Weißkugel

Weißkugel (; ), or Weißkogel, is the second highest mountain in the Ötztal Alps and the third highest mountain in Austria. Featuring many glaciers, it lies on the border between Austria and Italy. The easiest way to climb it is over its southern side.

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Mountain.name: Weißkugel
Mountain.photo: WeisskugelFromN.jpg
Mountain.elevation_m: 3739
Mountain.prominence_m: 565
Mountain.parent_peak: Wildspitze
Mountain.map: Austria
Mountain.map_caption: Location on the Austrian-Italian border
Mountain.label_position: bottom
Mountain.location: Tyrol, Austria /South Tyrol, Italy
Mountain.range: Ötztal Alps
Mountain.listing: Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Mountain.first_ascent: summer of 1845 by Johann Gurschler and Josef Weitthalm, or 30 Sep 1861 by Joseph Anton Specht, Leander Klotz, and Nicodem Klotz (or Johann Raffeiner)
Mountain.easiest_route: Glacier ascent over the south ridge

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The ascent by Joseph Anton Specht from Vienna, guided by Leander and Nicodem Klotz from Vent in 1861, was and is usually considered the first. However, personal notes of Archduke John of Austria about his excursion over the Niederjoch from Vent to Schnals in the summer of 1846, made public in 1903, suggest that his guides, Johann Gurschler and Josef Weitthalm from Schnals, had climbed the mountain the previous summer.

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