Reißeck (mountain)
| Reißeck | |
|---|---|
 The Großes Reißeck (centre left) and Kleines Reißeck (centre) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,965 m (AA) (9,728 ft) |
| Prominence | 2,965-2,670 m ↓ Pfaffenberger Nocken |
| Isolation | 7.8 km → Säuleck |
| Geography | |
| Region | AT-2 |
| Parent range | Reißeck Group, Ankogel Group |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Granite, orthogneiss, schist |
| Type of rock | Granite, orthogneiss, schist |
| Climbing | |
| Normal route | South arête from the Reißeck Hut |
The Reißeck, also Großes Reißeck ("Great Reisseck") is a mountain, 2,965 m (AA), and the highest peak in the Reißeck Group in the High Tauern of Austria. The mountain gives its name to the mountain range and the village of Reißeck to the south in the Carinthia's Möll valley. Northwest of the Reißeck, separated by the col of Mallnitzer Scharte (2,673 m), is the Ankogel Group with its highest summit, the Hochalmspitze.
The name Reißeck is derived from an old waterbody name, something like Reisach = "mountain stream" or "torrent", which became the Middle High German rîs = "the falling one".[1]
West and south of the summit block lie the reservoirs of the Reißeck-Kreuzeck Hydropower Group. The Reißeck Funicular Railway (Reißeckbahn), built for the construction of the power station, now only runs passenger services and is almost exclusively used for access to the Alpine huts. The Reißeck Hut owned by the ÖGV is located in the immediate vicinity of the top station below the dam of the Großer Mühldorfer See, along with two hotels and a small ski area.
The normal route runs via the Kalte Herberg col and south arête, an easy climb, to the summit, but it does require sure-footedness. Starting points are the Reißeck Hut or the unmanaged [Neue Moos Hut. East-northeast of the Großer Reißeck ("Great Reisseck") lies the Kleine Reißeck ("Little Reisseck", 2,924 m); the ridge crossing runns along steep grassy slopes, but is otherwise technically easy.[2]
Literature and map
- Herbert Gantschacher: Neues Musiktheater 'Kar' - Eine beispielhafte Kooperation zwischen Industrie und Kunst am Reißeck, in Der Kulturmanager, Kognos-Verlag, Stadtbergen, 1998 ISBN 3-9801921-2-1
- Alpine Club map 1:25,000, Sheet 44, Hochalmspitze - Ankogel (the Reißeck is on the lower edge of this map)
References
- ^ Heinz Dieter Pohl: Bergnamen in Österreich, retrieved 15 Junes 2008
- ^ Liselotte Buchenauer, Peter Holl: Alpine Club guide Ankogel- und Goldberggruppe, Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich, 1986. ISBN 3-7633-1247-1, pp. 295 ff., Rz 1247 ff.
External links
- Reißeck auf www.summitpost.org (englisch)