Salober Explained

The Salober ist a grass mountain in the Allgäu Alps. It lies northeast of the Laufbacher Eck.

Its name^{[1] [2]} probably means la|saluber "healthy, smart, attractive" (also used of scenery).^[3]

There are no signed paths to the top of the Salober. It can be accessed from the Feldalpe across trackless terrain. This climb requires a head for heights and sure-footedness. Occasionally the Salober is climbed as part of a crossing of the whole chain from the Giebel via the Berggächtle to the Laufbacher Eck by experienced mountaineers (Climbing grade: UIAA III).

The botany of the Salober is as rich as that of the other Allgäu grass mountains.

References

• Zettler, Groth: Alpenvereinsführer Allgäuer Alpen. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, München 1984., S. o.A.

1. There is also a Saloberkopf by Tannberg, Salober near Füssen and Saloberalpe near Vils
2. Thaddäus Steiner: Allgäuer Bergnamen, Lindenberg, Kunstverlag Josef Fink, 2007,, S. o.A.
3. la|salūber, –ris (m.);
   (unknown article) in Beiträge zur Namenforschung, Vol. 41, Issues 1-4, Verlag C. Winter, 2006, p. 447 ;
   zum Vokabel siehe saluber, Duden online; saluber, English Wiktionary.