Ortler
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Ortler is, at 3,905 m above sea level, the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps outside the Bernina Range. It is the main peak of the Ortler Range. It is the highest point of the Southern Limestone Al
The Ortler seen from the North ridge showing the normal route of ascent
Austrian mountaineers at Ortler peak in 1891
Payer house on the North ridge
Highest trench in history near the Ortler's peak, 1917
Julius von Payer
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Julius Johannes Ludovicus Ritter von Payer, ennobled Ritter von Payer in 1876, was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army, mountaineer, arctic explorer, cartographer, painter, and professor at the Th
Julius Payer as First Lieutenant (around 1865)
Payer in snow suit
Memorial in Teplice