Älpelekopf is a mountain with an elevation of 1,606 m (5,269 ft) in the
Alps
The Alps () are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
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. Älpelekopf has a secondary peak situated on a ridge which runs southwest from
Riffenkopf
Riffenkopf is a 1,748 m high mountain in the Allgäu Alps in Bavaria, Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps ...
to
Schrofen
Schrofen, a German mountaineering term, is steep terrain, strewn with rocks and rock outcrops, that is laborious to cross, but whose rock ledges (''schrofen'') offer many good steps and hand holds. It is usually rocky terrain on which grass has es ...
at which point the ridge falls off steeply.
The ridges connecting
Riffenkopf
Riffenkopf is a 1,748 m high mountain in the Allgäu Alps in Bavaria, Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps ...
,
Hahnenkopf
Hahnenkopf is a mountain of Bavaria, Germany
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and
Wannenkopf form a ring around the valley ''Gerstruber Älpeles''. This valley has a deserted cabin and was formerly used as a pastoral area. There's a second cabin to the north, called ''Lugenalpe'' which is in current use.
There is no marked path up to the summit. It can be summited via ''Gerstruber Älpele'', but the trail requires technical experience. Älpelekopf is not a typical tourist destination.
References
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Thaddäus Steiner: ''Allgäuer Bergnamen'', Lindenberg, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, 2007,
* Thaddäus Steiner: ''Die Flurnamen der Gemeinde Oberstdorf im Allgäu'', München, Selbstverlag des Verbandes für Flurnamenforschung in Bayern, 1972
* Zettler/Groth: ''Alpenvereinsführer Allgäuer Alpen''.
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'', had published the Alpine Club Guides in cooperation with the G ...
, München 1984.
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Bavaria
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