The Hintere Brandjochspitze (2,599 m (AA)) is a summit roughly 200 metres northwest of the Vordere Brandjochspitze in the Nordkette range above Innsbruck. It rises above its "forward" neighbour by around 40 metres.
| Hintere Brandjochspitze | |
|---|---|
 Left: the Hintere Brandjochspitze; right: the Hohe Warte, Kleiner Solstein and Großer Solstein. Taken from the Reither Spitze (from the NNW) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,599 m (AA) (8,527 ft) |
| Coordinates | 47°18′11″N 11°20′21″E / 47.30306°N 11.33917°E |
| Geography | |
| Parent range | Nordkette, Karwendel |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Triassic |
| Mountain type | Rock summit |
| Rock type | Wetterstein limestone |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | In 1870 by Hermann v. Barth |
| Normal route | Short trackless climb from the Vorderen Brandjochspitze at climbing grade UIAA I |
The summit may be reached in 20 minutes from the Vordere Brandjochspitze at climbing grade UIAA I through a gully left of the arête. A more difficult route runs along the western arête (grade III-) from the Hohe Warte. Other routes along the northern Hippengrat (UIAA IV) from the Hippenspitze (2,388 m) and from the northwest (UIAA IV) are rarely used.
Literature
edit- Klier, Heinrich; März, Fritz (1978), Alpine Club Guide Karwendelgebirge (in German) (11 ed.), Munich: Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, ISBN 3-7633-1208-0 (Hippengrat, northwest route)
- Klier, Walter (1996), Alpine Club Guide Karwendel alpin (in German) (14 ed.), Munich: Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, ISBN 3-7633-1121-1 (normal route, west arête)