Gimpel (mountain)

Gimpel
Gimpel
	The Gimpel's south side up which the normal route runs
Highest point
Elevation	2,173 m (AA) (7,129 ft)
Prominence	166 m ↓ Nesselwängler Scharte
Isolation	0.9 km → Kellenspitze
Coordinates	47°30′06″N 10°36′59″E / 47.50167°N 10.61639°E
Geography
	Gimpel Tyrol, Austria
Parent range	Tannheim Mountains, Allgäu Alps
Climbing
Normal route	South Flank – East Arête (UIAA grade II)

The Gimpel is a peak in the Tannheim Mountains, a sub-range of the Allgäu Alps. It is 2,173 m high. The name is derived from the Gimpelalpe alp in der "hollow" (Mulde) (Celtic comba = English "coombe"). The Gimpel is made of Wetterstein limestone.

Location

The arête of the Judenscharte links the Gimpel with the Rote Flüh; the Schäfer (2,060 m), also called the "Little Gimpel" (kleiner Gimpel) with the Kellenspitze.

Alpinism

There are several climbing tours on the Gimpel, ranging from alpine, classic routes like the West Arête (first climbed by J. Bachschmid and E. Christa in 1896, UIAA grade III+) to the top-sport climb of Primavera (first ascended by Baldo Pazzaglia in 1992, UIAA grade IX−).

Even the normal route up the South Face and the East Arête is only possible by negotiating grade II sections.^[1]

In 1990 Toni Freudig discovered a cave system in the South Face (the Gimpel Labyrinth).

In 1999 the Gimpel was one of the first mountains in the Allgäu, whose most popular routes were fitted with climbing bolts after a three people in a roped team from Oy/Mittelberg were killed on the neighbouring Rote Flüh when the rope broke causing the team to fall.

Huts

Tannheimer Hut (DAV) from Nesselwängle
Gimpelhaus (private) from Nesselwängle
Otto Mayr Hut (DAV) or Füssener Hut (private) from Musau
Schneetalalm (municipality of Weißenbach) from Höfen
Gimpelalm (municipality of Nesselwängle) – mountain rescue base

References

^ Dieter Seibert: Alpine Club Guide alpin - Allgäuer Alpen und Ammergauer Alpen. 17th edn., Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7633-1126-2, p. 242.

Literature

Toni Freudig: Klettern auf der Tannheimer Sonnenseite. Pfronten. 1999, ISBN 3-9802639-3-2.
Achim Pasold: Kletterführer Allgäu. 6th edition, Panico Verlag, Köngen, 2010, ISBN 978-3-926807-59-5.
Thomas Otto: Münchner Bergtouren. 1st edition, Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7633-3050-8.

External links

[1] Dieter Seibert: Alpine Club Guide alpin - Allgäuer Alpen und Ammergauer Alpen. 17th edn., Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7633-1126-2, p. 242.

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