Almerhorn, Mountain summit in Tyrol, Austria

Almerhorn is a mountain peak in the Rieserferner Group of the Eastern Alps, rising to 2,985 meters above sea level. It sits within the High Tauern National Park, surrounded by glaciers and steep rocky terrain characteristic of this Alpine zone.

Almerhorn is the easternmost summit of the Rieserferner Group, close to the Austrian-Italian border at the Staller Sattel. Its summit cross was erected by the Catholic teachers of East Tyrol. The Almerkees glacier below the Barmer Hut, a marked feature of the group in the 1980s, has almost vanished in summer, leaving blockfields.

The summit cross on the Almerhorn was erected by the Catholic teachers of East Tyrol, a group whose members carried it up and maintain it. The mountain lies between the Patscher Tal and the Staller Tal, close to the Staller Sattel border pass, and its name is shared with the Almerkees glacier field below the Jägerscharte.

Two marked routes lead to the summit. From the Patscher Tal, a path reaches the Barmer Hütte (2,610 m), then descends southeast below the Ohrenspitzen, climbs over blockfields and crosses the Almerkees along stone cairns to the Jägerscharte. The second starts at the Obersee (2,016 m) by the Staller Sattel; the path passes the Kamm-Gedenkkreuz, climbs in switchbacks with views of the Antholzer See, and reaches the Jägerscharte on a rock path secured with iron pins and ropes.

The Almerkees glacier on the route from the Barmer Hütte to the summit was a defining feature of the eastern Rieserferner Group in the 1980s; in summer it has now all but vanished, leaving wide block fields where ice once lay.