Hochfeiler Explained

Hochfeiler
Elevation M:	3510
Prominence:	981
Prominence Ref:	^[1]
Map:	Alps#Austria#Italy
Listing:	Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Location:	Tyrol, Austria / South Tyrol, Italy
Range:	Zillertal Alps
Coordinates:	46.9728°N 11.7261°W
First Ascent:	24 July 1865 by Paul Grohmann, Georg Samer and Peter Fuchs

The Hochfeiler (Italian: Gran Pilastro; German: Hochfeiler) is a mountain, 3,510 metres high, and the highest peak in the Zillertal Alps on the border between Tyrol, Austria, and South Tyrol, Italy.

The normal route to the summit

Hochfeiler (Gran Pilastro) is at the Austrian-Italian border. The Austrian side is completely under glacier. The normal south route from the Italian side is usually snow-free during the summer.

References

• Heinrich Klier, Walter Klier: Alpine Club Guide Zillertaler Alpen, Rother Verlag, Munich, (1996),
• Zeitschrift des Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Vol. II, page 127, Vienna, 1870/71
• Carl Diener in Eduard Richter (ed.): Die Erschließung der Ostalpen, Vol. III, Berlin, 1894
• Raimund von Klebelsberg: Geologie von Tirol, Berlin, 1935
• Alpine Club Map 1:25,000 series, Sheet 35/1
• Tabacco-Verlag, Udine, carta topografica 1:25,000, Sheet 037, Hochfeiler-Pfunderer Berge

External links

• Hochfeiler - Gran Pilastro in Mountains for Everybody.
• Gran Pilastro - Hochfeiler in AllTrails

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hochveiler - Peakbagger. Peakbagger.com. 14 May 2020.