Großer Daumen

Großer Daumen

The Großer Daumen from the Entschenkopf

Height 2,280 m (7,480 ft)
Location Bavaria,  Germany
Range Daumen Group, Allgäu Alps
Isolation 6.4 km → Kesselspitze
Prominence 354 m ↓ Zeiger Saddle → Großer Wilder
Coordinates
Easiest route Höfatsblick mountain station – Koblat – southwest flank

The Großer Daumen is a 2,280 metres (7,480 ft) high mountain in the Daumen Group in the Allgäu Alps in southern Germany.

Location and area

Nestling below the Großer Daumen are the small tarns of Laufbichlsee, Koblatsee and Engeratsgundsee.

Ascent

The Großer Daumen may be ascended on an easy mountain path from Höfatsblick Station on the Nebelhorn Cable Car which is at 1,924 metres (6,312 ft). The peak is also the end point of the Hindelang Klettersteig climbing path, which runs from the Nebelhorn to the Großer Daumen.