Höfats
Sign in to saveThe Höfats is a 2,259 m high mountain in the Allgäu Alps. Located near Oberstdorf, it separates the Oy and the Dietersbach valleys, along with the Rauheck and other lower summits. With its very steep faces it is the most striking of the Allgau "grass mountains" (Grasberge) and is unique in the Eastern Alps. It may be compared to the mountains of the Lofoten.
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- Has part
- Hahnenkopf
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Oberstdorf
- Elevation
- 2258
- Image
- Höfats from Himmelecksattel.jpg
- Significant event
- first ascent
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- Höfats
- mountain range
- Allgäu Alps
- name
- Höfats
- inventory number
- II/B-22.II-C.7.b
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The Höfats is a 2,259 m high mountain in the Allgäu Alps. Located near Oberstdorf, it separates the Oy and the Dietersbach valleys, along with the Rauheck and other lower summits. With its very steep faces it is the most striking of the Allgau "grass mountains" (Grasberge) and is unique in the Eastern Alps. It may be compared to the mountains of the Lofoten.
== Location and surrounding area == The Höfats has four almost equally high and narrow summits, whose appearance has been said in the past to resemble that of a Gothic cathedral.
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