The Großer Daumen is a 2280 metres (7,480.3 ft) high mountain in the Daumen Group in the Allgäu Alps

Allgäu Alps

The Allgäu Alps are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, located in Bavaria in Germany and Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. The range lies directly east of Lake Constance.-Principal summits:-External links:*...

 in southern Germany.

Location and area

Nestling below the Großer Daumen are the small tarn

Tarn (lake)

A tarn is a mountain lake or pool, formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn. A corrie may be called a cirque.The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn meaning pond...

s of Laufbichlsee, Koblatsee and Engeratsgundsee.

Ascent

The Großer Daumen may be ascended on an easy mountain path from Höfatsblick Station on the Nebelhorn Cable Car which is at 1924 metres (6,312.3 ft). The peak is also the end point of the Hindelang Klettersteig climbing path, which runs from the Nebelhorn

Nebelhorn

The Nebelhorn is a high mountain in the Allgäu Alps in Germany, near the village of Oberstdorf. It lends its name to the Nebelhorn Trophy figure skating competition and the Nebelhorn Classics a freeride race event...

to the Großer Daumen.