Großer Hafner is a high partly- glaciated mountain of the Ankogel Group in the High Tauern range, located at the border between the

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n states of

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. It is the easternmost

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peak (with at least prominence) of the range, and also in the entire

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Geography

The Hafner massif rises between the Radstadt Tauern and the Mur valley of the Salzburg Lungau region in the north and the Carinthian Malta valley in the south. It comprises Kleiner Hafner () and Großer Sonnblick () subpeaks, lying just to the southeast. In the south, the Malta valley leads to the Reißeck Group, while in the east, Katschberg Pass separates it from the neighbouring Gurktal Alps. The Hafner summit marks the eastern rim of the geological Hohe Tauern window. It has three glaciers, with the largest on its north face, and also comprises numerous

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s. The high mountain region, formerly a mining area, recently has become a centre of

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economy, most notably the Kölnbrein Dam in the southwest.

Ascent

The mountain is not a particularly hard climb. Most trails start from the Malta valley via Kölnbrein Dam. An Alpine club hut (''Kattowitzer Hütte'') is located on the southern Ochsenkar slope, at an altitude of (). The eastern ascent from Rennweg am Katschberg is even easier, but with about quite long.

References

External links

Entry
at Aeiou Encyclopedia
Großer Hafner on kamdoalp.cz - Hike description, Photos, GPX file to download (en)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grosser Hafner Alpine three-thousanders Ankogel Group Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Salzburg (federal state)