The <b>Schnalskamm ridge</b> is part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96tztal_Alps" class="extiw" title="en:Ötztal Alps">Ötztal Alps'</a> main chain alongside the borderline between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria" class="extiw" title="en:Austria">Austria</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Italy">Italy.</a> The picture shows a subsection of the Schnalskamm called "Fineilgruppe" (Fineil ridge) — named after its highest peak, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fineilspitze" class="extiw" title="en:Fineilspitze">Feineilspitze.</a> It was taken at the Austrian side of the Ötztal Alps and therefore shows the chain's north face. The far away mountains to the left are part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stubai_Alps" class="extiw" title="en:Stubai Alps">Stubai Alps.</a> Additionally there are two side chains: the Kreuzkamm (mountains between Fineilspitze and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreuzspitze_(%C3%96tztal_Alps)" class="extiw" title="en:Kreuzspitze (Ötztal Alps)">Kreuzspitze</a>) and the Saldurner Kamm (to the right). To the right of the center of the frame is a skiing area called "Schnalstaler Gletscherbahn", which is one of the few skiing areas in the Alps that has open year-round. Its top station "Berghotel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grawand" class="extiw" title="en:Grawand">Grawand</a>" (3212 m, 10538 ft) has the highest indoor pool in the Alps.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Wilder_Kaiser" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Wilder Kaiser">Bernie</a>
2008-07-01
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>