The Öfnerspitze is a 2,576 m (2,575 m in Austrian maps) high, rocky mountain in the
Allgäu Alps
The Allgäu Alps (german: Allgäuer Alpen) are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, located in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany and Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. The range lies directly east of Lake Constance.
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Location and area
The Öfnerspitze lies southeast of the
Krottenspitze The Krottenspitze (2,551m) is a mountain in the Allgäu Alps. It is one of the few rocky summits of the main ridge that is visible from Oberstdorf.
Location and area
The Krottenspitze is joined to the Öfnerspitze by a flat saddle. From the sum ...
and is joined to it by a flat saddle.
Ascent
There are no marked trails to the Öfnerspitze. The easiest approach branches off the path to the
Muttlerkopf and is partly marked by cairns and difficult to find. It requires
sure-footedness
Sure-footedness is the ability, especially when hiking or mountain climbing, to negotiate difficult or rough terrain safely. Such situations place demands on a person's coordination and reserves of strength as well as requiring sufficient appreciat ...
and experience in navigating through trackless terrain. For this reason the Öfnerspitze is relatively rarely climbed; in addition the nearby
Großer Krottenkopf is higher and has a view that is just majestic if not more so.
Sources
*Thaddäus Steiner: ''Allgäuer Bergnamen'', Lindenberg, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, 2007,
*Thaddäus Steiner: ''Die Flurnamen der Gemeinde Oberstdorf im Allgäu'', Munich, Selbstverlag des Verbandes für Flurnamenforschung in Bayern, 1972
*Zettler/Groth: ''Alpenvereinsführer Allgäuer Alpen''. Munich, Bergverlag Rudolf Rother 1984.
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Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Bavaria
Mountains of Tyrol (state)
Two-thousanders of Austria
Oberallgäu
Allgäu Alps
Two-thousanders of Germany