Gargglerin

Gargglerin is a 2 470-metre peak in the Stubai Alps of Austrian Tirol. It stands at the northern end of a ridge that splits off from the main chain two kilometres to the south. The summit is a jagged dolomite tower rising above a base of gneiss and mica-schist. From the top, the view stretches across the upper Gschnitztal, the Tribulaun peaks and the Habicht massif.

The easiest route climbs from the Badlerscharte col at 2 350 metres. The col itself is reached from Obertal in the Gschnitztal by a waymarked path that passes the Tribulaunhütte at 2 064 metres. A second approach from Obertal once followed the north-west flank, but after a rockfall it was rerouted in 2010. The south and east faces offer graded alpine climbing of the second and third degree.

The ridge continues north-east to the Eningkopf (2 183 m) and drops westwards to the Badlalm alpine pasture. The dolomite slabs are split by frost into a cluster of slender rock needles. The summit block is small, so only a few people can stand there at once without disturbing the fragile rock.