The Hochfeiler (; ) is a mountain, 3,510 metres high, and the highest peak in the

Zillertal Alps The Zillertal Alps (; ) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps on the border of Austria and Italy. Name The range is named after the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) on its north. Geography The range is bounded by the ''Tuxerjoch'' m ...

on the border between

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 ...

, Austria, and

South Tyrol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...

, Italy.

The normal route to the summit

Hochfeiler (Gran Pilastro) is at the Austrian-Italian border. The Austrian side is completely under glacier. The normal south route from the Italian side is usually snow-free during the summer.

References

* Heinrich Klier, Walter Klier: Alpine Club Guide ''Zillertaler Alpen'', Rother Verlag, Munich, (1996), * Zeitschrift des Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Vol. II, page 127, Vienna, 1870/71 * Carl Diener in Eduard Richter (ed.): ''Die Erschließung der Ostalpen'', Vol. III, Berlin, 1894 * Raimund von Klebelsberg: ''Geologie von Tirol'', Berlin, 1935 * Alpine Club Map 1:25,000 series, Sheet 35/1 * Tabacco-Verlag, Udine, ''carta topografica 1:25,000, Sheet 037, Hochfeiler-Pfunderer Berge''

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