Multipitch Atlas

Karwendel (Innsbruck Nordkette)

Austria

Take the Nordkettenbahn from Innsbruck to Seegrube, and you are 45 minutes from south-facing Karwendel limestone above the city. The season is June to October, while the lifts run.

Route
1
Grade span
6a
Longest route: Mit Vergnügen – avec plaisir
300 m

Where and when

Location and climate

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Westliche Sattelspitze, Nordkette above Innsbruck

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1 route

Routes in Karwendel (Innsbruck Nordkette)

Frau Hitt and the Westliche and Östliche Sattelspitze on the Innsbruck Nordkette, seen from the east

Austria · Karwendel (Innsbruck Nordkette)

Mit Vergnügen – avec plaisir

A plaisir line straight above Innsbruck, reached by cable car. Two pitches are UIAA 6-/6 (5+/A0) and the rest is mostly grade 4–5. The upper pitches are grassy, so avoid it when wet.

6a9 pitches300 m

Local words

At the crag and in town

German

Seil
rope
Expresse, Exe
quickdraw
Bohrhaken
bolt
Stand
belay, anchor
Seillänge
pitch
Zu!
Take!
Seil!
Slack!
Seil ein!
Take in!

Austria

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