Hinterautal-Vomper Chain

The Hinterautal-Vomper Chain, also called the main chain of the Karwendel, is the longest mountain chain in the Karwendel Alps in Austria. It has numerous peaks that reach heights of 2,500 m, including the highest summit of the Karwendel, the Birkkarspitze, and its neighbour, the three Ödkarspitzen. While long ridges radiate south and north from the western part of the main chain, with typical Karwendel cirques nestling between them, the eastern part of the chain has an almost 1,000 m high, solid rock face on the northern side, which is most striking at the Laliderer Wand. The main chain is divided into the Hinterautal chain in the west and the Vomper Chain in the east and runs through the Karwendel Alps from Scharnitz in the west to the village of Vomp in the east.

North of the Hinterautal-Vomper Chain is the Northern Karwendel Chain, to the south follows the Gleirsch-Halltal Chain, large parts of which have steep, northern slopes, often vertical and hundreds of metres high which are…