Kalbling
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 The Admonter Kaibling as seen from the Kaiserau ski area , on the right in the background the Admonter Reichenstein |
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| height | 2196 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Styria , Austria | |
| Mountains | Gesäuse , Ennstal Alps | |
| Dominance | 0.7 km → Sparafeld | |
| Notch height | 56 m ↓ Sparafeldscharte | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 32 '48 " N , 14 ° 31' 17" E | |
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| rock | Dachstein Limestone | |
| Age of the rock | Norium - Rhaetium | |
| Normal way | Northeast flank | |
The Kalbling , also Admonter Kalbling or Kaibling , is 2196 m above sea level. A. high, prominent mountain peak in the Admonter Reichenstein group . It is located on the western edge of the Gesäuse National Park in Upper Styria . The summit is a popular climbing mountain and is one of the most beautiful panoramic mountains in the area. Although it is lower than some of the neighboring mountains, it can be seen from a great distance as a pointed pyramid, especially from the south and west.
Ascent and climbing routes
The ascent via the normal route is easy for experienced hikers, but not without danger, especially in spring because of the crossing of steep snow fields. The starting point is usually the Oberst-Klinke-Hütte on the Scheiblegger Hochalm ( 1503 m above sea level ). It can also be reached by car from Kaiserau via a toll road. The path leads over the Kalbling-Gatterl to the north and then, crossing steep scree slopes, clockwise around the mountain, the summit of which is reached from the northeast over the meadows of the so-called Speikboden. The hike tour is often combined with an ascent of the Sparafeld or the Kreuzkogel . From the Kalbling-Gatterl to the east you come to the Flietzengraben and the Mödlingerhütte , located south of the Reichenstein .
The most famous climbing route is the 300 m high south ridge, a hotly contested "problem" in the 1920s, first climbed on July 2, 1922 by Alfred Horeschowsky and Franz Piekielko. He is now one of the most popular tours in the Gesaeuse with several variations in the levels of difficulty -IV to V. Also popular are the routes are in the west wall (as the "tree Gardener Way", "Autumn Scholz" difficulty IV), traditional among the The most difficult routes are the “Scheiblehner Riss” (Leopold Scheiblehner with H. Gassner on June 1, 1947, -VI, free climbed 7+) and the southwest pillar (VI +) by Klaus Hoi and Hugo Stelzig (1997). There are also modern free climbs in the upper levels of difficulty. The south face offers some routes, but some of them are very fragile and have cost several people. The southern intersection is still the most common of them (-V).
From the summit there is a panorama that extends to the Dachstein massif and the Großglockner, which is almost 150 km away, in the west .
