Hochfeiler
Elevation3510 m
Prominence981
ListingAlpine mountains above 3000 m
LocationTyrol, Austria / South Tyrol, Italy
RangeZillertal Alps
Coordinates46°58′22″N 11°43′34″E
First ascent24 July 1865 by Paul Grohmann, Georg Samer and Peter Fuchs

The Hochfeiler (Italian: Gran Pilastro; German: Hochfeiler) is a mountain, 3,510 metres high, and the highest peak in the Zillertal Alps on the border between Tyrol, Austria, and South Tyrol, Italy.

The normal route to the summit

Hochfeiler (Gran Pilastro) is at the Austrian-Italian border. The Austrian side of the mountain is completely under glacier. The normal south route from the Italian side is usually snow-free during the summer.

References

  • Heinrich Klier, Walter Klier: Alpine Club Guide Zillertaler Alpen, Rother Verlag, Munich, (1996), ISBN 3-7633-1269-2
  • Zeitschrift des Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Vol. II, page 127, Vienna, 1870/71
  • Carl Diener in Eduard Richter (ed.): Die Erschließung der Ostalpen, Vol. III, Berlin, 1894
  • Raimund von Klebelsberg: Geologie von Tirol, Berlin, 1935
  • Alpine Club Map 1:25,000 series, Sheet 35/1
  • Tabacco-Verlag, Udine, carta topografica 1:25,000, Sheet 037, Hochfeiler-Pfunderer Berge