Kleiner Solstein

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 / 47.30194°N 11.32417°E / 47.30194; 11.32417
Geography
Kleiner Solstein Tyrol, Austria
Parent range	Nordkette, Karwendel
Geology
Age of rock	Triassic
Type of rock	Wetterstein Limestone[1]
Climbing
First ascent	1867 by Pock, Wechner, Angermaier
Normal route	Ascent from the west

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.