The Stripsenkopf is a 1,807 metre high mountain in the Kaisergebirge

Kaisergebirge

The Kaisergebirge is a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and Eastern Alps. It consists of two main mountain ridges – the Zahmer Kaiser to the north and the Wilder Kaiser to the south. The entire range is situated in the Austrian state of Tyrol between the town of Kufstein and the...

 range of the Northern Limestone Alps

Northern Limestone Alps

The Northern Limestone Alps are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germany. The distinction from the latter group, where the higher peaks are located, is based on differences in geological composition...

 in 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...

. It belongs to the Zahmer Kaiser group and its summit is covered in mountain pine

Mountain Pine

Pinus mugo, the Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine, is a high-altitude European pine, found in the Pyrenees, Alps, Erzgebirge, Carpathians, northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula mountains from 1,000 m to 2,200 m, occasionally as low as 200 m in the north of the range in Germany and Poland, and as high...

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Location

The Stripsenkopf rises immediately north of the Stripsenjoch

Stripsenjoch

The Stripsenjoch is a small mountain pass in Austria with a height of , which forms a bridge between the mountain ridges of the Zahmer Kaiser and the Wilder Kaiser, the two halves of the Kaisergebirge. In addition it marks the watershed between the Kaisertal in the west and the Kaiserbach valley...

 saddle, which separates the peak from the Wilder Kaiser.
Its unique location makes the Stripsenkopf a very popular destination with its commanding view of the rock faces on the Karlspitzen

Karlspitzen

The Karlspitzen is a twin-peaked mountain in the middle of the Kaisergebirge range of the Northern Limestone Alps in Austria. The two peaks are the northern Hinteren Karlspitze and the southern Vorderen Karlspitze with its summit cross; they are linked by a sharp, exposed, rocky arête...

 and Totenkirchl

Totenkirchl

The Totenkirchl is mountain, 2,190 m high, in the Wilder Kaiser range in the Northern Limestone Alps in Austria, east of Kufstein in Tyrol....

. From the Stripsenkopf a wide ridge runs northeast over to the Feldberg (1,814 m), a frequently used climbing path heading along it toward Griesenau. On the west side the Stripsenkopf falls away into the Kaisertal

Kaisertal

The Kaisertal is a striking mountain valley between the mountain chains of the Zahmer and Wilder Kaiser in Austria's Kaisergebirge range in the Tyrol. In the ravine on the valley floor flows the stream of the Kaiserbach , which discharges north of Kufstein into the Inn...

 valley, its slopes covered in mountain pine and woods. To the southeast its steep flanks and gullies drop into the Kaiserbach valley

Kaiserbach valley

The Kaiserbach valley is a mountain valley in the Austrian province of Tyrol in the district of Kitzbühel. The Kaiserbach valley runs from Griesenau to Stripsenjoch; it therefore lies in the eastern part of the Kaisergebirge mountains. To the north it is bordered by the Feldberg, which belongs to...

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Routes

Numerous signposted routes lead to the Stripsenkopf. As a rule they do not pose any problems and are therefore very frequently used. The normal route begins at the Griesner Alm (1,000 m) and leads via the Stripsenjochhaus

Stripsenjochhaus

The Stripsenjochhaus is an Alpine club hut owned by the Kufstein branch of the Austrian Alpine Club in the Kaisergebirge mountain range in the Austrian state of Tyrol.- Location :...

 to the summit with its wooden pavilion after about 2.5 hours. Considerably longer is the route from Kufstein

Kufstein

Kufstein is a city in Tyrol, Austria, located along the river Inn, in the lower Inn valley, near the border with Bavaria, Germany, and is the site of a post World War II French sector United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Displaced Persons camp.Kufstein is the second largest city...

 via the Anton Karg Haus

Anton Karg Haus

The Anton Karg Haus is an Alpine club hut belonging to the Kufstein Section of the Austrian Alpine Club in the Kaisergebirge mountains in the Austrian state of Tyrol...

 and the Hans Berger Haus

Hans Berger Haus

The Hans Berger Haus is a refuge hut belonging to the Kufstein section of the Austrian Friends of Nature, located in the Kaisergebirge mountains in Tyrol. The tenants run a well-known climbing school here.- Location :...

 to the Stripsenkopf in about 5 hours. In addition there is a climb from the Kohltal valley near Schwendt

Schwendt

Schwendt is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district and is located 17 km north of Kitzbühel as well as 6 km below Kössen. The name of the village comes from the old word „schwenden“. Main sources of income are tourism and agriculture. It has 766 inhabitants....

 over the Tristecken and another route from Griesenau via the Scheibenbühelalm and the neighbouring Feldberg to the Stripsenkopf.