Drei Türme, Mountain group in Rätikon range, Austria and Switzerland.
Drei Türme is a mountain group in the Rätikon range with three distinctive peaks, the highest reaching about 2830 meters and featuring steep walls up to 600 meters high on the southern side. The massif spans the border between Austria and Switzerland and forms a recognizable silhouette in this alpine region.
The Sporerplatte on the north side of the Grosser and Mittlerer Turm looks as if it were milled: it is the scar of a huge rockfall whose traces remain visible today. In the Gauen parcel, several kilometres away, lie boulders up to the size of a house that came from the Drei Türme. No first ascent in the 19th century is reliably documented in the literature.
The name Dri Türm is used in the local Alemannic dialect of the Montafon and Graubünden; the peaks also appear as Drei Drusentürme, linking them to the neighbouring Drusenfluh. The Vermessungspunkt on the Kleiner Turm sits exactly on the Austrian-Swiss border, while the Mittlerer and Grosser Turm lie entirely in Vorarlberg. The Sporaturm (2489 m) on the ridge below the Kleiner Turm is a separate landmark.
Access to the highest peaks is usually from Lindauer Hütte via established trails and requires climbing experience and sure-footedness. The best season to visit is summer through early autumn, when snow no longer blocks the routes and weather conditions are more stable.
The Sporerplatte on the north side of the Grosser and Mittlerer Turm looks as if it had been milled, a scar left by a huge rockslide. Boulders up to the size of houses lie in the Gauen parcel, several kilometres away, carried down from the Drei Türme.
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