Patteriol

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.[5][6] Patteriol is sometimes called "Matterhorn of Verwall" because of its shape.[4]

Patteriol
Highest point
Elevation3,056 m (10,026 ft) [1]
Prominence463 m (1,519 ft) [2]
Isolation2.8 km (1.7 mi) 
ListingAlpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates47°2′39″N 10°11′14″E 
Geography
Patteriol
Location in the Alps
LocationTyrol, Austria
Parent rangeVerwall Alps
Climbing
First ascentca. 1860[3]
Normal routeUIAA grade II[3][4]

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

  • South summit (also called Pfeilerkopf, 2,884 m)[3]
  • Horn (3,003 m)[3]
  • Kleiner Patteriol (2,590 m)[3]
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[3] to 5[7] hours and difficulty grade is II[3][4] on UIAA climbing scale. The first ascensionists of the summit were around the year 1860 two geodesists, three hunters and a soldier (a "Kaiserjäger").[3]

Additionally there are rock climbing routes. Some of them are:[4]

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

References
  1. Die höchsten Berge der Welt
  2. "Patteriol - Peakvisor". peakvisor.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. Peter Pindur, Roland Luzian, Andreas Weiskopf: Verwallgruppe. Alpenvereinsführer, 10th edition, Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2005, pages 155–155–156, ISBN 3-7633-1251-X
  4. Beate Leifert & Mirjam Frede: Alpinvielfalt abseits vom Skizirkus – 125 Jahre Konstanzer Hütte. In: DAV Panorama, 1/2011, pages 72–75, PDF, 463 KiB
  5. Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1908). The Alps in Nature and History. Methuen. p. 341.
  6. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Alps" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  7. verwall.de: Konstanzer Hütte, accessed 2014-12-09.
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