Mountain ranges / Otztal Alps / Wildspitze

Wildspitze

Country: Austria

Mountain range: Otztal Alps

Elevation: 3768 m / 12362 ft

Lat/Lon: 46.88525°N 10.86723°E

Type: peak

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Views: 3,380

Popularity: 33% (2261st place)

Number of pictures: 7

Number of paths: 1

Number of GPS tracks: 0

Description of mountain:
Wildspitze is with 3768 (on some maps still 3770) meters of altitude the highest mountain of Ötztal Alps, the highest peak which is entirely located in Tyrol and at the same time the mountain with the fourth highest topographic prominence in the Alps. Two-headed mountain is represented by its southern (today the main) and northern peak. Unlike the southern the northern peak which was for a long time considered as the higher peak, has a permanent snow cap; melting of snow gave the leading position to the southern peak and for few meters decreased the height of the mountain. The northern peak, whose current height is around 3765 meters, today rarely gets visiting, is more noticeable from the larger part of Eastern Alps.
The first successful ascent to the summit was in the year 1848, almost 50 years after the first approach on only 30 meters higher, the highest peak of Austria, Großglockner. The mountain is situated above extensive glaciers in the middle of glacially still very intense Alps, all ascents there are long and strenuous and demand full glacial equipment and experience.
Regardless, Wildspitze, as it befits one of the most known Austrian mountains, it is well visited through the entire year. Peak in the view of topographic prominence and attractive area, which is surrounded by, a wide view, which is in clear weather bounded only by curvature of the globe: the view opens up over the extensive glacier Taschachferner towards the northern groups of Ötztal Alps and Northern Limestone Alps, on the south far behind the peaks of Vento there are Dolomites, and the views are nice also towards High Tauern, Stubai Alps, Ortler and group of Bernina.