Talk:Ortler

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

WikiProject Mountains
 This article is part of WikiProject Mountains, a project to systematically present information on mountains. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit the article attached to this page (see Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ for more information)
Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the Project's quality scale. [FAQ]
Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance to WikiProject Mountains on the project's importance scale.
If you have rated this article please consider adding assessment comments.
Ortler is within the scope of WikiProject Italy, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to articles on Italy on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the Project's quality scale.
(If you rated the article please give a short summary at comments to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses.)
Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the importance scale.

[edit] second highest mountain

The Ortler is not the second highest mountain in the Eastern Alps. Piz Roseg, Piz Scerscen, Bellavista, Piz Argient and Piz Zupo are also higher. Matthias, 05.11.05

The article correctly says that the Ortler is the highest mountain outside the Bernina Range. Nowhere does it say that it is the "second highest mountain in the Eastern Alps". It's the fourth highest mountain after Bernina, Zupo and Roseg. Scerscen, Bellavista, and Argient are not separate mountains (their topographic prominence is less than 100 m). You might as well add Piz Roseg's Schneekuppe and Piz Alb to the list then.
I've reverted your edit "are we going to list all the empires this mountain was the highest in? really bizarre inclusion". Its status as the highest peak of the Austrian empire (which it was for many centuries) was the reason that it was already climbed in 1804, as explained in the "First ascent" section. It's probably more relevant than any of the other "highest ofs" listed. Afasmit 05:23, 14 September 2007 (UTC)