Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen

Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen
The north summit of the Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen from Durrachjöchl in the northwest
Highest point
Elevation	3,288 m (AA) (10,787 ft)
Coordinates	47°03′55″N 11°40′45″E / 47.06528°N 11.67917°E / 47.06528; 11.67917
Geography
Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen Tyrol, Austria
Parent range	Zillertal Alps
Geology
Mountain type	granite gneiss
Climbing
First ascent	North summit: 1867 by Dr. Berreitter, South summit: 7 September 1872 by Max and Richard von Frey

The Gefrorene-Wand-Spitzen are two summits on the Tux Crest (Tuxer Kamm), a mountain chain in the Zillertal Alps, one of the ranges of the central Eastern Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The north summit (Nordgipfel) is recorded as 3,286 metres high in the literature, but is 3,288 metres high according to the Federal Office for Metrology and Survey. The south summit (Südgipfel), by contrast, is only 3,270 metres high. The two peaks are about 300 metres apart. They appear from the north as a stubby, cone-shaped, firn-covered dome, but from the east as a forbidding, dark rock face. Sharp, prominent ridges radiate from the peaks to the northeast and southwest, along the main crest of the mountain range. The twin peaks are the highest points in the summer skiing area of the Hintertux Glacier and, since the end of the 1990s, have been accessible from Hintertux on cable cars and ski lifts; which makes them a popular destination for day trippers. The north summit was first conquered in 1867 by Dr. Berreitter, the south summit on 7 September 1872 by brothers Max and Richard von Frey from Salzburg.