Habicht is a mountain

Mountain

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 in the Stubai Alps

Stubai Alps

The Stubai Alps is a mountain range in the Central Eastern Alps of Europe. It is named after the Stubaital valley to its east. It is located southwest of Innsbruck, Austria, and several summits of the range form part of Austria's border with Italy...

 of Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

. For a long time, the locals believed it to be the highest mountain in Tyrol, due to its prominence above the surrounding mountains. Despite what they thought, the highest peak in the Stubai Alps is Zuckerhütl

Zuckerhütl

The Zuckerhütl is a mountain in Tyrol, Austria. At 3,505 metres , it is the highest peak of the Stubai Alps and at the southern end of the Stubaital....

which is 230 metres higher than Habicht. The name literally means "hawk" in German.

Facts

• Starting point: Gschnitz, 1,242 m, (in town)
• Destination: Habicht, 3,277 m
• Height gain: 2,000 m
• Difficulty level: Suggested for expert climbers only
• Duration: 11 hours, plus or minus depending on weather and experience of hiker