The Patteriol is a mountain in the Verwall Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It has an elevation of 3,056 m (AA). (In old literature the elevation is stated higher: 3,059 m or 10,037 ft.[5][6] Patteriol is sometimes called "Matterhorn of Verwall" because of its shape.[4]
| Patteriol | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,056 m (10,026 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 463 m (1,519 ft)[2] |
| Listing | Alpine mountains above 3000 m |
| Coordinates | 47°2′39″N 10°11′14″E / 47.04417°N 10.18722°E |
| Geography | |
  Patteriol Location in the Alps | |
| Location | Tyrol, Austria |
| Parent range | Verwall Alps |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | ca. 1860[3] |
| Normal route | UIAA grade II[3][4] |
Aside from the main summit, the Patteriol has some more summits:
- South summit (also called Pfeilerkopf, 2,884 m)[3]
- Horn (3,003 m)[3]
- Kleiner Patteriol (2,590 m)[3]
Ascents edit
The ascent on normal route from the alpine club hut Konstanzer Hütte at 1688 m to the summit takes approximately 4½[3] to 5[7] hours and difficulty grade is II[3][4] on UIAA climbing scale. The first ascensionists of the summit were around the year 1860 two geodesists, three hunters and a soldier (a "Kaiserjäger").[3]
Additionally there are rock climbing routes. Some of them are:[4]
- North-east ridge, UIAA grade mostly III, two spots IV− and V
- East pillar, grade IV+
- South pillar, grade IV+
References edit
- ^ Die höchsten Berge der Welt
- ^ "Patteriol - Peakvisor". peakvisor.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Peter Pindur, Roland Luzian, Andreas Weiskopf: Verwallgruppe. Alpenvereinsführer, 10th edition, Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2005, pages 155–155–156, ISBN 3-7633-1251-X
- ^ a b c d Beate Leifert & Mirjam Frede: Alpinvielfalt abseits vom Skizirkus – 125 Jahre Konstanzer Hütte. In: DAV Panorama, 1/2011, pages 72–75, PDF, 463 KiB
- ^ Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1908). The Alps in Nature and History. Methuen. p. 341.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ verwall.de: Konstanzer Hütte, accessed 2014-12-09.
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