The Hochfeiler (; ) is a mountain, 3,510 metres high, and the highest peak in the Zillertal Alps on the border between Tyrol, Austria, and South Tyrol, Italy.
The normal route to the summit Hochfeiler (Gran Pilastro) is at the Austrian-Italian border. The Austrian side of the mountain is completely under glacier. The normal south route from the Italian side is usually snow-free during the summer.
References
Heinrich Klier, Walter Klier: Alpine Club Guide Zillertaler Alpen, Rother Verlag, Munich, (1996), Zeitschrift des Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Vol. II, page 127, Vienna, 1870/71 Carl Diener in Eduard Richter (ed.): Die Erschließung der Ostalpen, Vol. III, Berlin, 1894 Raimund von Klebelsberg: Geologie von Tirol, Berlin, 1935 Alpine Club Map 1:25,000 series, Sheet 35/1 Tabacco-Verlag, Udine, carta topografica 1:25,000, Sheet 037, Hochfeiler-Pfunderer Berge
External links
Hochfeiler - Gran Pilastro in Mountains for Everybody. Gran Pilastro - Hochfeiler in AllTrails