The Durreck (, also called the ''Durreckspitze'', it, Cima Dura) is the highest mountain in the
Durreck Group, a
South Tyrol
it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol
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ean range that divides the
Ahrntal
Ahrntal (; it, Valle Aurina ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northeast of the city of Bolzano (''Bozen''), on the border with Austria.
Geography
Ahrntal borders the following municipalities: Mühl ...
valley in the north from the
Reintal valley in the south.
Location
The Durreck lies on the main chain of the mountains that runs from northeast to southwest. This main crest forks only about 100 metres to the southwest at the nearby subpeak of the ''Zwieselnöckl'' (3,088 m). One branch runs southwards to the
Großer Moosstock
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(3,059 m) and the other northwards, via the
Klausnock (2,819 m),
Rauchkofel (2,653 m) and
Pojenspitze (2,453 m) near the Obersteiner Holm (2,395 m) above
Luttach
Luttach ( it, Lutago) is a mountain village in northern Italy. It is a '' frazione'' of the '' comune'' of Ahrntal in South Tyrol.
It is a popular tourist destination in all seasons and boasts several hotels, as well as numerous shops and an ind ...
. Northeast of the Durreck at a distance of half a kilometre is a very prominent, but unnamed subpeak at 3,056 metres. Further along the main chain to the northwest is the ''Gamskarschneide'', several peaks just under the 3000-metre mark and finally the
Hirbernock (3,010 m).
Northwest of the Durreck are the last remnants of glaciation in the Durreck Group, the ''Klausenkees'' glacier, that still descended as low as 2,300 metres in 1910. The whole area is part of the
Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park
The Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park (german: Naturpark Rieserferner-Ahrn) is a nature reserve in South Tyrol, Italy
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.
First ascents
The Durreck was
first climbed in July 1877 by C. Arnold from Munich and Josef Außerhofer from
Rein
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Use fo ...
. They approached from the south, from Moosmaier Alm. In summer 1883 the Durreck was first crossed by V. H. Schnorr from Zwickau with a guide, Stabeler, from Taufers. They started from the Ahrntal to the north and descended into the Reintal valley. On 20 August 1909 another route up the Durreck was ascended for the first time by O. Primus and F. Schaufler from Innsbruck and H. Schwarweber from Pforzheim, following the northern ridge above the Klausenkees to the top.
[Schwarzweber (1910), p. 212f.]
References
Literature and maps
* Hermann Schwarzweber: ''Die Durreckgruppe. Ein Beitrag zu ihrer Erschließung.'' In: ''Zeitschrift des deutschen und österreichischen Alpenvereins.'' 41: 202–240, Munich, 1910 (online at
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* Richard Goedeke: ''3000er in den Nordalpen.'' Bruckmann, Munich, 2004,
* Topographic walking map, ''Ahrntal / Rieserferner Gruppe'', Sheet 035, 1:25,000, Casa Editrice Tabacco,
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