Hochstaufen

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Hochstaufen
The Staufen mountain range from an airplane
Elevation	1,771 metres (5,810 feet)
Location	Bavaria, Germany
Range	Chiemgau Alps
Prominence	301 m
Coordinates	47.75° N 12.85° E
Easiest route	Barthlmahd path

The Hochstaufen is located in the north of Bad Reichenhall (Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land) and is the easternmost mountain of the Chiemgau Alps. The mountain belongs to the Staufen massif and is a popular destination for mountaineering.

In the 17th century there were some mines at the Hochstaufen, the best known gallery was the Doktor-Oswald-Gallery, located only 60 m underneath the summit.

At an altitude of 1,750 m is the Reichenhaller Haus, an alpine hut of the Deutscher Alpenverein (Section Bad Reichenhall).

[edit] Routes

Bad Reichenhall (Padinger Alm) - Barthlmahd - Reichenhaller Haus - Hochstaufen
Bad Reichenhall (Padinger Alm) - Buchmahd - "Steinerne Jaeger" - Reichenhaller Haus - Hochstaufen
Piding (Urwies or Mauthausen) - Mairalm - "Steinerne Jaeger" - Reichenhaller Haus - Hochstaufen
Piding (Urwies or Mauthausen) - Mairalm - Pidinger Klettersteig (fixed rope route) - Hochstaufen
Piding or Aufham-Anger - Steiner Alm - Hochstaufen
Passage from Zwiesel - Zennokopf - Mittelstaufen - Reichenhaller Haus - Hochstaufen
Passage from Zwieselalm - Barthlmahd - Reichenhaller Haus - Hochstaufen
Passage from Fuderheuberg - "Steinerne Jaeger" - Reichenhaller Haus - Hochstaufen

The fixed rope route Pidinger Klettersteig was created in 2003 and is one of the most challenging fixed rope routes in Germany.

[edit] Miscellaneous

After heavy rainfalls earthquakes occur at the Hochstaufen, so there are several seismometers of the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich around the mountain. In September 1993 the innkeeper couple of the Reichenhaller Haus was murdered in a brutal robbery.