Mitterhorn (elevation {{convert, 2491, m, ft, abbr=on) is a summit in the
Steinernes Meer
The Steinernes Meer (literally "Rocky Sea") is a high karst plateau in the Northern Limestone Alps. As one of the nine sub-ranges of the Berchtesgaden Alps the Steinernes Meer belongs partly to Bavaria and partly to Salzburg.
Location
To the no ...
of the
Berchtesgaden Alps in the Austrian state of
Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label= Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872.
The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...
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Alpinism
The Mitterhorn can be reached both from the neighboring
Persailhorn to the West or the
Breithorn to the South as a popular Via Ferrata B-C across the three summits, starting either from Wiechenthaler Hut (Wiechenthaler Hütte) or Riemann Hut (Riemannhütte).
Mountains of the Alps
Two-thousanders of Austria