Hoher Ifen

Hoher Ifen
The Hoher Ifen and the Ifen Plateau seen from the south
Highest point
Elevation2,230 m (AA) (7,320 ft)
Prominence478 m ↓ Gerach Saddle (Gerachsattel) → Großer Widderstein
Isolation7.5 km → Kleiner Widderstein
Coordinates47°21′14″N 10°05′50″E / 47.35389°N 10.09722°E / 47.35389; 10.09722
Geography
Hoher Ifen is located in Austria
Hoher Ifen
Hoher Ifen
Parent rangeNorthwestern Walsertal Mountains, Allgäu Alps
Climbing
Easiest routefrom the Schwarzwasser valley and from the northeast, if necessary with the aid of the chairlift

The Hoher Ifen (also Hochifen) is a 2,230 metre[1] (according to German survey: 2,229 m[2]) high mountain in the Allgäu Alps, west of the Kleinwalsertal valley. In winter it forms the backdrop for a small ski area. It lies on the border between Germany and Austria. The summit is the highest point on the gently, tilted Ifen plateau.

Northeast of the Ifen plateau is the Gottesacker plateau, a karst landscape which has been designated a nature reserve and which has numerous caves and rare mountain plants. The most important caves are the Hölloch im Mahdtal and the Schneckenloch Cave near Schönenbach. On the eastern slopes of the massif a Stone Age dwelling site was discovered on the mountain pasture of Schneiderkürenalpe at a height of about 1,500 m.


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