Hintere Brandjochspitze, Mountain summit in Nordkette range, Austria.

Hintere Brandjochspitze is a 2,599-meter (8,527 feet) mountain in the Nordkette range, which extends through the Karwendel mountains in Tyrol. The summit sits very close to its neighboring peak, forming part of a cluster of mountains in the area.

The sources record no first ascent date or climber for the Hintere Brandjochspitze; the 1867 Julius Pock claim is not supported. Its documented history is one of route development: the normal route from the Vordere Brandjochspitze through the gully left of the arête, the western arête from the Hohe Warte, and the rarely used Hippengrat and northwest routes, described in the Alpine Club guides of Klier and März (1978) and Klier (1996).

The usual route to the summit starts from the Vordere Brandjochspitze, reached in about 20 minutes through a gully left of the arête at UIAA grade I. The western arête from the Hohe Warte is harder, rated UIAA III-. Routes over the northern Hippengrat from the Hippenspitze (2,388 m) and from the northwest, both UIAA IV, are rarely climbed.

The climb from the neighboring peak is short and straightforward, making it easy to combine with other mountains in the area on a single day. Conditions can change quickly in this high alpine setting, so checking weather before starting is important.

The rarely used northern Hippengrat route (UIAA IV) starts from the Hippenspitze at 2,388 m, and a northwest route of the same grade is also seldom climbed. Most visitors reach the summit from the Vordere Brandjochspitze instead, so these lines see little traffic.