Zwieselbacher Rosskogel

Zwieselbacher Rosskogel
The Zwieselbacher Rosskogel from the Gleirscher Rosskogel to the south. To the right of the main summit is the north top which bears a summit cross.
Highest point
Elevation	3,081 m (AA) (10,108 ft)
Prominence	330 m ↓ Gleirschjöchl
Isolation	3.7 km → Vordere Sonnenwand
Coordinates	47°09′46″N 11°02′51″E / 47.16278°N 11.0475°E / 47.16278; 11.0475Coordinates: 47°09′46″N 11°02′51″E / 47.16278°N 11.0475°E / 47.16278; 11.0475
Geography
Zwieselbacher Rosskogel Tyrol, Austria
State/Province	AT-7
Parent range	Stubai Alps
Climbing
First ascent	23 August 1881 by Ludwig Purtscheller and Franz Schnaiter (touristically)
Normal route	From the Schweinfurter Hut or the Neue Pforzheimer Hut via the col immediately north of the summit.

The Zwieselbacher Rosskogel (3,081 m (AA) or 3,082 m (AA)) is a might double peak in the northern Stubai Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Its summit offers a sweeping panorama to the north because no other higher mountains impede the view. To the south, by contrast, the view is restricted by higher summits in the Stubai Alps. The first well known ascent took place on 23 August 1881 by Ludwig Purtscheller accompanied by chamois hunter Franz Schnaiter from Zirl.

The Zwieselbacher Rosskogel is situated in the area of three high valleys: north of the summit is the Kraspes valley (Kraspestal) and, to the east, is the Gleirsch valley (Gleischtal), both side valleys of the Sellrain. To the west of the mountain lies the Zwiselbach valley (Zwiselbachtal), a side valley of the Horlach valley (Horlachtal), which, in turn, opens at Niederthai into the Ötztal valley. From the crest that runs from north to south separating the Zwieselbach and Gleirsch valleys, a side ridge branches off at the Zwieselbacher Rosskogel in a northeasterly direction on which another three-thousander rises just under one kilometre away, the Rotgrubenspitze (3,040 m). On the ridge north of the summit are the peaks of the Weitkarspitzen (up to 2,947 m) and the Kraspesspitze (2,954 m). On the prominent arête to the south at a distance of about 750 metres is another striking peak, the Gleirscher Rosskogel (2,994 m).

Nestling between the ridges that head north and northeast is the small glacier, the Kraspesferner, which had an area of 0.69 km² in 1969, but which has been badly affected by glacial retreat.