Kleiner Solstein
The Kleiner Solstein is a mountain, 2,637 m (AA) high, in the Nordkette in the Karwendel Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Despite its name ("Small Solstein") it towers above its western neighbour, the Großer Solstein ("Great Solstein") (2,541 m (AA)) by almost 100 m (330 ft) and is thus the highest summit in the Nordkette. The southern side of the Kleiner Solstein facing the Inn valley is characterised by schrofen and steep-sided cirques. To the north it plummets in a rock face up to 600 m (2,000 ft) high towards the valley of Großkristental, which runs from the Gleirsch valley in a southwesterly direction to the Erl Saddle.
| Kleiner Solstein | |
|---|---|
Left to right: Hintere Brandjochspitze, Hohe Warte, Kleiner Solstein, Großer Solstein. Taken from the Reither Spitze (from west-northwest) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,637 m (AA) (8,652 ft) |
| Prominence | 2,637-2,121 m ↓ Kreuzjöchl |
| Isolation | 8.0 km → Western Praxmarerkarspitze |
| Listing | Highest peak in the Nordkette |
| Coordinates | 47°18′07″N 11°19′27″E |
| Geography | |
Kleiner Solstein Tyrol, Austria | |
| Parent range | Nordkette, Karwendel |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Triassic |
| Type of rock | Wetterstein Limestone |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1867 by Pock, Wechner, Angermaier |
| Normal route | Ascent from the west |
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