The Hochalmspitze (3,360 metres above the Adriatic (11,020 ft)) is located east of Mallnitz in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

The peak is situated slightly south the main ridge of the Central Eastern Alps and the Alpine divide.

Like most of the High Tauern, the Hochalmspitze massif is formed of granite and gneiss, and many unusual rock formations can be found on its slopes.

[2] In 1913 a mountain hut (Gießener Hütte) was erected by the German and Austrian Alpine Club on the southeastern slope at a height of 2,215 m (7,267 ft).

In the 1970s plans for a glacier ski resort were developed, but finally abandoned in 1988 when the Austrian Alpine Club was able to purchase large parts of the area.