Babylonischer Turm

The Babylonische Turm (literally: "Babylonian Tower") is a 2,060-metre-high rock needle on the eastern arête of the Kellenspitze (2,238 m),[1] the highest summit in the Tannheim Mountains in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

It is important to Alpine climbers because it has numerous climbing routes.

The easiest ascent, the so-called normal route, runs up the South Gully and is rated as UIAA grade I to III and was first climbed in 1904.

The Southwest Arête, first ascended in 1921, is classed as UIAA grade IV+.

The route up the West Face of the tower (opened in 1959) requires free climbing to grade UIAA VI+ , or technical climbing at grade A 3.