The 50 Finest Mountains in Austria.

This list ranks 50 mountains in Austria according to prominence (primary factor).
The list actually includes all 55 peaks with at least 1000 meter of prominence.

This data has been derived from work by Eberhard Jurgalski, Jonathan de Ferranti and several other contributors.
See this page for more much more comprehensive lists of world wide prominence.

Confirmed or suspected corrections are most welcome by email to: petter@ii.uib.no

Copyright Petter Bjørstad
I appreciate that use of these data is acknowledged including a link to my main mountain page.

Austria has 12 Ultra prominent mountains.
There are 3 peaks shared with neighbor countries among the top 50.
The top 55 peaks on this list contains 51 peaks that are completely inside Austria.

Two stars behind the rank means that I have climbed it (39/50), (41/55).

Rank	Height	Name	Primary factor	Location	Comments
1**	3798	Grossglockner	2423	N47:04, E012:42	Austria HP
2**	3768	Wildspitze	2261	N46:53, E010:52	Highest peak entirely in Tyrol
3**	2941	Hochkönig	2181	N47:25, E013:04	Hut on the summit
4**	2995	Hoher Dachstein	2136	N47:29, E013:36	Via Ferrata
5**	2515	Grosser Priel	1703	N47:43, E014:04	Unfriendly Jäger
6**	2634	Birnhorn	1665	N47:28, E012:44	Great hut!
7**	2784	Polinik	1580	N56:54, E013:09	Friendly hut
8**	2749	Birkkarspitze	1567	N47:25, E011:26	Blizzard
9**	2344	Ellmauer Halt	1552	N47:34, E012:18	Via Ferrata
10**	2369	Hochtor	1520	N47:34, E014:38	Not yet
11**	2351	Grimming	1518	N47:31, E014:01	Morning hike
12**	2396	Zirbitzkogel	1502	N47:04, E014:34	First ski in Austria.
**	**	12 Ultra Mountains	****	**	**
13**	2430	Raucheck	1463	N47:30, E013:14
14**	2371	Reisskofel	1390	N46:41, E013:09
15**	2224	Grosser Buchstein	1363	Austria
16**	2299	Hochiss	1359	Austria
17**	2076	Klosterwappen	1348	Austria
18**	2110	Mirnock	1343	Austria
19	3168	Hoher Riffler	1341	Austria
20**	2511	Grosses Ochsenhorn	1309	Austria
21**	1862	Grosser Höllkogel	1294	Austria
22**	2244	Grosser Pyhrgas	1290	Austria
23**	2236	Latschur	1268	Austria
24**	2370	Tschirgant	1263	Austria
25	2770	Grosse Sandspitze	1245	Austria
26	3036	Parseierspitze	1243	Austria
27	2340	Daniel	1233	Austria
28**	2166	Dobratsch	1233	Austria
29**	2187	Ameringkogel	1232	Austria
30	3476	Olperer	1230	Austria
31**	3666	Grossvenediger	1199	Austria
32	2768	Hochplattig	1189	Austria
33**	1961	Sonntagshorn	1181	N47:41, E012:42	Austria/Germany
34**	1782	Schafberg	1178	Austria
35**	2417	Geierhaupt	1172	Austria
36	2780	Hohe Warte	1144	N46:36, E012:53	Austria/Italy
37	2194	Guffertspitze	1143	Austria
38**	2862	Hochgolling	1124	Austria
39	2286	Stadelhorn	1121	N47:36, E012:48	Austria/Germany
40**	1774	Hochkogel	1094	Austria
41**	2363	Geisstein	1089	Austria
42	2238	Köllenspitze	1088	Austria
43**	1975	Hoher Sarstein	1084	Austria
44**	1919	Hochstadl	1072	Austria
45**	2139	Hochobir	1071	Austria
46**	2027	Gamsfeld	1070	Austria
47	2558	Kreuzjoch	1051	Austria
48**	2277	Hochschwab	1045	Austria
49**	2119	Spitzegel	1045	Austria
50**	2145	Wöllaner Nock	1042	Austria
**	**	50 Finest	****	**	**
51	3507	Zuckerhütl	1033	Austria
52**	2237	Hochstuhl	1021	N46:26, E014:10	Austria/Slovenia
53	2376	Knittelkarspitze	1017	Austria
54**	1773	Unterberghorn	1013	Austria
**	**	50 Finest, no border peaks	****	**	**
55	1828	Hohe Salve	1010	Austria
**	**	55 peaks with more than 1000m	****	**	**
56	1963	Hoher Nock	999	Austria
57	2656	Grosser Krottenkopf	996	Austria
58	2196	Grosse Arnspitze	993	N47:24, E011:13	Austria/Germany
59	2341	Thaneller	992	Austria
60	2007	Heukuppe	992	Austria

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