The Patteriol is a mountain in the Verwall Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It has an elevation of . (In old literature the elevation is stated higher: . Patteriol is sometimes called "Matterhorn of Verwall" because of its shape.Beate Leifert & Mirjam Frede: Alpinvielfalt abseits vom Skizirkus – 125 Jahre Konstanzer Hütte. In: DAV Panorama, 1/2011, pages 72–75, PDF, 463 KiB
Aside from the main summit, the Patteriol has some more summits: South summit (also called Pfeilerkopf, 2,884 m) Horn (3,003 m) Kleiner Patteriol (2,590 m)
Ascents
The ascent on normal route from the alpine club hut Konstanzer Hütte at 1688 m to the summit takes approximately 4½Peter Pindur, Roland Luzian, Andreas Weiskopf: Verwallgruppe. Alpenvereinsführer, 10th edition, Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2005, pages 155–155–156, to 5verwall.de: Konstanzer Hütte, accessed 2014-12-09. hours and difficulty grade is II on UIAA climbing scale. The first ascensionists of the summit were around the year 1860 two geodesists, three hunters and a soldier (a "Kaiserjäger").
Additionally there are rock climbing routes. Some of them are: North-east ridge, UIAA grade mostly III, two spots IV− and V East pillar, grade IV+ South pillar, grade IV+
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