The 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, and the two sides of the mountain are very different. The Austrian side is completely under glacier. The normal south route from the Italian side is usually snow-free during the summer.
So the south route starts from a parking at the road at around 1700 meters above the sea level, close to the village of San Giacomo. Hochfeiler can be climbed from the parking in one day. The time needed is 6 hours to the summit and 4 hours back.
The easier way is to stay in the Hochfeiler hut which is on the route. It can be reached in 3 hours. The hut has 94 beds and a winter room.
References
Heinrich Klier, Walter Klier: Alpine Club Guide Zillertaler Alpen, Rother Verlag, Munich, (1996), 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
External links
Hochfeiler - Gran Pilastro in Mountains for Everybody. Gran Pilastro - Hochfeiler in AllTrails
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Tyrol (state) Mountains of South Tyrol Alpine three-thousanders Zillertal Alps Austria–Italy border International mountains of Europe