Patteriol

Patteriol
Highest point
Elevation	3,056 m (10,026 ft) [1]
Prominence	423 m (1,388 ft) [1]
Coordinates	47°2′39″N 10°11′14″E / 47.04417°N 10.18722°E / 47.04417; 10.18722Coordinates: 47°2′39″N 10°11′14″E / 47.04417°N 10.18722°E / 47.04417; 10.18722
Geography
Patteriol Location in the Alps
Location	Tyrol, Austria
Parent range	Verwall Alps
Climbing
First ascent	ca. 1860[2]
Normal route	UIAA grade II[2][3]

The Patteriol is a mountain in the Verwall Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It has an elevation of 3,056 m (AA). (In old literature the elevation is stated higher: 3,059 m or 10,037 ft.^[4][5]) Patteriol is sometimes called "Matterhorn of Verwall" because of its shape.^[3]

Aside from the main summit, the Patteriol has some more summits:

• South summit (also called Pfeilerkopf, 2,884 m)^[2]
• Horn (3,003 m)^[2]
• Kleiner Patteriol (2,590 m)^[2]

View from top of the Patteriol in north direction

Ascents

The ascent on normal route from the alpine club hut Konstanzer Hütte at 1688 m to the summit takes approximately 4½^[2] to 5^[6] hours and difficulty grade is II^[2][3] on UIAA climbing scale. The first ascensionists of the summit were around the year 1860 two geodesists, three hunters and a soldier (a "Kaiserjäger").^[2]

Additionally there are rock climbing routes. Some of them are:^[3]

• North-east ridge, UIAA grade mostly III, two spots IV− and V
• East pillar, grade IV+
• South pillar, grade IV+

References

1. 1 2 Die höchsten Berge der Welt
2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Peter Pindur, Roland Luzian, Andreas Weiskopf: Verwallgruppe. Alpenvereinsführer, 10th edition, Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2005, pages 155–155–156, ISBN 3-7633-1251-X
3. 1 2 3 4 Beate Leifert & Mirjam Frede: Alpinvielfalt abseits vom Skizirkus – 125 Jahre Konstanzer Hütte. In: DAV Panorama, 1/2011, pages 72–75, PDF, 463 KiB
4. ↑  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Alps". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 
5. ↑ W. A. B. Coolidge: The Alps in Nature and History. E. P. Dutton and Company, New York 1908, pages 341 & 391 ([Online http://de.calameo.com/read/0000055829e0a83a58673]).
6. ↑ verwall.de: Konstanzer Hütte, accessed 2014-12-09.

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