The Lasörling is a
mountain
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, , and the highest summit in the eponymous
range that stretches from the
Virgental to the
Defereggental valleys opposite the
Großvenediger.
Occasionally the mountain is also called the "''Großer'' Lasörling" ("Great Lasörling) because it has a
double summit - its southeast top reaching a height of .
The main top was formerly also called the ''Bergerspitze'', and the southeast top the ''Musspitze'' or ''Virgen Lasörling''.
[Peterka/End 1982, Randzahl 1381]
The easiest ascent of the mountain begins in the valley of Virgental and runs through the
Mullitztal valley to the
Lasörling Hut. This climb is glacier-free, but requires
sure-footedness and has climbing sections rated at
grade I.
Name
The name "Lasörling" refers to the appearance of the mountain: ''Arl(ing)'' is an old German word for
ploughshare or
plough and stems from the
Old Germanic
Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Proto-Germanic eventually developed from pre-Proto-Germanic into three Germanic bra ...
word or loanword from the
Slovene word ''oralnik''.
Around 1531, the mountain was still recorded with the Slovenian suffix ''-nik'' as "Lasornik".
For the year 1670 it is written as "Lasernik". The syllable ''-nik'' was replaced in later usage by "-ling".
[Wilhelm Brandenstein: '' Zur Ortsnamenforschung in Osttirol.'' In: ''Osttiroler Heimatblätter.'' No. 10 (1930), Issue 11/12, pages 90–93. Cited from: Fritz Freiherr Lochner von Hüttenbach: ''Wilhelm Brandenstein. Kleine namenkundliche Arbeiten.'' Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt. Graz, 1978, , pages 89–96. Zum Namen Lasörling: page 96.] The prefix "Las-" goes back to the (Old) Slovenian word for clearance (German: ''Gereute''), as in other words like ''Lasnitzen'', ''
Laßnitz'' etc.
First ascent
The Lasörling was first climbed via the northern arête in 1861 by
Carl von Sonklar after several attempts.
According to other sources
the first climbers are unknown, but probably hunters. The first historically confirmed ascent was carried out by H. v. Acken and his survey assistants in 1854 in the course of state survey work using the present
normal route
A normal route or normal way (french: voie normale; german: Normalweg) is the most frequently used route for ascending and descending a mountain peak. It is usually the simplest route.
Overview
In the Alps, routes are classed in the following w ...
, the southern ascent from the Glauret. Carl Sonklar first crossed the east face on the descent (1861) and the northwestern
arête
An arête ( ) is a narrow ridge of rock which separates two valleys. It is typically formed when two glaciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys. Arêtes can also form when two glacial cirques erode headwards towards one another, although freque ...
(1864).
Routes to the summit
The most popular route up the Lasörling runs initially from the Lasörling Hut () heading northwest into the former mining area of Glauret. South of the summit the path branches off north and runs in zig-zags over piles of moraine to the Lasörlingscharte notch () and finally to the summit. The 748 metres of height can be climbed in about three hours.
[Walter Mair: ''Osttiroler Wanderbuch'', p. 259 f.]
The shortest way from the Virgental valley to the summit runs through the Lasnitzental valley in a southern and later southeasterly direction to the western arête. After a short and easy climb on the ridge in an easterly direction the route arrives at the Lasörlingscharte and joins the path from the Lasörling Hut.
Literature
* Richard Goedeke: ''3000er in den Nordalpen''. Bruckmann, München 2004,
* Walter Mair: ''Osttiroler Wanderbuch''. Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2001, 6. Auflage
* Hubert Peterka / Willi End: ''Alpenvereinsführer Venedigergruppe''. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich, 1982, .
References
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Alpine three-thousanders
Mountains of Tyrol (state)
Mountains of the Alps