Kasberg
| Kasberg | ||
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 Kasberg-southwest side, in the valley the Hetzau |
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| height | 1747 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Upper Austria , Austria | |
| Mountains | Upper Austrian Pre-Alps | |
| Dominance | 7.3 km → Mitten | |
| Notch height | 870 m ↓ Langscheidalm | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 48 '6 " N , 13 ° 59' 53" E | |
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| rock | Gutenstein lime | |
| Age of the rock | Lower anisium | |
The Kasberg is 1747 m above sea level. A. high mountain range in the Upper Austrian Prealps . The Kasberg is made accessible to tourism by means of shelters , a network of trails and a winter sports area . The name is derived from an Old High German word root and means Kar
geography
The Kasberg is an eight kilometer long mountain ridge rising from east to west with steep walls, wide hollows, forests and meadows. The boundary runs from Grünau im Almtal along the Grünaubach to the east, then along the Schindlbach to the southeast to Kote 645. From there, the border follows the Schwarzaubach eastwards to the Wasserboden and to the south to Kote 740 via Höbach to Steyrling . From there up to about 1 km southwest of the Bernerau to the valley floor or the marked path over the Ringhütte and the Ring to the Almtaler Haus . From there the border runs along the Straneggbach to the northwest through the Hetzau to the Alm and follows this northwards to Grünau im Almtal. Its highest elevations are the Kasberg summit 1747 m above sea level. A. , the Rossschopf 1647 m above sea level. A. , the swallow wall 1657 m above sea level. A. and the Spitzplaneck 1617 m above sea level. A.
Administratively, the Kasberg is located on the border between the two Upper Austrian districts of Gmunden and Kirchdorf an der Krems .
From the west, the private old toll road leads from the Cumberland Wildlife Park to the Kasbergalmhütte at 1500 m above sea level. A. . In the north a toll road leads to the Hochberghaus.
geology
The summit region of the Kasberg is made of Gutensteiner lime ( anisium ), which are placed on a base made of main dolomite ( norium ).
caves
The Kasberg, whose plateau area made up of Central Triassic limestone offers good conditions for cave formation, has only a few small ice caves to offer for the time being. The spatial shapes of the ice-free Röllkar cave, currently the longest cave in the area, reflect the pronounced thin banks of the dark Middle Triassic limestone. As of 2002 there are 15 caves in the cadastral group 1661 (Kasberg) of the Austrian cave directory.
Mountain sports
hike
The Kasbergschwaig 1506 m on the Grünauer Kasbergalm was used for tourist purposes as early as the 19th century . In 1902 it was expanded into an accommodation house. In 1959 it was sold to the Wels section of the Austrian Alpine Club and renamed the Sepp-Huber-Hütte . In 1984 it was sold again by the Alpine Club. In the east of the massif, south of the swallow wall, are the Steyrer Hütte 1347 m of the Naturfreunde and the Ahornalmhütte 1336 m of the Alpine Club. In 1969 the Hochberghaus was built north of the Farrenaubühel (Hochberg) .
The summit of the Kasberg is often visited in summer as well as in winter because of its excellent view. Due to the unobstructed view to the south of the northern slopes of the Dead Mountains from the Kleiner Priel to the Hohe Schrott , the Kasberg is also known as the “viewing platform in front of the Dead Mountains”. At the summit there is a summit cross with a summit book.
The marked and signposted network of trails on the Kasberg is maintained by the Austrian Alpine Club and nature lovers . The most famous climbs are
- Path 431: From Grünau via the Hochberghaus via the Farrenau to the Sepp-Huber-Hütte, further east and finally from the north to the summit. Walking time: about 2½ to 3 hours.
- Path 433: From the Brunnental near Steyrling east of the mountain range through the Katzengraben to the Steyrer Hut der Naturfreunde, finally from the southeast to the summit. 1200 meters difference in altitude, walking time: about 3½ hours.
Winter sports
The Kasberg ski area, which includes the Hochberg and Jagerspitz peaks as well as parts of the former Kasbergschwaig , but not the Kasberg summit itself, is accessible by an 8-person monocable gondola, a gondola lift, a 4-person chairlift with a weather protection cover, nine drag lifts, two Practice lifts and a magic carpet developed.
Length of the runs:
- 20 km easy
- 17 km medium
- 3 km difficult
Altitude: 620 to 1600 m
The ski area has existed since 1967. In 2010 it had to file for bankruptcy, the two companies Kasberg-Bahnen GmbH and Kasberg-Bahnen GmbH & Co KG had accumulated debts of around € 20 million. The previous tenant, the Hinterstoder-Wurzeralm Bergbahnen of the Schröcksnadel Group , took over 60% of the company as Kasberg-Bahnen HWB- Betriebs GmbH, 40% was taken over by the private foundation association for site maintenance in Upper Austria .
literature
- Franz Hauleitner: Salzkammergut East. Dachstein - Traunstein - Dead Mountains. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich 2010. ISBN 978-3-7633-4384-3 , p. OA
- Hans Egger: Explanations to sheet 67 Grünau im Almtal . Federal Geological Institute, Vienna 2007 PDF Online
- Wolfgang Heitzmann, Otto Harant: Upper Austrian Pre-Alps. A ÖAV guide through the mountains south of Linz, Wels and Steyr. 3. Edition. Ennsthaler Verlag, Steyr 1996.
- Ferdinand Trautwein: Alpine history in a nutshell. Grünau im Almtal . Innsbruck 2010 ( bergsteigerdoerfer.org [PDF; 1.5 MB ; accessed on January 28, 2020]).
References and comments
- ^ Heitzmann, Harant: Upper Austrian Prealps . P. 180.
- ↑ a b Stummer, Günter and Plan, Lukas: Handbook for the Austrian cave directory . Association of Austrian Cave Researchers, Vienna 2002, pp. 75 and 125 PDF online
- ^ Hauleitner: Salzkammergut Ost , p. 50
- ↑ Website of the Bergbahnen Kasberg
- ↑ a common construction in lift operations
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^ Kasberg-Bahnen: renovation proceedings initiated . In: OÖ Nachrichten , July 22, 2010.
Kasberg Bahnen: Opening of restructuring proceedings according to the new insolvency law at the regional court in Wels . In: seilbahn.net , July 26, 2010.
Lease company saves Kasberg-Bahnen , orf.at, October 22, 2010;
Kasberg-Bahnen - solution with Schröcks needle group . salzkammergut-rundblick.at, November 5, 2010.
Peter Wötzl: Bankrupt vultures over many ski areas. Regions in top locations are among the "best in the world" - areas in low locations often fight for survival . In: Wiener Zeitung , January 20, 2011.
Georgia Meinhart: Kasbergbahnen: Operators puzzle after a series of breakdowns . In: Die Presse , print edition, February 1, 2011, online January 31, 2011. - ↑ Company KASBERG-BAHNEN HWB-Betriebs GmbH in Grünau im Almtal ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Commercial register data Creditreform / firmenabc.at
- ↑ about IHC Holding & Consulting GmbH
