Elevation: 3456 m / 11339 ft
Type: peak
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Views: 1,080
Popularity: 27% (2726th place)
Description of mountain:
Wilder Pfaff (Italian: Cima del Prete) is a less prominent border peak on the main ridge of the High Stubai, located between the more famous Wilder Freiger (3,418 m) and Zuckerhütl (3,507 m), the highest summit of the Stubai Alps. Due to the easy approach from the west—mostly a long high-alpine glacier walk that nonetheless requires full glacier gear and roped travel—and its proximity to the "Stubaier Gletscher" ski area, this sixth-highest point in the Stubai Alps is quite popular: on warm summer and autumn days, we will rarely be alone on the summit, even though many visitors continue to nearby Zuckerhütl or descend the demanding eastern ridge to the Übeltalferner glacier.
Ascents to the three key summits of the Hochstubai—Wilder Freiger, Wilder Pfaff, and Zuckerhütl—can be linked into an ambitious multi-day tour considered a high-alpine classic of the Stubai Alps. The ascent via the eastern ridge of Wilder Pfaff, quickly reached from one of the two high huts above Übeltalferner, forms one of two key segments of this route alongside the final push to Zuckerhütl.
Given its elevation and exposed position above the valley, the very spacious Wilder Pfaff offers excellent views, highlighted by one of the finest vistas of nearby Zuckerhütl, sights of the peaks above Übeltalferner, and views toward the Stubai Valley and the ranges beyond it.
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Becherhaus,
Bockkogel - Schrankogel,
Bremer Hütte,
Daunjoch,
Eisgrat (Stubaier Gletscher),
Gossensass (Pflersch),
Hochgurgl,
Hochgurgl (Top Mountain Crosspoint),
Hohe Mut (Obergurgl),
Neustift (Fernau Bergstation),
Neustift (Fernau Mittelstation),
Neustift (Murmele Bergstation),
Neustift (Schaufeljoch Bergstation),
Neustift - Hochstubai (Übungsland Krössbach),
Obergurgl (Festkogel),
Sölden,
Sulzkogel,
Volderau,
Wannenkogel
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