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Little sun stone
Summit cross on the Kleiner Sonnstein

Summit cross on the Kleiner Sonnstein

height 923  m above sea level A.
location Upper Austria , Austria
Mountains Salzkammergut mountains
Coordinates 47 ° 49 '44 "  N , 13 ° 47' 7"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 49 '44 "  N , 13 ° 47' 7"  E
Kleiner Sonnstein (Upper Austria)
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rock Wetterstein lime

The Kleine Sonnstein is 923  m above sea level. A. high mountain in the municipality of Traunkirchen on the west bank of the Traunsee . It is a popular hiking mountain because of its excellent view over the Traunsee, the Tote Gebirge and the Höllengebirge . The Sonnsteinhütte of the Traunkirchen mountain rescue service is located near the summit.

Flora and vegetation

In the summit area there is a beautifully pronounced snow heather-pine forest. Among the Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris ), in addition to many more widespread species, there are also hill violets , Färber Meier , Traunsee bedstraw , blood cranesbill , hare's ear -leaved hawkweed , rock buckthorn and sheath vetch .

fauna

The special climatic favor of the location enables the golden- eyed jumping spider ( Philaeus chrysops ) to occur.

Climbs

Marked climbs

  • Path 1: Traunkirchen district of Siegesbach - Kleiner Sonnstein
  • Path 13: Ebensee - Großer Sonnstein - Kleiner Sonnstein

panorama

360 ° panorama from the summit of the Kleiner Sonnstein

literature

Individual evidence

  1. a b Pils, Gerhard : Die Pflanzenwelt Oberösterreichs , Ennsthaler, Steyr 1999, p. 197.