Rote Säule (Tauern)

Rote Säule
Rote Säule
	The Rote Säule seen from the Wildenkogel
Highest point
Elevation	2,993 m (AA) (9,820 ft)
Prominence	303 m ↓ Rotebenscharte
Isolation	3.4 km → Kratzenberg
Coordinates	47°08′47″N 12°26′38″E / 47.146389°N 12.443889°E
Geography
	Rote Säule Salzburg and Tyrol, Austria
Parent range	Venediger Group
Climbing
First ascent	1865 by Franz Keil (tourist and cartographer)
Normal route	West ascent (I)

The Rote Säule (also Rote Saile^[1]) is a mountain, 2,993 m (AA),^[2] on the main chain of the Alps in the Venediger Group. It lies on the border between the Austrian states of Salzburg and East Tyrol.

Location and ascent

The Rote Säule is a peak in the extreme north of the district of Lienz. It is located on the main chain of the Tauern between the Roter Kogel (2,946 m above sea level (AA)) to the southeast and the Abretter (2,979 m above sea level (AA)) to the northwest, the Rote Säule being separated from the Abretter by the col of Abretterscharte (2,856 m above sea level (AA)). The Rote Säule has a wide north and east face. To the south are the remains of a glacier, the Gschlößkees. The Rote Säule may be climbed from the Venedigerhaus, the route branching off from the Sandebentörl path towards the northwest.