Wildgerlostal

Wildgerlostal
View into the valley above the Trisslalm
location	Salzburg , Austria
Waters	Gerlosbach
Mountains	Zillertal Alps
Geographical location	47 ° 10 '58 "  N , 12 ° 6' 45"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 10 '58 "  N , 12 ° 6' 45"  E
Type	Trough valley
length	8 kilometers

The Wildgerlostal is a valley in the Zillertal Alps in the Austrian state of Salzburg .

geography

The Wildgerlostal extends from the Durlaßboden reservoir ( 1405  m above sea level ) below the Gerlospass for around 8 km to the south. In the east it is bordered by the Gerloskamm with the Wildkarspitze ( 3073  m ) as the highest peak. In the west, a ridge starting from the Wildgerlosspitze ( 3280  m ) separates the Wildgerlostal from the parallel Schönach valley , it also forms the border with Tyrol . The head of the valley is taken by the Wildgerloskees . The Gerlosbach rises from here and flows through the valley.

The Wildgerlostal is a typical trough valley that was carved out by the glacier in the Ice Age as a V-shaped notch valley to today's U-shape. The glaciers and weathering created cirques in which mountain lakes such as the Gerlos lakes formed after the ice had melted. The end moraine of 1850 marks the last high point of the glacier.

In the lower valley section, above the Durlaßboden reservoir, the Gerlosbach flows through the Leitenkammerklamm. Here the brook cut into the hard central gneiss of the Venice massif before flowing 100 meters deeper into today's Durlaßboden reservoir, which lies over the soft rock of the slate shell .

nature

The valley floor of the Wildgerlostal is used for alpine farming, on the slopes near-natural mountain forests and crooked wood stocks , especially stone pines , extend up to 2000  m . Above the tree line, there is usually extensive, partly extensively used, subalpine and alpine lawn, cushion and crevice vegetation. Typical plants are glacier buttercups , sticky primrose and small soldanelle . The Leitenkammerklamm provides a habitat for birds such as dippers and gray wagtails .

Development

The approach from the Gerlos Pass ( 1531  m ) can be made via a narrow road to the Finkau Alm ( 1419  m ). A hiking trail leads from the Finkau-Alm over the Leitenkammer-Klamm and the Trissl-Alm ( 1583  m ) to the Zittauer Hütte ( 2326  m ) and the lower Gerlossee.

High alpine crossings exist over the Keeskarscharte ( 2784  m ) into the Schönachtal, over the Seekarscharte ( 2519  m ) into the Krimmler Achental and over the Rosskarscharte ( 2689  m ) and the Rainbachscharte (Gerlosjöchl, 2724  m ) into the Rainbachtal, a western side valley of the Krimmler Achental.

Web links

Commons : Wildgerlostal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hohe Tauern National Park: Wildgerlostal