The Hocheisspitze is a 2,523 m high mountain in the Berchtesgaden Alps, over which the border between Germany and Austria runs. It is also the highest mountain in the eponymous Hocheis Group that belongs to the Hochkalter Massif.
The first reported ascent of the Hocheisspitze was by Hermann von Barth on 6 September 1868, although it is suspected that the mountain had been climbed much earlier.
The unmarked normal route runs over the Hocheis Cirque (Hocheiskar) up to the summit from the west. The top can also be reached over the sharp ridge between the Kammerlinghorn (2,484 m) and the Hocheisspitze. However, that requires sections of UIAA grade II-III to be climbed. In winter ski mountaineers undertake ski tours of the mountain.
References
Sources
Bernhard Kühnhauser: Berchtesgadener Alpen – Alpenvereinsführer alpin. 19th, completely revised, edition. Bergverlag Rother, Ottobrunn 2009, Kompass walking, cycling and ski touring map: Blatt 14 Berchtesgadener Land-Chiemgauer Alpen (1:50,000). Kompass-Karten, Innsbruck 2008,
Mountains of the Alps
Berchtesgaden Alps
Mountains of Bavaria
Mountains of Salzburg (state) Two-thousanders of Austria Berchtesgadener Land Weißbach bei Lofer Two-thousanders of Germany