The Durreck (, also called the ''Durreckspitze'', ) is the highest mountain in the Durreck Group, a

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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 (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

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. 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.

First ascents

The Durreck was first climbed in July 1877 by C. Arnold from Munich and Josef Außerhofer from

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. They approached from the south, from Moosmaier Alm. In summer 1883 the Durreck was first crossed by V. H. Schnorr from

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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,

External links

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