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    Schrofen, a German mountaineering term, is steep terrain, strewn with rocks and rock outcrops, that is laborious to cross, but whose rock ledges (schrofen)...
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    The Schrofen Pass (German: Schrofenpass) is a pedestrian pass (el. 1,688 m) across the Allgäu Alps. It connects Oberstdorf in Germany with Warth in Austria...
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    Haldenwanger Eck, Germany's southernmost point. At the end of the valley the Schrofen Pass leads to Austria. The Allgäu Alps in the area around Oberstdorf attain...
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  • Thumbnail for Hinterer Tajakopf
    cross with a summit register. Cross, west of the summit, with Wampeter Schrofen Summit cross of the Hinterer Tajakopf Rudolf Wutscher: Mieminger Kette...
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    must be able to do this on all types of terrain, including scree, rock, schrofen, bare earth or firn, and also in wet conditions. An ability to recognise...
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    the south over the col of Biberwierer Scharte (2,000 m) is the Wampeter Schrofen (2,520 m). The summit may be ascended from the Coburger Hut (1,917 m) on...
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    Its North Face is around 200 metres high and its South Face has a more schrofen-like character. With the almost equally high Upsspitze (2,332 m) it forms...
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  • Thumbnail for Östliche Karwendelspitze
    mountain tour that requires Alpine experience. The ascent crosses a grass and schrofen covered ridge east of the Vogelkar cirque. Just below the summit there...
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    carbonate (and later tungsten) were mined around the Alpine pastures of the Schrofen and Wangl Almen above the Tuxertal A ropeway conveyor of more than 9 km...
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    ascend from the south following a faint path through broken rubble and schrofen terrain with climbs of UIAA grade I to the start of the vertical summit...
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    winter Highest point Elevation 2,533 m (AA) (8,310 ft) Prominence 845 m ↓ Schrofen Pass Isolation 6.0 km → Mohnenfluh Coordinates 47°17′06″N 10°07′45″E /...
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    (Kitzbühel District)  Austria Walserberg  Austria Inn Valley Autobahn Schrofen Pass Steinpass Ursprung Pass Ausserfern Railway (S7) Mittenwald Railway...
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  • Thumbnail for Eiskogel (Tennen Mountains)
    contrast, to the north and east it descends relatively gently down grass and schrofen slopes to the broad plateau of the Tennen Mountains. The double summit...
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    2015 it was additionally fed between April and August from the Blauer Schrofen spring below the Seefelder Spitze. The additional water from the Kaltwassersee...
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    side of the Kleiner Solstein facing the Inn valley is characterised by schrofen and steep-sided cirques. To the north it plummets in a rock face up to...
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    discernible path leads to the top in about 2 hours passing across the schrofen covered southwest slopes. The rather longer climb from the Selenitza Saddle...
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    rock formation, known as main dolomite. It begins at the saddle of the Schrofen Pass at the head of the Rappenalpen valley and runs largely in a straight...
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    summit block, whose mighty rock faces and steep, rugged, rocky flanks (Schrofen) fall away on all sides. Its 1,200-metre-high (3,900 ft) south cliff face...
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    mountains north of Leutasch are very interesting, especially the Oberreintal-Schrofen, the Scharnitzspitze and the Schüsselkarspitze. On the south faces of these...
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    from the main summit to the East Top requires sure-footed negotiation of schrofen terrain and, at one spot, climbing to grade II standard and is only recommended...
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    Tajakopf (2,408 m) 2 hours Vorderer Drachenkopf (2,301 m) 1 hour Wampeter Schrofen (2,520 m) 2.5 hours Over the Hinterer Tajatörl and Igelsscharte col to...
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  • Thumbnail for Älpelekopf (Gerstruben)
    secondary peak situated on a ridge which runs southwest from Riffenkopf to Schrofen at which point the ridge falls off steeply. The ridges connecting Riffenkopf...
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    meadow of Steiner-Hochalm and across the steep, sunny, but less arduous schrofen on the southern flank of the mountain up to the summit cross. Duration:...
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  • Thumbnail for Urbeleskarspitze
    route is graded as UIAA II+ and takes just under 2 hours through steep schrofen terrain over the northwest flank to reach the top. An alternative climb...
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    unmarked path to the unprominent southwestern arête and then on grassy schrofen to the two summits. On the north top there is a metal orientation rose...
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    15.5 km south-southwest of Oberstdorf and only about 2.5 km east of the Schrofen Pass. The Biberkopf is sometimes described as the most southerly point...
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  • Thumbnail for Hohe Warte (Karwendel)
    534 m (AA)) above Innsbruck and poses no great difficulties. It runs through schrofen terrain up to the Gamswart Saddle, then for a short way along the western...
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  • Thumbnail for Großer Hundstod
    runs from the Ingolstädter Haus along the steep southern flank across schrofen and scree taking a good hour to reach the summit. The Ingolstädter Haus...
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    characterised by steep rock faces, to the south, steep grassy mountainsides and schrofen terrain dominates. The highest point of the Hochplattig is its rather indistinct...
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    table: ^a Only includes Reformed Church members. The Bohlenständerhaus Schrofen, Sallmann Carriage Collection and Hagenwil Castle are listed as Swiss heritage...
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