The Hohe Munde is a mountain at the eastern end of the

Mieming Chain The Mieming(er) Range, Mieminger Chain () or Mieminger Mountains (''Mieminger Gebirge''), is a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps in the Eastern Alps. It is located entirely in Austria within the state of Tyrol (Bundesland), Tyrol. ...

in the

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n state of

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. It has two peaks: the west top (2,662 m) and the east top or ''Mundekopf'' (2,592 m).

Location

The Hohe Munde rises north of the village of

Telfs Telfs is a market town in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol, west of Innsbruck. It is the third largest municipality in Tyrol. Telfs received its status in 1908 and maintains its own district court. Population Refe ...

in the

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. To the east is the

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and the

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village of ''Moos''. To the north it is separated from the

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by the valley of Gaistal. To the west, the Mieming Chain stretches away into the distance. Beyond the saddle of ''Niedere Munde'' (2,059 m) is the next peak in the chain, the 2,469 metre high Karkopf, followed by the 2,719 metre high Hochwand.

Ascent

The mountain may be climbed on an easy but strenuous tour from Moos via the Rauth Hut (1,605 m). The cable car from Moos to the Rauth Hut (the ''Mundelift'') is no longer working. On the eastern slopes of the Mundekopf extensive avalanche defences have been built to protect the village of Sagl. These were finished in August 2014.

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and experienced climbers can also climb the Hohe Munde from Telfs - branching off in Straßberg to the saddle of the ''Niedere Munde'' - via the western arête, a route graded as UIAA I. There are several

climbing route A climbing route () is a path by which a Climbing, climber reaches the top of a mountain, a rock face or an ice-covered obstacle. The details of a climbing route are recorded in a climbing guidebook and/or in an online climbing-route database. De ...

s up the north and south faces below both the east and west tops, some of which are difficult. A

ski tour Ski touring is skiing in the backcountry on unmarked or unpatrolled areas. Touring is typically done off-piste and outside of ski resorts, and may extend over a period of more than one day. It is similar to backcountry skiing but excludes the ...

is possible over the steep (up to 45 degrees) east side in the spring. However, this requires safe

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conditions and a very early start.

Drama and television

In 1990, the drama ''Munde'' by Felix Mitterer was premiered on the Hohe Munde. In 2009 the ''Tatort'' episode, ''Baum der Erlösung'', was partly filmed in the summit area of the Hohe Munde.

References

Literature

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