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Fuscherkarkopf

Peak of a mountain in the Austrian Central Alps


Summary

Peak of a mountain in the Austrian Central Alps

FieldValue
nameFuscherkarkopf
photoRakouske alpy 1.jpg
photo_captionThe Fuscherkarkopf (extreme right) from Ferleiten in the Fuscher Valley
elevation(3331 m)
isolation3.53 km → Hohe Dock
prominence490 m ↓ Fuscherkar Scharte
listingAlpine mountains above 3000 m
rangeAustrian Central Alps, High Tauern, Glockner Group, centre of main Tauern chain
locationBorder between Carinthia and Salzburg, Austria
mapAustria
coordinates
typecalc-schist, Bratschen
first_ascentin the 1840s by Gregor Maier

The Fuscherkarkopf, sometimes also written Fuscher-Kar-Kopf in German and formerly also called the Fuschereiskarkopf, is one of the twin peaks of a mountain in the Glockner Group in the centre of the main mountain chain (Mittleren Tauernhauptkamm) in the High Tauern, a range in the Austrian Central Alps. The mountain lies right on the border between the Austrian states of Salzburg and Carinthia. The main peak is 3,331 metres high, but the northwest summit is only 3,252 metres high. The two peaks are about 500 metres apart and linked by a curved firn-covered ridge. Further sharp, prominent ridges run away to the northwest and west, forming the main crest of the Tauern. To the southwest the Heiligenblut Open Face (Heiligenbluter Freiwand) branches off, a mighty side ridge that starts as the southeast ridge (Südostgrat) at the Fuscherkarkopf. The northwest summit has a great, 650 m West Face (Westwand), that used to be covered with firn, but today is covered with loose rock slabs. The mountain is easy to reach from the Hofmanns Hut over the southwest ridge (Südwestgrat) and offers a good view of the Großglockner and the Pasterze. The peak was first climbed in the 1840s by the hunter, Gregor Maier, known as Badhans, from Fusch.

Surrounding area

The Fuscherkarkopf is surrounded by glaciers except to the southeast. To the west lies Waterfall Corner (Wasserfallwinkel), which is the southern, lower part of the Bockkarkeeses glacier, to the north is the small Fuscherkarkees and to the west the relatively insignificant Freiwandkees. Finally, to the south is the Pasterze, the largest glacier in the Eastern Alps. The nearest mountains along the Northwest Ridge, separated by the wind gap of the Fuscherkarscharte (up to 2,841 m), are the Breitkopf (3,115 m) and, beyond that, the Middle Bärenkopf (Mittlere Bärenkopf, 3,358 m). Along the Western Ridge, that forms the main Tauern crest and is separated by a gap (Einschartung) with the name Der Rinner (3,145 m), is the Sinabeleck (3,261 m). Further east it is followed by the Kapuziner (2,852 m) and the Spielmann (3,027 m). To the southeast, along the Heiligenblut Open Face, and separated by the Freiwandscharte (2,975 m), rise the summits of the Freiwandspitz (3,034 m) and Freiwandkopf (2,854 m). South of the two peaks is the Gamsgrube, a massive, bowl-shaped cirque, 600 metres across. The nearest settlement of any importance is Heiligenblut in Carinthia, which lies about 8 kilometres away as the crow flies. A good 15 kilometres northeast lies the Salzburg village of Fusch an der Großglocknerstraße.

Stützpunkte und Touren

Der heutige Normalweg, der einfachste Anstieg auf den Fuscherkarkopf, ist zuerst am 27. August 1882 begangen worden von den Geologen Carl Diener, August von Böhm, Friedrich Teller und Carl von Camerlander. Ihr Weg führte von der Hofmannshütte auf 2444 Metern Höhe aus über den Südwestgrat (Gamsgrubengrat) zunächst zum Nordwestgipfel und dann über den Verbindungsgrat in westlicher Richtung zum Fuscherkarkopf-Hauptgipfels. Heute ist dieser Weg teilweise mit Drahtseilversicherungen ausgestattet, und der Gipfel trägt ein Kreuz. Von der Hütte aus beträgt die Gehzeit laut Literatur etwa 2½ Stunden und die Schwierigkeiten des Weges bewegen sich im Schwierigkeitsgrad UIAA I+. Weitere Anstiege führen über die anderen Grate und als Eistour seit 1920 durch Nordwand und Nordflanke (bis 450 Höhenmeter und einer Eisneigung von 50°). Die von Hubert Peterka und Gefährten zuerst 1927 durchstiegene Westwand ist, seitdem die Eisauflage durch die Globale Erwärmung abgeschmolzen ist, wegen der großen Steinschlaggefahr nicht mehr begehbar.

Sources and maps

  • Willi End: Alpenvereinsführer Glocknergruppe, Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 2003,
  • Eduard Richter (editor): Die Erschließung der Ostalpen, Vol III, Verlag des Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Berlin 1894
  • Alpine Club Map 1:25.000, Sheet 40, Glocknergruppe

References

References

  1. Eduard Richter: ''Die Erschließung der Ostalpen'', Vol III, Berlin 1894, p. 219 f. u. 637
  2. ''Oesterreichische Alpenzeitung'', Wien 1883, S. 351
  3. Willi End: ''Alpenvereinsführer Glocknergruppe'', München 2003, S. 386 ff., [[Randnummer. Rz]] 1410 ff.
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