The Hackenköpfe are a row of peaks in the western
Kaisergebirge
The Kaiser Mountains (, meaning ''Emperor Mountains'') are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and Eastern Alps. Its main ridges – are the Zahmer Kaiser and south of it the Wilder Kaiser. The mountains are situated in the Austri ...
range in Austria. Their maximum height is . They are located in the ridge running west from the
Sonneck
The Sonneck is a mountain in the Kaisergebirge range of the Northern Limestone Alps in Austria. On its broad peak stands a solid summit cross, the panorama is comprehensive and there are particularly good views of the Ellmauer Halt, the highest ...
between the
Treffauer
At , the Treffauer is the third highest mountain in the Kaisergebirge range of the Alps.Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen, BEV 1:5000www.austrianmap.at/ref> It lies in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol.
Location
The Treffauer ...
and
Scheffauer. To the north their rock faces, up to 800 metres high, drop into the
Kaisertal
The Kaisertal (formerly ''Sparchental'') is a striking mountain valley between the mountain chains of the Zahmer and Wilder Kaiser in Austria's Kaisergebirge range in the Tyrol (state), Tyrol. In the ravine (''Sparchenklamm'') on the valley flo ...
valley; to the south they present steep, craggy rock flanks. They are typically scaled either over the arête from the Sonneck or along the one from the Scheffauer. Both normal routes include sections of
UIAA
The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, commonly known by its French name Union internationale des associations d'alpinisme (UIAA; ), was founded in August 1932 in Chamonix, France when 20 mountaineering associations met for ...
grade II climbs and are not signed or secured. A popular but challenging crossing exists, which is a crossing of the crest running from the Scheffauer to the Sonneck from the base at
Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser
Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser is a municipality in the district Kufstein in the Austrian region of the Sölllandl. It is located 8.50 km southeast of Kufstein and 13 km northwest of Kitzbühel and has three subdivisions. The main source of i ...
. This crossing also involves the Hackenköpfe.
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Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Tyrol (federal state)
Two-thousanders of Austria
Kaiser Mountains