The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Ötztal Alps
(öts´täl) (KEY) , mountain group, in the Tyrol, W Austria, S of the Inn River and extending into northern Italy. It rises to 12,380 ft (3,773 m) in the Wildspitze, the highest peak in the Tyrol. The village of Obergurgl is a skiing resort and a starting point for mountain climbing.