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Hallstätter Glacier
The Hallstätter Glacier () (formerly also called the ''Karleisfeld'' or Karl Icefield) is the largest glacier in the Dachstein Mountains. It lies immediately beneath the northern foot of the Dachstein itself and runs down to the Eissee lake below the Simony Hut at a height of . To the east the Hallstätter Glacier is bounded by the High Gjaidstein. Firmly sealed off at its western snout by the Schöberl, , it is bordered in the west by the eastern flank of the Hohes Kreuz Hohes Kreuz () is a former municipality in the Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany. The municipality was created in 1991 by merging the municipalities of Bischhagen, Mengelrode, Siemerode, and Streitholz. On 1 January 2024 it became part of the town H ... ridge, running from south to north, which reaches a height of . In its upper third the glacier flows around a prominent landmark, the ''Eisstein''. At its head in the south it is also bordered by the Hunerkogel and the Dirndln.Federal Office of Weights and Meas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dachstein Mountains
The Dachstein Mountains () are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps. The term is used by the Austrian Alpine Club in its classification of the Eastern Alps as one of the 24 sub-ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps (AVE No. 14). The ''Dachstein'' range includes: * The Dachstein Massif proper with its highest peak, the Hoher Dachstein () * Grimming () in the east to the upper Styrian Enns valley * Sarstein () in the north at the other bank of the River Traun Extent The Dachstein Mountains are bordered as follows: * to the northeast by the '' Totes Gebirge'', which is separated by the line from Sankt Agatha on the Hallstättersee – Pötschenhöhe – Bad Aussee – Kainischtraun – Bad Mitterndorf – Klachau – Grimmingbach to the River Enns * to the south by the '' Rottenmanner und Wölzer Tauern'' and the '' Niedere Tauern'', which are separated by the River Enns, roughly from Untergrimming to its confluence with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoher Dachstein
Hoher Dachstein () is a strongly karstic mountain in central Austria and the second-highest mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps. It is situated at the border of Upper Austria and Styria, and is the highest point in each of those states. Parts of the massif also lie in the state of Salzburg, leading to the mountain being referred to as the ''Drei-Länder-Berg'' ("three-state mountain"). The Dachstein massif covers an area of around with dozens of peaks above 2,500 m, the highest of which are in the southern and southwestern areas. The main summit of the Hoher Dachstein is at an elevation of . Seen from the north, the Dachstein massif is dominated by glaciers with rocky summits rising beyond them. By contrast, to the south, the mountain drops almost vertically to the valley floor. Geology The geology of the Dachstein massif is dominated by the ''Dachstein-Kalk'' Formation ("Dachstein limestone"), dating from Triassic times. In common with other karstic areas, the Dachs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eissee
The Upper and Lower Eissee are two lakes in the Dachstein Mountains in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. They lie north of a high mountain, the Gjaidstein, at an elevation of around . Lower Eissee The Lower Eissee () lies at in a shallow cirque, the ''Taubenkar''. It was left behind by the melting of the Hallstätter Glacier that, until the middle of the 19th century, still extended as far as the doline of the upper ''Taubenkar''. When the glacier retreated (today its snout lies at about ), the Lower Eissee was left behind in the basin, because the moraine gravel is lined with limestone silt. For a long time after it had been formed, roughly to the turn of the century, large fields of dead ice Dead ice is the ice in a part of a glacier or ice sheet that is no longer moving. As the ice melts, it leaves behind a hummocky terrain known as dead-ice moraine. Dead-ice moraine is produced by the accumulation of sediments carried by glaciers t ... could be found on its shores, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simony Hut
The Simony Hut () is an Alpine club hut belonging to the Austrian Alpine Club (OeAV) located at a height of 2,205 metres, just below the Hallstätter Glacier at the foot of the Hoher Dachstein in Austria. The hut, named after Friedrich Simony, the first person to ascend Hoher Dachstein, is situated high above Hallstatt in the northern part of the Dachstein Mountains. It is open year-round and, in winter, offers numerous options for ski tours and snowshoeing. The Simony Hut is an important base for climbers because they are able to set out from here on long tours over the Dachsteins. There is also a mountaineering school where training courses are run for glacier or ice climbing. The Dachstein Chapel is nearby. History In 1843 a stone rest and emergency shelter, known as "Hotel Simony", was opened just below the site of the present hut. In 1876, Friedrich Simony selected the present location himself for construction of the first free-standing wooden building. The opening ceremo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
