The Schaufelspitze is a mountain, 3,332 m (AA), in the Stubai Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Schaufelspitze | |
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The Schaufelspitze from the northeast (Habicht) | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,332 m (AA) (10,932 ft) |
Prominence | 216 m ↓ Bildstöckljoch |
Isolation | 1.3 km → Stubaier Wildspitze |
Coordinates | 46°58′42″N 11°06′57″E |
Geography | |
Parent range | Stubai Alps |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1862 by Joseph Anton Specht and A. Taufer (tourists) |
Normal route | from Isidornieder in the southwest over blockwork (Blockwerk) |
Its summit is easily accessible to experienced mountaineers from the top station of the Stubai Glacier lift on the Schaufeljoch (also Isidornieder) at 3,158 m west of the peak. Other ascents are the North Arête (UIAA grade III) and the Northeast Arête (also grade III). The route taken by the first climbers was a grade II and ran from the Schaufelnieder (Fernaujoch), in the southeast, to the summit.
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