Öfnerspitze

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Öfnerspitze
The Krottenspitze and Öfnerspitze from the Kratzer
Height	2,576 m (8,451 ft)
Location	Bavaria,  Germany / Tyrol,  Austria
Range	Hornbach chain, Allgäu Alps
Isolation	0.6 km → Großer Krottenkopf
Prominence	133 m ↓ Marchergang → Großer Krottenkopf
Coordinates	47°19′03″N 10°20′56″E / 47.3175°N 10.34889°E / 47.3175; 10.34889Coordinates: 47°19′03″N 10°20′56″E / 47.3175°N 10.34889°E / 47.3175; 10.34889
Rock	Dolomia principale
First climbed	during an 1854 survey

The Öfnerspitze is a 2,576 m (2,575 m in Austrian maps) high, rocky mountain in the Allgäu Alps.

Location and area

The Öfnerspitze lies southeast of the Krottenspitze and is joined to it by a flat saddle.

Ascent

There are no marked trails to the Öfnerspitze. The easiest approach branches off the path to the Muttlerkopf and is partly marked by cairns and difficult to find. It requires surefootedness and experience in navigating through trackless terrain. For this reason the Öfnerspitze is relatively rarely climbed; in addition the nearby Großer Krottenkopf is higher and has a view that is just majestic if not more so.

Sources

• Thaddäus Steiner: Allgäuer Bergnamen, Lindenberg, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, 2007, ISBN 978-3-89870-389-5
• Thaddäus Steiner: Die Flurnamen der Gemeinde Oberstdorf im Allgäu, Munich, Selbstverlag des Verbandes für Flurnamenforschung in Bayern, 1972
• Zettler/Groth: Alpenvereinsführer Allgäuer Alpen. Munich, Bergverlag Rudolf Rother 1984. ISBN 3763311114

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