Hinterer Bratschenkopf

Hinterer Bratschenkopf
The Vorderer (left) and Hinterer Bratschenkopf (middle, with summit cross), with the Klockerin (right), seen from Kaindlgrat to the north
Highest point
Elevation	3,413 m (AA) (11,198 ft)
Coordinates	47°09′07″N 12°34′09″E / 47.15194°N 12.56917°E / 47.15194; 12.56917
Geography
Hinterer Bratschenkopf Salzburg, Austria
Parent range	Hohe Tauern, Glockner Group, Fusch/Kaprun Crest
Geology
Mountain type(s)	calc-schist, Bratschen
Climbing
First ascent	18 September 1869 by Karl Hofmann, Johann Stüdl and mountain guides, Thomas Groder and Josef Schnell
Easiest route	from the Heinrich Schwaiger Haus over the Kaindlgrat, the Wielingerscharte and the northeast flank to the summit

The Hinterer Bratschenkopf is a mountain in the Glockner Group on the Fusch-Kaprun ridge (Fuscher / Kapruner Kamm) in the High Tauern, a high mountain range in the Austrian Central Alps. According to the listed sources it is 3,412 metres high, but the Austrian Federal Office for Metrology and Survey gives its height as 3,413 metres. The mountain lies in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It appears from the north, east and south as a gently curved firn summit, but from the west it has a mighty, 1,400-metre-high (4,600 ft) and 40 to 60° rock face. A steep, 500-metre-long (1,600 ft) knife-edge ridge bears away from the mountaintop to the north. Due to its close proximity to the Heinrich Schwaiger Haus, the summit is a popular viewing point. The peak was first climbed on 18 September 1869 by the Munich Alpinist, Karl Hofmann, the Prague businessman, Johann Stüdl, and mountain guides Thomas Groder and Josef Schnell from Kals am Großglockner.^[1]