Öfnerspitze

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

Öfnerspitze
The Krottenspitze and Öfnerspitze from the Kratzer
Highest point
Elevation2,576 m above sea level (8,451 ft)
Prominence133 m Marchergang Großer Krottenkopf
Isolation0.6 km Großer Krottenkopf
Coordinates47°19′03″N 10°20′56″E
Geography
Öfnerspitze
Parent rangeHornbach chain, Allgäu Alps
Geology
Mountain typeMain Dolomite
Climbing
First ascentduring an 1854 survey

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 sure-footedness 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 3-7633-1111-4
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