Hoher Ifen map

Hoher Ifen

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2 230 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

483 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 806 m

About

The Hoher Ifen (also Hochifen) is a 2,230 metre (according to German survey: 2,229 m) 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.

There's a hiking trail (T2) leading to the summit.

By elevation Hoher Ifen is

# 1 out of 19 in Hoher Ifen
# 59 out of 381 in Landkreis Oberallgäu
# 34 out of 245 in Bezirk Bregenz

By prominence Hoher Ifen is

# 1 out of 19 in Hoher Ifen
# 13 out of 690 in the Allgäu Alps
# 56 out of 8134 in Bavaria
# 64 out of 37308 in Germany
# 6 out of 381 in Landkreis Oberallgäu
# 7 out of 245 in Bezirk Bregenz
# 22 out of 1003 in Vorarlberg
# 54 out of 2187 in the Bavarian Alps

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