The Hoher Göll () is a mountain in the

Berchtesgaden Alps The Berchtesgaden Alps (, ) are a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps, named after the market town of Berchtesgaden located in the centre. It is crossed by the Austria–Germany border: the central part belongs to the Berchtesgadener Lan ...

. It is the highest peak of the Göll

massif A massif () is a principal mountain mass, such as a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits (e.g. France's Massif Central). In mountaineering literature, ''massif'' is frequently used to denote the main mass of an ...

, which straddles the border between the

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state of

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and the

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n state of

Salzburg Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Austrian Alps, Alps moun ...

Geography

On the

n west side of the Hoher Göll massif, the

Königssee The Königssee () is a natural lake in the southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the Austrian border. Most of the lake is within the Berchtesgaden National Park. Description Situated within the Bercht ...

separates it from the

Watzmann The Watzmann () is a mountain in the Berchtesgaden Alps south of the village of Berchtesgaden. It is the third highest in Germany, and the highest located entirely on German territory. Three main peaks array on a N-S axis along a ridge on the ...

, another peak in the Berchtesgaden Alps. The Königssee drains northward into the Königsseer Ache, through the Bavarian towns of

Obersalzberg Obersalzberg is a mountainside retreat situated above the market town of Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, Germany. Located about south-east of Munich, close to the border with Austria, it is best known as the site of Adolf Hitler's former mountain resi ...

to the north of the Hoher Göll and

Berchtesgaden Berchtesgaden () is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the border with Austria, south of Salzburg and southeast of Munich. It lies in the Berchtesgaden Alps. South of the town, the Be ...

to the northwest, before merging into the Berchtesgadener Ache and then the

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river through

farther to the north. On the

n east side of the massif lies the valley of the Salzach itself, flowing from south to north and merging with the west-flowing Lammer at the base of the massif, in

Golling an der Salzach Golling an der Salzach is a market town in the Hallein district of Salzburg, Austria. Geography It is located on the southern rim of the ''Tennengau'' region south of the city of Salzburg. Here at the confluence of the Salzach and its Lammer trib ...

. A lower line of hills, to the south of the massif, lies along the German-Austrian border separating the Königssee from the Salzach. Within the massif, Hoher Göll is linked to the north via the Mannlgrat ridge to the

Kehlstein The Kehlstein () is a subpeak of the Göll massif, a mountain in the Berchtesgaden Alps. The rocky promontory is located west of the ''Hoher Göll'' main summit, high above the Obersalzberg mountain retreat near Berchtesgaden. It is chiefly k ...

spur, a lesser peak of the massif, atop which sits the famous

Kehlsteinhaus The (; known in English as the Eagle's Nest) is a building erected atop the summit of the Kehlstein, a rocky outcrop that rises above Obersalzberg near the southeast German town of Berchtesgaden. It was used exclusively by members of the Nazi ...

, formerly a Nazi retreat and now a tourist site. Other peaks of the massif include Hohes Brett and Jenner, both to the southwest of Hoher Göll.

Climbing

The first documented ascent was made by the ordinand Valentin Stanič from Bodrež in

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, who at that time studied theology at the nearby

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and had also climbed the Watzmann peak. A wide variety of routes lead to its summit, ranging from UIAA Grade I on a

Klettersteig A via ferrata (Italian for "iron path", plural ''vie ferrate'' or in English ''via ferratas'') is a protected climbing route found in the Alps and certain other Alpine locations. The protection includes steel fixtures such as cables and railing ...

up the Mannlgrat ridge to UIAA Grade VIII up the West face. The Kehlsteinhaus is located on the German side, at . A trail leads from it to the Mannlgrat, the easiest route to the top. Another popular round-trip ascent of the Hoher Göll is from the Purtschellerhaus

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up to the summit and down to the Stahl-Haus. The West Pillar of Hoher Göll, reached from the Endstal Valley, features

sport climbing Sport climbing (or bolted climbing) is a type of free climbing in the sport of rock climbing where the Lead climbing, lead climber clips their climbing rope, rope — via a quickdraw — into pre-drilled in-situ bolt (climbing), bolts for their ...

routes Scaramouche (8a, established in 1989 by

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and Thomas Huber and repeated in 2016 by Ines Papert) and Om (9a, established in 1992 by Alexander Huber and repeated in 2009 by Adam Ondra).

References

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