AT A GLANCE
Why go?
The Lizumer Reckner is the highest mountain in the Tux Alps, a dark, rock-ribbed summit of 2,886 m that crowns the group between Innsbruck and the Zillertal. For hikers and climbers it is the prize at the end of a demanding high-alpine day, and on a clear morning the view sweeps across some of the grandest names in the Eastern Alps.↗↗
What makes the Reckner special is its character as much as its height. Built from serpentinite — a dense, dark-green to near-black rock — the summit block rises abruptly above grassy slopes and scree, so the very last push to the cross calls for scrambling and a head for heights rather than a mere trail walk. Most people pair it with the neighbouring Geier (2,857 m), the second-highest Tux peak, for a single circuit that delivers the two finest viewpoints in the range.↗↗
A serpentinite crown in the Tux Alps
Standing just south of the Geier in the heart of the Tux Alps, the Lizumer Reckner marks the high point of a range that is often overshadowed by its flashier neighbours across the Inn valley. Its identity is written in the rock: the summit block is serpentinite, mainly wrapped in radiolarite, set on the edge of the Tauern window where the deep geology of the Eastern Alps is laid bare. Below the dark summit you cross stone runs that are the relics of an old rock glacier, which is part of what gives the upper Reckner its wild, weathered feel.
