The Stubai Alps (in German Stubaier Alpen ) is a mountain range in the Central Eastern Alps of Europe. It derives its name from the Stubaital valley to its east and is located southwest of Innsbruck , Austria . Several peaks form the border between Austria and Italy. The range is bounded by the Inn River valley to the north; the Sill River valley ( Wipptal ) and the Brenner Pass to the east (separating it from the Zillertal Alps ); the Ötztal and Timmelsjoch to the west (separating it from the Ötztal Alps ), and to the south by tributaries of the Passer River and Eisack .
4-681: Serles (2,718 m) is a mountain of the Stubai Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol, Austria , between the Stubai Valley and Wipptal , near the Italian border. Its nickname is Altar von Tirol , literally the Altar of Tyrol . It has several lower peaks, including Sonnenstein (2,476 m (8,123 ft)) to the north. Located on the edge of long ridge traversing east from Habicht , it
8-744: Is a popular scrambling peak and can get very crowded in the summer. The summit provides excellent view of the Stubai Alps and Zillertal Alps . It is accessible via the Serlesjöchl: Stubai Alps Important parts of the Stubai Alps show signs of glaciation. The northern part around the Sellrain valley and the Kühtai is now only lightly glaciated and a popular ski touring destination ( Zischgeles , Lampsenspitze , Pirchkogel , Sulzkogel ). The High Stubai around
12-466: The Stubai are no. 31. Their boundary follows the following line: The Alpine Club guide to the Stubai Alps divides the range into 15 subgroups as follows: The ten highest peaks in the Stubai Alps are: There is a total of just under 500 named and surveyed mountains in the Stubai Alps. Amongst the better known are (in order of height and excluding the top ten above): The main mountain passes of
16-607: The upper Stubai valley is still heavily glaciated and a classic high mountain touring region in the Eastern Alps. Here there is a glacier ski area on the Stubai Glacier . Together with the Ötztal Alps to the west, with which they are linked by the saddle of Timmelsjoch , the Stubai Alps form one of the biggest mountain blocks of the Eastern Alps. In the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE)
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