Hoher Tenn

The Hoher Tenn, formerly also called the Hochtenn, is a double-peaked mountain in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg. It has a southwest summit, called the Bergspitze with a height of 3,368 metres (11,050 ft), and a northeast summit, the Schneespitze, which is 3,317 metres (10,883 ft) high. The Tenn belongs to the Glockner Group in the central part of the High Tauern in the Austrian Central Alps. Between the two summits at a height of 3,293 metres (10,804 ft) is the Tenn Saddle (Tennsattel). Long knife-edge ridges run away to the northeast and northwest. It has a large topographical prominence, especially to the north, which, together with its easy accessibility, make it a popular climbing mountain. Seen from Zell am See in the Pinzgau it is second only to the Imbachhorn (2,470 metres (8,100 ft)) in dominating the Tauern panorama.

Hoher Tenn
View looking south from the N end of the Zeller See over Zell am See Centre: Hoher Tenn (3,368 m) with the Imbachhorn (2,470 m) and foothills. Right: Kitzsteinhorn (3,203 m); left: Schwarzkopf (2,765 m)
Highest point
Elevation	3,368 m (AA) (11,050 ft)
Prominence	337 m ↓ Wiesbach Col (Wiesbachscharte)
Isolation	2.1 km → Großes Wiesbachhorn
Listing	Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates	47°10′45″N 12°45′02″E
Geography
Hoher Tenn Salzburg, Austria
Parent range	Glocknergruppe, Hohe Tauern
Geology
Mountain type	Double summit
Rock type	limestone schist / summit block made of serpentinite
Climbing
First ascent	about 1840 by Cardinal Frederick, Prince of Schwarzenberg, with a small company
Normal route	from the Gleiwitz Hut via Kempsenkopf, Hirzbachtörl and the northwest ridge to the summit

History

The Hoher Tenn was first ascended, according to unconfirmed sources, in the 1840s by Cardinal Frederick, Prince of Schwarzenberg "with a small company" (in kleiner Gesellschaft). The first documented crossing of both summits was on 16 August 1871 by the furrier, Albert Kaindl, from Linz and Josef Pöschl from Vienna with mountain guide, Johann Grill, known as the Kederbacher. That said, the party found trigonometric signs on both peaks that must have been made in the 1850s as part of the state survey.

Literature and map

• Willi End: Alpine Club Guide Glocknergruppe, Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 2003, ISBN 3-7633-1266-8
• Eduard Richter: Die Erschließung der Ostalpen, III. Band, Verlag des Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Berlin, 1894
• Alpine Club Map 1:25,000, Sheet 40, Glocknergruppe