The Tannheimer Tal is a high side valley of the Allgäu Alps in north-west Tyrol, just over the border from Füssen and Pfronten. Its climbing is on grey, pocketed and often very compact limestone on the south and south-east faces of the Gimpel, Rote Flüh, Kellenspitze and the Zwerchwand, between about 1800 and 2200 m. Nesselwängle is the base village: a signed path (paid car park at the west end of the village) leads in about an hour to the Gimpelhaus and the Tannheimer Hütte, which sit right under the walls. Trains run to Reutte or Pfronten with buses on to Nesselwängle. The season runs from late spring, once the cirque is clear of snow, into October.
GuidebookKletterführer Allgäu, inklusive Tannheimer Berge, A. Pasold, M. Lutz (2024, Panico Alpinverlag). Buy from kletterfuehrer.net. The route pages here are aggregated by AI from public sources; climb with the guidebook.
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Gimpel south-east buttress above Nesselwängle (the Zwerchwand is 300 m east) · 1,956 m
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun (usual season) | Jul (usual season) | Aug (usual season) | Sep (usual season) | Oct (usual season) | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean daily high °C | −5 | −4 | −0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | −4 |
| Mean daily low °C | −14 | −13 | −10 | −7 | −2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | −3 | −9 | −13 |
| Rain days 1 mm or more | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 15 |
● usual season. 1991-2020 averages at about 1956 m; rain is for a 10–25 km grid cell. Weather and climate data: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0.
Austria · Tannheimer Tal
Six short, sustained pitches of steep pocket climbing on the best rock of the Gimpelvorbau, almost all at UIAA VI+. Big pockets let you clip comfortably, so it is less fierce than it looks. One of the most popular sport routes above the Gimpelhaus.
6a+VII-5.10b6a+VII-5.10b6 pitches170 m
Austria · Tannheimer Tal
Short, steep pitches on rough, pocketed rock: a fine layback crack, a traverse on shrinking pockets and a thin slab crux. Sustained at UIAA VI to VI+, with two bolt-ladder sections you can pull through. bergsteigen.com calls it perhaps the finest route of its grade in the area.
6bVII5.10c6bVII5.10c6 pitches135 m
Austria · Tannheimer Tal
Steep, juggy climbing on excellent rock in the left-hand part of the Gimpelvorbau, sustained between UIAA V+ and VI with a short VI+. Short enough to add to another route on the buttress.
6a+VII-5.10b6a+VII-5.10b5 pitches130 m