The Hinterreintalschrofen is a 2,669 m high peak on the main, east-west oriented crest (the Teufelsgrat or "Devil's Ridge") of the Wetterstein Mountains in the Eastern Alps

Eastern Alps

Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps, usually defined as the area east of the Splügen Pass in eastern Switzerland. North of the Splügen Pass, the Posterior Rhine forms the border, and south of the pass, the Liro river and Lake Como form the boundary line.-Geography:The...

. It is a massive and dominant mountain with a high rock face that plunges into the Reintal

Reintal (Wetterstein)

The Reintal is the name given to the upper and lower valleys of the River Partnach between the Zugspitzplatt plateau and the Partnachklamm gorge...

 valley to the north and stamps the appearance of the Wetterstein when seen from the north. In spite of that, the mountain is rarely climbed. Its neighbouring peaks are the Hochwanner

Hochwanner

At , the Hochwanner is the second highest mountain in Germany after the Zugspitze...

(2,746 m) to the west and the Hundstallköpfe (2,533 m) to the east. The Teufelsgrat runs along the national border between the Austria

Austria

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n state of Tyrol, (Gaistal) in the south and the German

Germany

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 state of Bavaria

Bavaria

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, (Reintal

Reintal (Wetterstein)

The Reintal is the name given to the upper and lower valleys of the River Partnach between the Zugspitzplatt plateau and the Partnachklamm gorge...

) in the north.

First ascent

The mountain was first climbed either on 1 September 1871 by Freiherr Hermann von Barth

Hermann von Barth

Hermann von Barth was a famous German mountaineer.Hermann von Barth was born on 5 June 1845 at Eurasburg Castle. He initially studied law in Munich, where he was affiliated to the Corps Franconia. As a junior lawyer he began in 1868 in Berchtesgaden to explore the still largely unconquered...

 or, according Stefan Beulke, not until 1897 by A. Heinrich and F. Henning.

Bases in the Gaistal valley

• Gaistalalm at 1356 m
• Rotmoosalm at 1810 m
• Hemermoosalm at 1417 m

Easiest ascent

From the Rotmoosalm the normal route takes from 2 to 3 hours and runs up the southern flank of the Hinterreintalschrofen through rock gullies and scree slopes with rock outcrops to a crossing on the narrow western arête (Westgrat), which runs, exposed in places, to the very exposed summit. This route requires an ability to cope with grade I (UIAA) climbs.

Sources

• Stefan Beulke, Alpenvereinsführer Wetterstein, Munich, 1996, ISBN 3-7633-1119-X
• Alpenvereinskarte 1:25,000, Sheets 4/2 und 4/3, Wetterstein und Mieminger Gebirge