Styrian Kalkspitze
| Styrian Kalkspitze | ||
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 View from the Lungau to the Steirische Kalkspitze, in the background the Dachstein massif |
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| height | 2459 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Styria and Salzburg , Austria | |
| Mountains | Schladminger Tauern , Lower Tauern | |
| Dominance | 1.2 km → Lungauer Kalkspitze | |
| Notch height | 144 m ↓ Akarscharte | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 16'59 " N , 13 ° 37'20" E | |
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| rock | weakly metamorphic dolomite and limestone | |
| Age of the rock | Triad | |
The Steirische Kalkspitze is a 2459 m above sea level. A. high peak in the Schladminger Tauern in Austria . It lies on the border between the federal states of Salzburg and Styria and is a popular tour destination in both summer and winter.
location
The Steirische Kalkspitze is located in the western part of the Schladminger Tauern , opposite the somewhat higher Lungauer Kalkspitze ( 2471 m ), which is located entirely on Salzburg soil. The two peaks form the southern end of the valley of the Styrian Preuneggtal and are separated by the Akarscharte ( 2315 m ). The summit offers an excellent panoramic view of the surrounding mountains: from the Hohe Tauern and Hochkönig in the west to the Dachstein in the north and the Hochgolling in the east to the Nockberge in the south.
geology
A special feature of the mountain is the type of rock from which the mountain stock (including the Lungauer Kalkspitze ) is largely built and from which it owes its name. For the most part, this is carbonate rock , while most of the other mountain ranges in the Schladminger Tauern consist of crystalline slate and gneiss , which is typical of the Central Alps . This means that the two limestone peaks are geologically more similar to the neighboring mountains of the Radstädter Tauern than their eastern neighbors in the Schladminger Tauern.
Specifically, it is an inverse sequence (d. E., The age of the rock increases from the footwall to the hanging wall to) from the Middle Triassic and possibly Upper Triassic massive and banked dolomite and Kalkmarmoren. The interfaces of these units dip preferentially to the east. Mainly on the western flank pending Dolomite recent Middle Triassic ( Ladin ) may be an equivalent of the Wetterstein dolomite of the Northern Limestone Alps . At the actual mountain peak, however, there is central or sub-Triassic quartzite ("Lantschfeld quartzite"). The entire sequence was previously attributed tectonostratigraphically to the weakly metamorphic (green slate facies) Central Alpine Permomesozoic of the Radstadt Alps of the Lower Eastern Alps, but is now interpreted as an overturned (inverse) layer of the Central Eastern Alpine Crystalline of the Lower Tauern.
Ascents
The Central Alpine Trail (Österreichischer Weitwanderweg 02) and the Arnoweg, two of the most popular long-distance hiking trails in Austria, lead through the Akarscharte , which is why both Kalkspitzen are often climbed. In the summit area, the path to the Steirische Kalkspitze requires surefootedness and a certain amount of a head for heights.
bases
- Oberhütte (private, 1859 m )
- Giglachseehütte (private, 1955 m )
- Ignaz-Mattis-Hütte , ( ÖAV section Vienna, 1986 m )
Walking times
- from the Ursprungalm ( 1604 m ) via the Znachsattel: 2½ hours
- from Obertauern ( 1739 m ) on long-distance hiking trail 02: approx. 5 hours
- from Hopfriesen ( 1040 m ) over the Giglach Lakes : 5 hours (2 hours from the Ignaz Mattis Hut)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ G. W. Mandl, A. Matura: Geological Map of the Republic of Austria 1: 50 000. Sheet 127 Schladming. Geological Federal Institute Vienna, 1995 ( PDF 25 MB)
- ^ Walter Kurz, Harald Fritz: Field Trip 2: Structural evolution of the Silvretta-Seckau nappe system in the area of the Schladminger Tauern. Reports from the Federal Geological Institute. Vol. 99 (11th Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies), 2013, pp. 169–177 ( PDF 1.6 MB).
- ↑ G. W. Mandl, A. Matura et al .: Geological map of the Republic of Austria: Explanations on sheet 127 Schladming. Geological Federal Institute Vienna, 2014.