| 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 / 47.04417; 10.18722 |
| Geography | |
Patteriol Location in the Alps | |
| Location | Tyrol, Austria |
| Parent range | Verwall Alps |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | ca. 18603 |
| Normal route | UIAA grade II34 |
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.56 Patteriol is sometimes called "Matterhorn of Verwall" because of its shape.4
Aside from the main summit, the Patteriol has some more summits:
Ascents
The ascent on normal route from the alpine club hut Konstanzer Hütte at 1688 m to the summit takes approximately 4½3 to 57 hours and difficulty grade is II34 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
References
- Die höchsten Berge der Welt
- "Patteriol - Peakvisor". peakvisor.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- Peter Pindur, Roland Luzian, Andreas Weiskopf: Verwallgruppe. Alpenvereinsführer, 10th edition, Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2005, pages 155–155–156, ISBN 3-7633-1251-X
- 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.