Rote Spitze

#463 among destinations in Austria

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Rote Spitze is a mountain in Austria and, at 2,956 m, the second highest peak in the Villgraten Mountains. It lies south of St. Jakob in Defereggen and east of the Austro-Italian border. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1896Coordinates: 46°52'35"N, 12°20'39"E

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TyrolAustria

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Rote Spitze – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Defereggen Valley, Weiße Spitze, Gritzer See, Church of St. Veit.

2.7 miN
Valley
Defereggen Valley, St Jakob in Defereggen
70 min walk • The Defereggen Valley, or simply Defereggen, is the middle of the three East Tyrolean high mountain valleys running from east to west. Its parallel-running neighbours are the Puster Valley and the Virgen Valley. The Defereggental is linked by a road called the Defereggentalstraße.
0.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Weiße Spitze
19 min walk • The Weiße Spitze, at a height of 2,962 m, is the highest peak in the Villgraten Mountains. It lies south of St. Jakob in Defereggen and east of the Austro-Italian border. The close western neighbour of the Weiße Spitze is the somewhat lower Rote Spitze. The names of the two summits are, however, not absolutely clear.
5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Gritzer See
127 min walk • Gritzer See is a lake of Tyrol, Austria.
5 miNE
Church
Church of St. Veit, Sankt Veit in Defereggen
129 min walk • The list of listed objects in St. Veit in Defereggen contains the 6 listed immovable objects in the municipality of St. Veit in Defereggen.
2.9 miN
46°55'1"N • 12°19'50"E
Pfarrkirche St. Jakob, St Jakob in Defereggen
74 min walk • Church
3 miN
46°55'6"N • 12°19'51"E
Friedhofskapelle, St Jakob in Defereggen
76 min walk • Church
2.9 miN
46°55'1"N • 12°19'48"E
War Memorial, St Jakob in Defereggen
74 min walk • Memorial
5.8 miN
Alpine hut, Hiking
Lasörlinghütte
148 min walk • The Lasörlinghütte is a private refuge in the Lasörlinggruppe. The hut is located in the rearmost Mullitztal, the so-called Glauret, where copper mining was already practiced in prehistoric times.
4.7 miS
Locality
Innervillgraten
121 min walk • Innervillgraten is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The region is one of the most remote regions in Austria. A year-long connection to the valley was established as late as 1956.