Col Bechei
| Col Bechei | ||
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 Col Bechei from the northwest, from the ascent to the Fanesalm |
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| height | 2794 m slm | |
| location | east of the Fanes and the Limojoch and -see | |
| Mountains | Fanes group , Dolomites | |
| Dominance | 3.7 km → Furcia Rossa peaks | |
| Notch height | 620 m ↓ Limojoch | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 36 '27 " N , 12 ° 2' 37" E | |
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| Normal way | From the Faneshütte over the western flank and finally from the south | |
The Col Bechei (also Col Becchei , German Pareispitze , Italian Monte Parei , 2794 m slm ) is a mountain in the Dolomites and lies east of the Fanes at the end of the Rautal . The full Ladin name of the main peak is Col Bechei de Sora (also Col Bechei Dessora , Italian Col Bechei di Sopra ), the northeastern upstream, about 750 meters from the main summit, the secondary peak ( 2736 m ) is also Col Bechei de Sot (Italian Col Bechei di Sotto ) called. The border between the Italian provinces of South Tyrol and Belluno runs over the mountain ; the South Tyrolean parts are protected in the Fanes-Senes-Braies Nature Park .
The summit offers a comprehensive view of the Fanes group , the Braies Dolomites and the Ampezzo Dolomites . It is easy to climb on a marked trail. To the north the mountain shows its rugged, rocky side, the slopes of the south side are far less steep and rocky.
The Col Bechei is home to the youngest rock in the Dolomites, formed from marine deposits during the Tertiary about 30 million years ago.
Climbs
The shortest and easiest ascent leads from Pederü first on the road to the Faneshütte . The serpentine road leading from there to the south to Limojoch ( 2172 m ) can be shortened in many ways. Passing the south bank of the Lime Lake you come to the foot of the Col Bechei. In an easterly direction, it now goes up over meadows in steep bends, later, after crossing a shallow trough of grass, you come to a mountain shoulder southwest of the summit, where the foundations of a dilapidated log cabin can be seen. Now it goes first in a northerly direction, later you get to the summit ridge in a northeasterly direction, partly over light rocks. The last meters of the ascent lead over the western ridge near the edge to the north.
geology
At Col Bechei there is the only larger deposit of tertiary sedimentary rock in the Dolomites. It lies at an altitude between 2300 and 2650 meters on the southern slope of the mountain. The sediment pile extends lengthways over two kilometers, the maximum thickness is 90 meters. This so-called Parei conglomerate has been preserved because it was pushed over by older rock series and thus protected from further erosion. It can be assumed that the Dolomites were largely covered by similar sediments during the Tertiary.
The Parei conglomerate is geologically interesting for two reasons: On the one hand, it is the youngest marine deposits in the Dolomites. On the other hand, the Parei conglomerate was deposited on already folded subsoil consisting of main dolomite and Lias gray limestone and was pushed over by these older rocks. This proves that there must have been at least two ore formation phases in the Dolomites. The special storage conditions at Col Bechei allow a relative age classification of tectonic processes in the alpine mountain formation.
Despite the small extent, the rocks of the Parei conglomerate are very differentiated, whereby the deposition of breccias , conglomerates and limestone banks must have taken place at about the same time in a marine environment, and most likely near the coast. It is believed that the rock was deposited in the mouth of a river. Later it was transported to deeper areas together with the shallow water organisms in the form of submarine debris flows. The Parei conglomerate is classified in terms of age in the Oligocene on the basis of comparisons with other sedimentation processes and using fossils , and the age is estimated at 35 to 25 million years.
Literature and maps
- Hanspaul Menara : South Tyrolean summit hikes. Athesia, Bozen 2001, ISBN 88-8266-013-3 .
- Franz Hauleitner: Dolomites 3. Val Badia - From Bruneck to Corvara. 4th edition, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-7633-4060-6 .
- Topographic hiking map, Dolomiti di Braies / Pragser Dolomiten - Marebbe / Enneberg , sheet 031, 1: 25,000, Casa Editrice Tabacco, ISBN 88-8315-031-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cesare Micheletti: Dolomites Unesco World Heritage. (PDF; 4.9 MB) Northern Dolomites. June 3, 2010, p. 36 , accessed July 3, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c Volkmar Stingl, Volkmar Mair : Introduction to the geology of South Tyrol . Weise, Bozen 2005, p. 59 f .