Krottenkopf
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Location and climbing options
It lies in the westernmost part of the Bavarian Prealps in the Ester Mountains near the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Immediately below and a half an hour from the summit is the Weilheimer Hut (Script error: No such module "convert".), the highest Alpine Club hut in the Bavarian Prealps.
There are four climbing options:
- From Oberau a very steep climb, the Oberauer Steig, follows narrow mountain paths via the Frickenboden and later runs past the Bischof mountain, which is also over 2,000 metres high, but less well known. This climb requires about 4 hours.
- From Klais another path runs via the Krüner Alm (Script error: No such module "convert".) and the Michelfeld
- From Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Farchant the route goes via the Esterbergalm taking about 4½ hours to reach the top of the Krottenkopf.
- In addition, there is the even longer climb from Eschenlohe past the Script error: No such module "convert". Hohe Kisten to the summit.
Gallery
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The Krottenkopf around 1900
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View from the Krottenkopf to the Kareck around 1900
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View from Heimgarten. Foreground: the Heimgarten Hut
See also
References
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External links
- Tour description
- Tour description in winter with photos
- Annotated summit panorama from theKrottenkopf
- Description of tour via the Oberauer Steig incl. map and photos
