is of limited interest, but it is the highest point on the whole of the Heilbronn Way. From the direction of the
Rappensee Hut
The Rappensee Hut (german: Rappenseehütte) is an Alpine Club hut belonging to the Allgäu-Kempten Section of the German Alpine Club. With 304 bedspaces it is the largest of all the 327 huts of the German Alpine Club. It received a record number ...
the only ladder of the mountain path runs up to the summit. After a few metres further, a ladder bridge leads to the path in the direction of the Socktalscharte col.
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.
*
Alpine Club map 1:25,000 series, Sheet 2/1, ''Allgäuer- Lechtaler Alpen, West''
External links
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Photographs of the Steinschartenkopf
Two-thousanders of Austria
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Tyrol (state)
Allgäu Alps