The Große Solstein is a mountain, high, on the western corner of the
Nordkette
The Nordkette, also variously called the North Chain, Northern Range, rarely the Inn Valley Range or Inn Valley Chain (''Inntalkette''), is a range of mountains just north of the city of Innsbruck in Austria. It is the southernmost of the four gr ...
range in the
Karwendel
The Karwendel is the largest mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps. It is located on the Austria–Germany border. The major part belongs to the Austrian federal state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol, while the adjacent area in the north is part ...
mountains near
Zirl in the Austrian state of
Tyrol
Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...
. Its summit may be ascended on various mountain tour routes either from the
Solsteinhaus or from the
New Magdeburg Hut. These routes are described as
not difficult but require stamina. The crossing to the higher peak of the
Kleiner Solstein (), despite its name the highest in the Nordkette, is described in that article.
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Two-thousanders of Austria
Karwendel
Mountains of Tyrol (federal state)
Mountains of the Alps
Innsbruck