Patscherkofel is a mountain and ski area in the Alps, in Tyrol in western Austria, 7 km (4 mi.)

Calcium-rich bedrock such as basalt, chalk and dolomite also occurs but is too scarce to have much influence on the soils of this severely glaciated mountain.

[1] During both the 1964[2] and 1976 Winter Olympics,[3] the mountain was the venue for the men's downhill race, along with the bobsleigh and luge competitions in neighboring Igls.

Behind at the last timing interval, Klammer finished at 1:45.73, an average speed of 102.8 km/h (63.9 mph) and vertical descent rate of 8.2 m/s (26.9 ft/s).

Egon Zimmermann, also of Austria, took the gold medal a dozen years earlier in the 1964 Olympic downhill.