Sulzkogel

Sulzkogel
The Sulzkogel from the east. Right, on the arête: the Mittagsturm pinnacle
Highest point
Elevation	3,016 m (AA) (9,895 ft)
Prominence	3,016-2,777 m ↓ Finstertaler Scharte
Isolation	2.8 km → Zwieselbacher Rosskogel
Geography
Sulzkogel south of Kühtai/Tyrol
Region	AT-7
Parent range	Stubaier Alpen
Geology
Mountain type(s)	Gneiss Felsgipfel
Rock type	Gneiss
Climbing
First ascent	1878 Pock/Tütscher
Normal route	from Kühtai through the Finstertal valley

The Sulzkogel is a mountain, 3,016 m (AA), in the Stubai Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Topography

The Sulzkogel lies about 3.5 kilometres south of the winter sports resort of Kühtai. To the west a sharp arête drops away from the summit of the Sulzkogel into the valley of Längental, separating the cirques of Mittagskar in the northwest and Stierkar in the south. To the northeast below the steep northeast face and east arête lies the Finstertal valley and the Finstertalspeicher, a reservoir belonging to the Sellrain-Silz Power Station. To the north along a sharp arête are the Mittagsturm pinnacle (2,929 m (AA)), the twin peaks of the Mittagsköpfe (2,895 m (AA) and 2,934 m (AA)) and the Zwölferkogel (2,988 m (AA)). To the south is the Gamskogel (2,965 m (AA)). Between the Sulzkogel and the Gamskogel below a wide rocky ridge lies the Gamskogelferner, a glacier that descends to an elevation of 2,700 m (AA).

Paths

The normal route, in winter a popular ski tour, runs up the northern edge of the Gamskogelferner glacier and up the south ridge to the summit. The first ascent was made by Julius Pock and Bernhard Tütscher who, in 1878, selected the route up the southwest flank from the Stierkar cirque. The north arête of the col south of the Mittagsturm is significantly more difficult (climbing grade III+). Ascents are also possible along the east arête and along the ridge between the Sulzkogel and Gamskogel.

Literature

• Heinrich and Walter Klier (1980), Alpine Club guide Stubaier Alpen, Munich: Rother Bergverlag, pp. 354–356, ISBN 3-7633-1212-9

Gallery

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  The Sulzkogel from the northeast
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  From the northwest
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  Sulzkogel (left) and Zwölferkogel behind the dam of the Finstertalspeicher
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  From the west