Schaufelspitze (Stubai Alps)

The Schaufelspitze is a mountain, 3,332 m (AA), in the Stubai Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Schaufelspitze
The Schaufelspitze from the northeast (Habicht)
Highest point
Elevation3,332 m (AA) (10,932 ft)
Prominence216 m ↓ Bildstöckljoch
Isolation1.3 km → Stubaier Wildspitze
Coordinates46°58′42″N 11°06′57″E / 46.97833°N 11.11583°E / 46.97833; 11.11583
Geography
Schaufelspitze is located in Austria
Schaufelspitze
Schaufelspitze
Parent rangeStubai Alps
Climbing
First ascent1862 by Joseph Anton Specht and A. Taufer (tourists)
Normal routefrom Isidornieder in the southwest over blockwork (Blockwerk)

Its summit is easily accessible to experienced mountaineers from the top station of the Stubai Glacier lift on the Schaufeljoch (also Isidornieder) at 3,158 m west of the peak. Other ascents are the North Arête (UIAA grade III) and the Northeast Arête (also grade III). The route taken by the first climbers was a grade II and ran from the Schaufelnieder (Fernaujoch), in the southeast, to the summit.

Literature

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  • Walter Klier (1980), Stubaier Alpen, Alpine Club Guide (in German), Munich: Rother Bergverlag, ISBN 3-7633-1212-9
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