Nebelhorn, Mountain summit in Bavaria, Germany

Nebelhorn is a 2,224-metre subpeak of the Western Wengenkopf in the Daumen group of the Allgäu Alps, above Oberstdorf. Its summit is built of Hauptdolomit limestone, while the lower slope is Flysch. On the grassy crest stands the Edmund-Probst-Haus, a hut at 1,927 metres, with dark glass panels above a blue-grey base on concrete piers; two metal lattice towers stand beside it and a red safety fence lines the path.

The Nebelhorn appears as Nebelhorn in an 1811 tax register of the Oberstdorf district and again in the 1819 Bavarian survey. On 25 May 1890 the DuOeAV opened a mountain hut here, later named Edmund-Probst-Haus after the section chairman; it stands at 1,927 m and has been enlarged repeatedly. In January 1901 Fritz Heimhuber and Max Madlener made the first ski ascent.

The Nebelhorn gives its name to the Nebelhorn Trophy, a figure skating competition, and to the Nebelhorn Classics freeride race. The Nine Knights freeski contest is held just above the Höfatsblick station of the Nebelhornbahn. The name itself comes from the view from the upper Illertal, where a fog-covered summit may have served to forecast a change in the weather.

You can reach the peak year-round using a modern cable car system with ten-person cabins departing from Oberstdorf. The system includes several stops at higher elevations along the route.

The Nebelhorn gave its name to the Nebelhorn Trophy figure skating competition and to the Nebelhorn Classics freeride race; the Nine Knights freeski contest is held just above the Höfatsblick station. The name itself comes from the upper Illertal, where a fog-covered summit may once have signalled a change in the weather.