Mountain·Italy / Austria

Hintere Schwärze

3,624m

Schnalskamm

32-Fuß-Freak · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation: 3,624m
Prominence: 854m
Isolation: 13km
Relief: 1,907mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope: 52°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit: All yearSee month by month ↓
Summit: 46.7739°N, 10.9150°E

Mountain in the Ötztal Alps at the border Tyrol / South Tyrol

Hintere Schwärze is a mountain in the Schnalskamm (Italy). Its summit stands 3,624 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 854 m, and the nearest higher ground is 13 km away.

From the lowest point within 5 km (1,717 m), it rises 1,907 m. The steepest side is the south face: 31° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 52° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Senales, 8 km away at 1,343 m: 2,281 m below the summit.

Hintere Schwärze for skiers and climbers

Two scores out of 10, built only from open data — every part is shown. They describe what the mountain offers, not how safe it is.

Hiking & mountaineering

9.4/10

Difficulty to the top

Alpine climb

Most path sections around the top are T6 on the SAC hiking scale. Glaciers around the top.

Indicative only — never a safety assessment. Conditions change: ask local guides and check the forecast.

2.5/2.519 waymarked routes and 102 path sections nearby
1.5/1.57 huts and shelters
2.0/22,281 m of ascent from the valley
1.3/1.5854 m of prominence
1.5/1.56 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
0.6/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

7.4/10

3.2/492 km of downhill runs
1.2/1.533 ski lifts
0.0/1.5lift station heights not mapped
3.0/37 months of snow at about 1,843 m

Runs by difficulty

Easy 30 km
Intermediate 37 km
Difficult 12 km

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 1,843 m, in the middle of the ski area: snow from November to May.

Snow on the ground all month
Snow some of the time
No snow
This month

33 lifts · 0 km cross-country

How these scores are made

Ski (where OpenStreetMap has skiing within 12 km): up to 4 points for the length of downhill runs (300 km or more = 4), 1.5 for the number of lifts (40+), 1.5 for the vertical between lift stations (1,500 m) and 3 for the snow season — a month counts when the estimated mean temperature at the height of the ski area is −1 °C or lower and snow falls or lies there (NASA POWER, 2001–2020). Hiking & mountaineering: up to 2.5 for waymarked routes and paths, 1.5 for huts, 2 for the ascent from the valley (2,000 m), 1.5 for prominence (3,000 m), 1.5 for the season (months with summit afternoons above −5 °C) and 1 for via ferratas, climbing and glaciers. OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: where few things are mapped, a score can be lower than reality.

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Snow

When there is snow on Hintere Schwärze

At the summit, snow all year round. Month by month below, at different heights on the way up.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Summit3,624 msnow all year round	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Halfway up2,484 msnow from October to June	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	No snow	No snow	No snow	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month
Senales1,343 msnow from December to April (some years from November to April)	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	Snow on the ground all month	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	No snow	Snow some of the time	Snow on the ground all month

Snow on the ground all month
Snow some of the time
No snow
This month

Estimate for a normal year: average temperature and precipitation from NASA POWER, carried to each height, in a simple model of snow building up and melting. In a given year snow can come earlier or stay longer. It does not replace the local snow and avalanche bulletin.

Summit weather

Hintere Schwärze, month by month

Not a forecast: long-term averages (1991–2020), carried up to the summit. The orange line is where an average afternoon reaches 0 °C; above the dashed blue line it freezes even at dawn.

On an average July afternoon the summit reaches about 6 °C; on January nights it falls to about -24 °C. In 8 months of the year it stays below freezing at the top even in the afternoon. In July the 0 °C line climbs to about 4,500 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, February is the driest month (50 mm) and August the wettest (167 mm).

0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit

Month	Summit high °C	Summit low °C	Senales high °C	0 °C line (m)	Rain & snow (mm)	Wet days	Sun h/day
January	-15	-24	0	1,270	64	12	3.3
February	-15	-24	0	1,380	50	11	4.6
March	-11	-20	4	1,950	67	15	5.5
April	-5	-15	10	2,820	75	16	6.0
May	0	-11	15	3,590	126	21	6.0
June	4	-6	19	4,250	152	21	7.0
July	6	-5	20	4,500	151	21	7.3
August	5	-5	20	4,440	167	20	6.8
September	1	-9	16	3,790	106	16	5.5
October	-3	-12	12	3,160	85	14	4.6
November	-9	-17	6	2,190	72	14	3.1
December	-14	-22	1	1,470	65	13	2.8

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 2,008 m), adjusted to the summit by −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Rain, wet days and sunshine are those of the region. Mountain weather changes fast — always check a local forecast. ★ = mildest months at the top.

Relief

The mountain in profile

Two cuts through the summit, 16 km long, from the 30 m Copernicus elevation model. Heights drawn 3× taller than lengths, so the shape can be seen.

West – east

South – north

Steepness by direction

Average slope of the first kilometre from the summit. The orange petal is the steepest side.

Around the mountain

Huts, lifts and trails around Hintere Schwärze

Counted around the summit in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. The satellite plate shows 14 × 14 km.

Hintere Schwärze seen from above (Sentinel-2)

N 5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 14 × 14 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

7mountain huts and shelters
Martin-Busch-Hütte (2,501 m), Similaunhütte - Rifugio Similaun (3,019 m), Langtalereckhütte (2,430 m), Ramolhaus (3,006 m) and 3 more
2cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways
Gfallhof
3ski areas
Vent, Obergurgl-Hochgurgl, Schnalstal
19waymarked hiking routes
Zentralalpenweg 02, Meraner Höhenweg - Alta Via di Merano, Seerundweg, 16 and 15 more
1via ferratas
Klettersteig Schwärzenkamm (C/D)
—climbing crags and routes
20named glaciers
Kreuzferner, Hochjochferner, Grafferner - Vedretta della Grava, Firmisánferner and 16 more
2viewpoints
—campsites
66hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Nassreidhof, Hotel Kleon, TONZHAUS, Pension Edelweiss and 62 more
34restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

102 path sections within 5 km, by SAC hiking scale (T1 easy walk … T6 difficult alpine).

T1T2T3T4T5T6

T1 hiking
T2 mountain hiking
T3 demanding mountain hiking
T4 alpine hiking
T5 demanding alpine hiking
T6 difficult alpine hiking

Towns at the foot

Senales8 km · 1,343 m
Certosa8 km · 1,327 m
Naturno15 km · 528 m
Parcines16 km · 626 m
Castelbello-Ciardes - Kastelbell-Tschars16 km · 570 m
Castelbello16 km · 568 m
Plaus16 km · 519 m
Rablà16 km · 520 m

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Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

20180730 Ötztaler Hauptkamm mit Similaun, Ötztaler Alpen (06355) — Günter Seggebäing, Coesfeld · CC BY-SA 3.0

20180730 Ötztaler Hauptkamm mit Similaun, Ötztaler Alpen (06356) — Günter Seggebäing, Coesfeld · CC BY-SA 3.0

Recent years

How each month compared at the summit

Afternoon high at the summit (estimate). The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years show only the difference.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1991–2020 average	-15	-15	-11	-5	0	4	6	5	1	-3	-9	-14
2020	+2.6	+2.7	+1.3	+3.2	+0.5	−1.5	+0.4	+1.1	+1.5	−2.5	+3.7	−0.1
2021	−1.8	+2.4	−1.3	−2.7	−2.9	+1.6	+0.1	−1.4	+2.4	−1.1	−0.8	+0.9
2022	+0.8	+1.3	+2.4	+0.4	+2.2	+2.9	+1.9	+1.4	−1.1	+3.4	+0.5	+1.1
2023	+0.6	+3.1	+2.9	−1.7	−0.1	+1.4	+1.1	+1.0	+4.8	+2.9	−2.3	+2.0
2024	+1.8	+3.4	+1.3	−0.9	−0.1	+0.1	+2.1	+3.3	−0.8	+1.3	+2.1	+1.5
2025	+1.7	+3.2	+3.3	+2.9	−0.3	+4.2	−1.4	+0.7	+1.2	−1.0	−0.1	+2.8

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

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About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominence	Wikidata (Q427549) · CC0
Relief, 3D view, profiles	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Climate	NASA POWER, 1991–2020 · CC BY 4.0
Around the mountain	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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