Patteriol

Patteriol
Elevation 3,056 m (10,026 ft)[1]
Prominence 423 m (1,388 ft)[1]
Location
Patteriol

Location in the Alps

Location Tyrol, Austria
Range Verwall Alps
Coordinates 47°2′39″N 10°11′14″E / 47.04417°N 10.18722°ECoordinates: 47°2′39″N 10°11′14″E / 47.04417°N 10.18722°E
Climbing
First ascent ca. 1860[2]
Normal route UIAA grade II[2][3]

The Patteriol is a mountain in the Verwall Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It has an elevation of 3,056 m above sea level (AA). (In old literature the elevation is stated higher: 3,059 m or 10,037 ft.[4][5]) Patteriol is sometimes called "Matterhorn of Verwall" because of its shape.[3]

Aside from the main summit, the Patteriol has some more summits:

View from top of the Patteriol in north direction

Ascents

The ascent on normal route from the alpine club hut Konstanzer Hütte at 1688 m to the summit takes approximately 4½[2] to 5[6] hours and difficuilty grade is II[2][3] on UIAA climing scale. The first ascensionists of the summit were around the year 1860 two geodesists, three hunters and a soldier (a "Kaiserjäger").[2]

Additionally there are climbing routes. Some of them are:[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Die höchsten Berge der Welt
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Peter Pindur, Roland Luzian, Andreas Weiskopf: Verwallgruppe. Alpenvereinsführer, 10th edition, Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2005, pages 155–155–156, ISBN 3-7633-1251-X
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Beate Leifert & Mirjam Frede: Alpinvielfalt abseits vom Skizirkus – 125 Jahre Konstanzer Hütte. In: DAV Panorama, 1/2011, pages 72–75, PDF, 463 KiB
  4. ↑  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Alps". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  5. ↑ W. A. B. Coolidge: The Alps in Nature and History. E. P. Dutton and Company, New York 1908, pages 341 & 391 ([Online http://de.calameo.com/read/0000055829e0a83a58673]).
  6. ↑ verwall.de: Konstanzer Hütte, accessed 2014-12-09.
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