Kreuzspitze, Mountain summit in Sölden, Austria.

Kreuzspitze is a mountain summit in the Ötztal Alps near Sölden, Austria, rising to around 3,455 meters (11,335 feet) and surrounded by steep rock and snowfields. The upper section is covered with ice and firn year-round, while the lower slopes consist of loose rock and slabs.

The first documented ascent of Kreuzspitze took place in 1865, made by Franz Senn and Cyprian Granbichler, two pioneers of Alpine climbing in the region. Their climb brought the peak to the attention of the early mountaineering community in the Ötztal Alps.

The name Kreuzspitze refers to the cross-shaped ridge of the Kreuzkamm, not to a summit cross. After the first ascent in 1865, Franz Senn had a herder's hut converted for the landscape painter Carl Brizzi, whose 1868 summit panorama exaggerated the glaciers; Senn therefore commissioned a second panorama from Carl Jordan and Georg Engelhardt in 1869, which documents the glacier high stands of the Little Ice Age.

The Martin Busch Hut at around 2,501 meters (8,205 feet) is the standard base before the final ascent and offers shelter and meals. From there, the route calls for experience in high-mountain terrain and gear for snow and ice, as the upper sections are demanding.

The Kreuzspitze sits at the junction between the main ridge of the Ötztal Alps and the Weisskamm, which gives the top an unusual view over several glaciers at once. This position makes it one of the few points where the full glacier system of the surrounding area comes into view together.