Gschnitztal
The Gschnitztal is a western, left side valley of the Tyrolean Wipptal in Austria . It branches off at Steinach am Brenner . At the entrance to the valley, the 674 m long Gschnitztal bridge crosses the Brenner motorway running south . The Gschnitztal-Landesstraße runs under this bridge and with a maximum gradient of 11% over Trins (at km 4.5) and Gschnitz (km 11.5) towards the head of the valley, which is formed by the Laponesalm (1,487 m altitude). The road ends in Obertal ( 1281 m , bus stop at Gasthof Feuerstein), where the Sandesbach, coming from the south (right), joins the Gschnitzbach.
In Sandestal is at 2064 m altitude, the Tribulaunhütte .
While the closely nested Rhaeto-Romanic architecture is typical for Trins, Gschnitz characterizes the Bavarian settlement form of widely scattered houses.
The mountain landscape of the wide trough valley is characterized by the combination of mountain flanks made of primary rock and limestone peaks. The 2,241 m high Blaser near Trins is considered to be very flowery due to the geological subsoil. Other striking mountains are the 3,277 m high Habicht on the border with the Stubai Valley , the 2,976 m high Gschnitzer Tribulaun and the 3,097 m high Pflerscher Tribulaun .
The moraines of the Gschnitztal are important indicators of the alpine glacier status in the post-ice age ( Holocene ) and were or are used as a reference for various glaciological treatises.
The valley is traversed by the Gschnitzbach, which flows into the Sill in Steinach .
On July 25, 2019, after heavy rainfall and thunderstorms in the afternoon, mudslides in the Gschnitztal. Also in the Kaunertal, about 30 km west of it, and in South Tyrol, mudslides took off on the same day.
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- ↑ Kaunertal: Dozens salvaged by helicopter orf.at, July 26, 2019, accessed July 27, 2019.
- ↑ Mudslides and lightning record in South Tyrol orf.at, July 26, 2019, accessed July 27, 2019.
Coordinates: 47 ° 2 ′ 49.2 ″ N , 11 ° 21 ′ 18 ″ E