Creek group

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Creek group
Great priel southeast side

Great priel southeast side

Highest peak Großer Priel ( 2515  m above sea level )
location Upper Austria , Styria
part of Dead Mountains , Northern Limestone Alps
Prielgruppe (Alps)
Creek group
Coordinates 47 ° 43 '1 "  N , 14 ° 3' 47"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 43 '1 "  N , 14 ° 3' 47"  E
Type Limestone karst stock
rock Dachstein Limestone
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The Prielgruppe is the central section of the Dead Mountains and part of the Northern Limestone Alps . The Great Priel is at 2515  m above sea level. A. the eponymous main summit. In the west, a geologically determined deep depression forms the border to the Schönberg group . This tectonic fault, known as the Wildensee line, runs from the Altausseer See over the Hochklapfsattel to the Wildensee and on over the Rinnerboden to the Offensee . In the east, the Prielgruppe is also separated from the Warscheneckgruppe by a tectonic fault, the so-called Salzsteiglinie . This runs from the Tauplitzalm over the Salzsteigjoch through the Stodertal.

Important valley locations are Bad Aussee , Bad Mitterndorf and Hinterstoder .

summit

Peaks of the Prielgruppe accessible through marked paths (selection)
summit Altitude [m above sea level] A.]
Great creek 2515
Pointed wall 2446
Schermberg 2396
Red dishes 2270
Large tragl 2179

Tourism and development

The group belongs to the Pyhrn-Priel region . A ski area is located on the Tauplitzalm .

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