Stubai Alps


The Stubai Alps 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 and the Brenner Pass to the east ; the Ötztal and Timmelsjoch to the west, and to the south by tributaries of the Passer River and Eisack.

Geography

Some 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. The High Stubai around 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.

Boundary and neighbouring mountain groups

In the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps the Stubai are no. 31.
Their boundary follows the following line:
  • in the north, it follows the course of the River Inn
  • * in the northwest, it follows the Inn from its confluence with the Ötztaler Ache to the confluence with the Gurglbach, then to the Mieming Chain in the Northern Limestone Alps
  • * in the north, it follows the River Inn to Innsbruck, which divides the Stubai Alps from the Karwendel in the Northern Limestone Alps
  • in the east, it is formed by the Wipptal valley:
  • * in the northeast it follows the Sill to its confluence with the Schmirnbach near St. Jodok, opposite the Tux Alps
  • * in the southeast, it follows the Sill to the Brenner Pass – Eisack to Sterzing, which separates the Stubai Alps from the Zillertal Alps
  • in the south it follows the lower Ridaunbach – Jaufenbach – Jaufen Pass – St. Leonhard in Passeier, a line which divides it from the Sarntal Alps
  • in the west, it follows the line: Passeiertal – Schönauer Alm – Timmelsjoch – Timmelsbach – Gurgler Ache – Ötztaler Ache to its confluence with the Inn, forming the boundary to the Ötztal Alps

    Subgroups

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 :
The main mountain passes of the Stubai Alps are: