Schaufelspitze (Stubai Alps)

The Schaufelspitze is a mountain, 3,332 m (AA), in the Stubai Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Schaufelspitze
The Schaufelspitze from the northeast (Habicht)
Highest point
Elevation	3,332 m (AA) (10,932 ft)
Prominence	216 m ↓ Bildstöckljoch
Isolation	1.3 km → Stubaier Wildspitze
Coordinates	46°58′42″N 11°06′57″E
Geography
Schaufelspitze Tyrol, Austria
Parent range	Stubai Alps
Climbing
First ascent	1862 by Joseph Anton Specht and A. Taufer (tourists)
Normal route	from Isidornieder in the southwest over blockwork (Blockwerk)

Its summit is easily accessible to experienced mountaineers from the top station of the Stubai Glacier lift on the Schaufeljoch (also Isidornieder) at 3,158 m west of the peak. Other ascents are the North Arête (UIAA grade III) and the Northeast Arête (also grade III). The route taken by the first climbers was a grade II and ran from the Schaufelnieder (Fernaujoch), in the southeast, to the summit.

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  The Schaufelspitze from the northeast
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  The Schaufelspitze from the northwest. Behind: the Zuckerhütl and Pfaffenschneide. Front right: the Schaufeljoch lift.

Literature

• Walter Klier (1980), Stubaier Alpen, Alpine Club Guide (in German), Munich: Rother Bergverlag, ISBN 3-7633-1212-9

External links

• Media related to Schaufelspitze (Stubaier Alpen) at Wikimedia Commons