Pyramidenspitze
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| Pyramidenspitze | |
|---|---|
 Pyramidenspitze from the air | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,998 m (6,555 ft) |
| Coordinates | 47°36′37″N 12°16′36″E / 47.61028°N 12.27667°E |
| Geography | |
  Pyramidenspitze Location in the Alps | |
| Location | Tyrol, Austria |
| Parent range | Kaisergebirge |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Triassic |
| Mountain type | Wetterstein limestone[1] |
The Pyramidenspitze is a mountain, 1,998 metres high, of the Kaisergebirge in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
The Pyramidenspitze is only the second highest summit in the Zahmer Kaiser after the largely unknown, 2,002-metre-high (6,568 ft) Vordere Kesselschneid, but is the most well-known and most frequently climbed. To the south and west of the Pyramidenspitze is a high, karstified plateau, covered with mountain pine, which falls steeply into the valley of the Kaisertal and has a long arête with several summits extending towards Kufstein. To the north it is separated by a wind gap from the Jovenspitze. To the northwest the Pyramidenspitze drops steeply over the Eggersgrinn and to the northeast it drops down rock precipices into the Winkel cirque (Winkelkar).