Galtenscharte

Description:
Galtenscharte is a saddle at an altitude of 2841 meters located in the High Tauern mountain range. The saddle is located in country Austria 4 km north from the center of Obermauern and 5 km north-northwest from the center of Virgen. The nearest mountain hut is Bonn-Matreier-Hütte, located 1.1km west-southwest. bivouac Merschenhütte is also relatively close. 1.8 km west-northwest from the saddle there is glacier Säulfrosnitzkees, 2 km northwest from the saddle there is also glacier Hexenkees. The saddle is located above the valley Großes Niltal.

Detailed descriptions Hochalmspitze (Villgraten) (2797m) 18,0 km southerly Falkamsee (2657m) 19 km southerly Leisacher Alm (2350m) 19,1 km southerly Großglockner (3798m) 19,5 km easterly Volkzeinerhütte (1890m) 19,5 km southerly
Webcams Virgen Sonnberg 4,6 km south-southeasterly Prägraten am Großvenediger 5,9 km southwesterly Virgen Würfelehütte 6,0 km southerly Matrei - Strumerhof 7,0 km east-southeasterly Matrei - Bretterwand 9,4 km southeasterly
Panoramas Hochalmspitze (Villgraten) (2797m) 18,0 km southerly Falkamsee (2657m) 19 km southerly Leisacher Alm (2350m) 19,1 km southerly Volkzeinerhütte (1890m) 19,5 km southerly Degenhornsee (2714m) 19,6 km southerly
GPS tracks Lücknerhaus - Grossglockner (Lücknerhaus-Stüdlhütte-Kodnitzkees glacier-Grossglockner) High Tauern Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe - Heiligenblut High Tauern - European Long-Distance Trail E10 (Nassfeld - Silian) Dolomites Heiligenblut - Döllach High Tauern Döllach - Marterle High Tauern
Video Medelzkopf, 2761m (Granatspitz Group)   Motion SkiTouring Granatspitze 3086m   Rabenstein Castle Ruins A-9972 Virgen   Hohe Tauern, Große Geiger on the horizon   Türmljoch Venediger Group 2,790m
Starting points Parkplatz Glocknerwinkel 19,0 km easterly Neues Lucknerhaus 19,1 km easterly Volkzeinalm 19,7 km southerly Leibnitzbachbrücke 22,3 km southeasterly Franz-Josefs-Hohe 23,8 km easterly