Durreck

Durreck
The Durreck from the Kofler Seen to the east
Highest point
Elevation	3,135 m s.l.m. (10,285 ft)
Prominence	618 m ↓ Weiße Wand
Coordinates	46°57′36″N 12°01′40″E / 46.96°N 12.02778°E / 46.96; 12.02778Coordinates: 46°57′36″N 12°01′40″E / 46.96°N 12.02778°E / 46.96; 12.02778
Geography
Durreck South Tyrol, Italy
Parent range	Durreck Group
Climbing
First ascent	July 1877 by C. Arnold of Munich and Josef Außerhofer of Rein
Normal route	From Rein along the southeast ridge (II)

The Durreck (3,135 m, also called the Durreckspitze, Italian: Cima Dura) is the highest mountain in the Durreck Group, a South Tyrolean range that divides the Ahrntal valley in the north from the Reintal valley in the south.

The Durreck lies on the main chain of the mountains that runs from northeast to southwest. This main crest forks only about 100 metres to the southwest at the nearby subpeak of the Zwieselnöckl (3,088 m). One branch runs southwards to the (3,059 m) and the other northwards, via the Klausnock (2,819 m), Rauchkofel (2,653 m) and Pojenspitze (2,453 m) near the Obersteiner Holm (2,395 m) above Luttach. Northeast of the Durreck at a distance of half a kilometre is a very prominent, but unnamed subpeak at 3,056 metres. Further along the main chain to the northwest is the Gamskarschneide, several peaks just under the 3000-metre mark and finally the Hirbernock (3,010 m). Northwest of the Durreck are the last remnants of glaciation in the Durreck Group, the Klausenkees glacier, that still descended as low as 2,300 metres in 1910. The whole area is part of the Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park.

The Durreck was first climbed in July 1877 by C. Arnold from Munich and Josef Außerhofer from Rein. They approached from the south, from Moosmaier Alm. In summer 1883 the Durreck was first crossed by V. H. Schnorr from Zwickau with a guide, Stabeler, from Taufers. They started from the Ahrntal to the north and descended into the Reintal valley. On 20 August 1909 another route up the Durreck was ascended for the first time by O. Primus and F. Schaufler from Innsbruck and H. Schwarweber from Pforzheim, following the northern ridge above the Klausenkees to the top.