Olperer

Olperer
The Olperer (right) and Schrammacher
Height	3,476 m AA (11,404 ft)
Location	Tyrol,  Austria
Range	Zillertal Alps
Coordinates	47°03′12″N 11°39′32″E / 47.05333°N 11.65889°E / 47.05333; 11.65889Coordinates: 47°03′12″N 11°39′32″E / 47.05333°N 11.65889°E / 47.05333; 11.65889
Type	rock summit
Rock	granite, gneiss
First climbed	1867 Paul Grohmann, Georg Samer and Jakob Huber over the southeast ridge (Südostgrat)
Easiest route	Olperer Hut, southeast ridge (with small Schneegupf firn field), or north ridge fro Geraer Hut over sections of glacierdep4

The Olperer is a 3,476 metre high mountain in the Zillertal Alps in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. It is the main summit on the Tux Crest (Tuxer Kamm) and is often crossed in the summer as climbers transit from the Olperer Hut to the Geraer Hut. It was first climbed on 10 September 1867 along the southeast ridge (Südostgrat) by Paul Grohmann, Georg Samer and Gainer Jackl.^[1] On its north flank is the ski region known as Hintertux Glacier on the Gefrorene-Wand-Kees glacier (also called the Tuxer Ferner).

Location and area

View from the Gefrorenen Wandspitzen.

The Olperer, with its pyramidal summit block, presents a striking appearance. As a result of that and because of its geographical prominence over its nearby peaks, the summit is a popular viewing point. It lies about four kilometres as the crow flies northwest of the Schlegeisspeicher dam and seven kilometres south of Hintertux. Its neighbours are, to the north and separated by the Wildlahnerscharte (3,220 m),the Großer Kaserer at 3,266 metres, to the southeast along the crest the 3,381 metre high Fußstein and, to the northeast, separated by the Großes Riepenkees glacier, lie the twin peaks of the Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen, the southern summit of which lies at a height of 3,270 metres.

View from the northwest. Right: the Fußstein

The Olperer and the Fußstein. View from Wildlahnertal near Schmirn

Sources and maps

• H. Klier und W. Klier: Alpine Club Guide Zillertaler Alpen, Munich, 1996, ISBN 3-7633-1269-2
• Alpine Club Map 1:25,000, Sheet 35/1, Zillertaler Alpen West

References

1. ^ Zeitschrift des Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Vol. II, 1870/71, Munich, 1871, pp. 132 f.

External links

• The Olperer at Summitpost
• Bergrettung Ginzling – info about the Zillertal Alps
• Olperer Southesat and North Ridges: Tour description with photos at alpin-welt.at