The Saumspitze is a mountain in the
Verwall Alps
The Verwall Alps or Verwall Group Reynolds, Kev (2005). ''Walking in the Alps'', 2nd ed., Cicerone, Singapore, pp. 321-326. . are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps at the border of the Austrian states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg.
It inclu ...
, a mountain range of the
Central Eastern Alps
The Central Eastern Alps (german: Zentralalpen or Zentrale Ostalpen), also referred to as Austrian Central Alps (german: Österreichische Zentralalpen) or just Central Alps, comprise the main chain of the Eastern Alps in Austria and the adjacent ...
. It is situated in the West of the
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
n state of
Tyrol
Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...
.
The ascent on normal route from the
alpine club hut
Alpine club huts (german: Alpenvereinshütten) or simply club huts (''Clubhütten'') form the majority of the over 1,300 mountain huts in the Alps and are maintained by branches, or sections, of the various Alpine clubs. Although the usual English ...
Därmstädter Hütte at 2384 m to the summit takes approximately two hours
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Darmstädter Hütte
', accessed 2014-12-09. and difficulty grade is I
on
UIAA climbing scale.
References
[Peter Pindur, Roland Luzian, Andreas Weiskopf: ''Verwallgruppe''. Alpenvereinsführer, 10th edition, Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2005, {{ISBN, 3-7633-1251-X]
Mountains of Tyrol (state)
Mountains of the Alps
Verwall Alps
Alpine three-thousanders