The Unnütze (also called the Unnutze) is a small mountain ridge northeast of the

Achensee Lake Achen (german: Achensee) is a lake north of Jenbach in Tyrol, Austria. It is the largest lake within the federal state, and has a maximal depth of 133 metres. Together with the Achen Valley it parts the Karwendel mountain range in the west f ...

lake between

Achenkirch Achenkirch is a municipality in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was histo ...

and

Steinberg am Rofan Steinberg am Rofan is a municipality and a small village in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The main economic factors are tourism and agriculture. As of 2022, the municipality had 288 inhabitants plus tourists. ... "am Rofan" ...

in the

Brandenberg Alps The Brandenberg Alps (german: Brandenberger Alpen) are a sub-group of the Northern Limestone Alps, that run in front of the Eastern Alps for their whole length. They lie entirely in Austria between Achensee in Tyrol, the Inn Valley and the Bavari ...

in the Austrian state of

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

. The ridge has three summits and runs in a north to south direction. The summits are the ''Hinterunnütz'' (2,007 m), the ''Hochunnütz'' (2,075 m) and the ''Vorderunnütz'' (2,078 m). In general, however, the ''Vorderunnütz'' is called the ''Unnütz''.

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tour description (snowshoe tour)
Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Tyrol (state) Two-thousanders of Austria Brandenberg Alps {{tyrol-geo-stub