Edelweißspitze

Edelweißspitze
View from Fuscher Törl to Edelweißspitze
Highest point
Elevation2,572 m (8,438 ft)
Prominence84 m (276 ft)
Parent peakKendlkopf
Isolation1.13km
ListingGlockner Group
Coordinates47°7′25.32″N 12°49′52.37″E / 47.1237000°N 12.8312139°E / 47.1237000; 12.8312139
Geography
Edelweißspitze is located in Austria
Edelweißspitze
Edelweißspitze
Location in the Alps
Edelweißspitze is located in Alps
Edelweißspitze
Edelweißspitze
Edelweißspitze (Alps)
LocationSalzburg, Austria
Parent rangeHigh Tauern

The Edelweißspitze is a summit in High Tauern, located in Salzburg, Austria north of the Alpine divide. It can be accessed by car from Edelweißstraße, a branch-off from Grossglockner High Alpine Road, starting from Fuscher Törl and is the highest-accessible point of the road. Originally, its height was 2577m before building the parking lot and was named Poneck, Leitenkogel or Bergerkogel.[1] It serves as a scenic viewpoint of the High Tauern National Park with views to summits of the Glockner Group. In north-west direction, there is a hut which includes a restaurant.

View from Edelweißspitze: On the left site Fuscher Törl, and the summits Brennkogel (3018m), Kloben (2938m), Fuscherkarkopf (3331m), Breitkopf (3151m) and Hohe Dock (3348m).

References

  1. ^ End, Willi; Peterka, Hubert (1990). Alpenvereinsführer Glockner- und Granatspitzgruppe (in German). Bergverlag Rudolf Rother. ISBN 3-7633-1258-7.
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