The Riffelspitzen are two neighbouring peaks in the Wetterstein range in Bavaria . The Southern Riffelspitze ( German : Südliche Riffelspitze ) is 2,263 m high; the Northern Riffelspitze ( Nördliche Riffelspitze ) attains 2,242 m.
3-639: The Riffelspitzen rise from the ridge of the Waxensteinkamm in the northern Wetterstein Mountains. To the north is the lake of Eibsee , to the south runs the Höllental . The next mountain to the southwest is the Riffeltorkopf (2,230 m), which is separated from by the knife-edge of the 2,163 m high Riffelscharte . To the northeast the ridge continues to the 2,264 m high Schönangerspitze . Whilst on
6-532: The southern side grassy slopes, punctuated by rocky schrofen , run almost to the summit ridge, on the northern side, bare rock faces drop steeply away. The wind gap of the Riffelscharte to the southwest forms a crossing between northern and southern sides of the Waxensteinkamm crest and can be reached on marked hiking trails from the Eibsee (partly over protected klettersteigs ) or from Ehrwald , as well as from
9-611: The valley of Höllental. The most important base for these mountains, the Höllentalanger Hut (1,381 m) lies in the last-named valley. The Southern Riffelspitze can be reached from the Riffelscharte in about 20 minutes along a grade I climb. A climbing route of grade V− difficulty runs up the northwest face. The normal route to the Northern Riffelspitze runs from the Southern Riffelspitze in 20 minutes and
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