Älpelekopf, Mountain summit in Bavaria, Germany

Älpelekopf is a 2,024 m grass-covered mountain in the Allgäu Alps of Bavaria, a secondary summit of the Lahnerkopf on a ridge running northwest from it. Its northeast side drops as a very steep rock wall with grass patches toward the Schreckensee.

The sources record no documented history for Älpelekopf itself; it appears only as a 2,024 m grass-covered secondary summit of the Lahnerkopf in the Allgäu Alps. Its northeast face drops as a very steep, grass-studded rock wall toward the Schrecksee, and no marked path leads up. The name is shared with the Älpelekopf above the Gerstruber Älpeles valley, where grazing and huts are attested.

The name Älpelekopf derives from the Alpine pasture (Alpe) below the peak; the Schrecksee lake lies directly beneath its steep northeast face. The summit is a grass-covered mountain with no marked path, reached from the Lahnerkopf ridge or via the southwest flank from the Erzberg valley.

The route to the summit has no marked trail and requires climbing experience plus proper mountaineering gear for a safe ascent. Before attempting the climb via Gerstruber Älpeles, check weather conditions and local terrain information carefully.

Älpelekopf has no marked trail to its top. It is usually reached from Lahnerkopf along the ridge that starts there, or from the Erzberg valley up the southwest flank. Its northeast side drops as a very steep rock wall with grass patches toward the Schrecksee lake.