Erlakogel

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Erlakogel
Erlakogel and Ebensee

Erlakogel and Ebensee

height 1575  m above sea level A.
location Upper Austria , Austria
Mountains Upper Austrian Pre-Alps
Dominance 3.4 km →  Eibenberg
Notch height 550 m ↓  Grünangerl
Coordinates 47 ° 49 '9 "  N , 13 ° 49' 31"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 49 '9 "  N , 13 ° 49' 31"  E
Erlakogel (Upper Austria)
Erlakogel

The Erlakogel is 1575  m above sea level. A. high mountain in the Upper Austrian Alps . After the nearby Traunstein , the Erlakogel is the highest mountain on the east bank of the Traunsee . The mountain is also popularly known as the “Sleeping Greek Woman” because viewed from a distance it resembles the silhouette of a sleeping woman with flowing hair. From the summit you have a good view of the Traunstein and the Traunsee as well as the entire Dead Mountains and the Höllengebirge .

In one of its foothills, the 1411  m high Gasselkogel, there is the stalactite richest cave in the Northern Limestone Alps, the Gassel Cave (show cave ).

ways

An officially marked and secured path leads up the mountain. Starting from Rindbach / Ebensee , the path goes steeply through the forest to the Spitzelsteinalm. After crossing the Alm, it continues in serpentines and over a rocky forest ridge to the summit of the Erlakogel. The approximate ascent time is 3 hours.

panorama

360 ° panorama from the summit of the Erlakogel

Web links

Commons : Erlakogel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Hallo Landl, 2008 , accessed on October 10, 2011.
  2. Romantic peaks above the Traunsee. on: derstandard.at , June 17, 2011, accessed on October 10, 2011.