Slate stone

Slate stone
	The slate as seen from Losenstein
height	1206 m above sea level A.
location	Upper Austria , Austria
Mountains	Upper Austrian Pre-Alps
Dominance	4.2 km → Fahrenberg
Notch height	695 m ↓ Oberland
Coordinates	47 ° 54 '42 " N , 14 ° 29' 2" E Coordinates: 47 ° 54 '42 " N , 14 ° 29' 2" E
rock	limestone
Age of the rock	Lias
Normal way	Over the west ridge
	View with the transmission tower from the Hohe Dirn

The slate is a 1206 m above sea level. A. high mountain in the Upper Austrian Pre-Alps north of Reichraming .

topography

The summit of the Schieferstein is the highest point of a west-east oriented mountain ridge, which runs from Losenstein over the Pfennigstein 759 m , the Steinernen Jäger 1185 m , the main summit and the Schratlboden 945 m in the direction of Großraming . In the area of the Steinerne Jäger and the main summit, the mountain has some vertical wall slopes to the north and south, which are formed from massive red limestone from the lower Jura . Due to its location on the northern edge of the Northern Limestone Alps, the mountain offers a good view, especially to the north.

Ascents

From the parking lot just below the Habichler homestead , the mountain can be climbed in about an hour and 15 minutes, first over the south side and then over the sometimes sharp and rocky west ridge. It is also possible to climb up marked trails from Losenstein. You can also climb the Schieferstein from "Gscheid".

Transmitter

To the east of the Schieferstein is the 80 meter high Losenstein-Habichl transmitter tower at 867 m , via which the ORF programs Ö3 (101.5 MHz), Ö1 (90.6 MHz) and Radio Upper Austria (95.9 MHz) with a low rate Transmitting power of 10 watts each in horizontal and directional polarization.