The Guffert is a high, isolated, prominent limestone alpenstock in the

Brandenberg Alps The Brandenberg Alps () are a sub-group of the Northern Limestone Alps, that run in front of the Eastern Alps for their whole length. They lie entirely in Austria between Achensee in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, the Inn Valley and the Bavarian Prealps. ...

( Rofan) that, together with the Guffertstein, forms a

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. It lies north of

Steinberg am Rofan Steinberg am Rofan is a municipality and a small village in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The main economic factors are tourism and agriculture. As of 2022, the municipality had 288 inhabitants plus tourists. ... "am Rofan" ...

. Because it projects above the

Mangfall Mountains The Mangfall Mountains (，), or sometimes Mangfall Alps, are the easternmost part of the Bavarian Prealps that, in turn, belong to the Northern Limestone Alps. The name comes from the river Mangfall, whose tributaries, the Rottach, Weißach, ...

to the north by about 300 metres, the striking double peak is easily recognised from the Alpine Foreland, the

Tegernsee Tegernsee () is a Town#Germany, town in the Miesbach (district), Miesbach district of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the banks of Tegernsee (lake), Lake Tegernsee, which is 747 m (2,451 ft) AMSL, above sea level. A spa town, it is su ...

and the

Bavarian Prealps The Bavarian Prealps () are a mountain range within the Northern Limestone Alps along the Austria–Germany border. They include the Bavarian Prealp region between the river Loisach to the west and the river Inn River, Inn to the east; the range is ...

. File:Guffert vom Unnütz HQ.jpg, The Guffert from the southwest (from the '' Vorderunnütz'') File:Guffert Westgipfel HQ.jpg, The western summit seen from the main summit File:014_11A.jpg, The "unfriendly" west side of the Guffert File:Guffert_face_nord.jpg, Guffert - north side File:Guffert_vom_Balkon.jpg, The Guffert seen from Munich File:Guffert westseite.jpg, Northwest side of the Guffert File:Inscription étrusque Guffert Autriche.jpg, Etruscan inscription in the rock cleft File:East side of Guffert.JPG, East side of the Guffert

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Tour description

Tour description at bergschrei.de
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