Ybbstal Alps

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Ybbstal Alps
Highest peak Hochstadl ( 1919  m above sea level )
location Upper Austria , Lower Austria , Styria
part of Northern Limestone Alps
Classification according to AVE 21
Ybbstal Alps (Austria)
Ybbstal Alps
Coordinates 47 ° 41 ′  N , 15 ° 4 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′  N , 15 ° 4 ′  E
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The Ybbstal Alps are a mountain group of the Northern Limestone Alps in the Eastern Alps . They are on the border between Upper Austria , Lower Austria and Styria . The mountains include the eastern part of the Eisenwurzen and in the south the Göstlinger Alps and the Kräuterinstock . The Hochkar  (1,808 m) ski area is located in the Göstling Alps, and in the Kräuterinstock with the Kräuterin karst plateau, the highest mountain in the Ybbstal Alps, the 1,919 m high Hochstadl .

topography

In the east, the Ybbstal Alps are bordered by the Erlauftal , in the south by the Salzatal , in the west by the Upper Austrian (lower) Ennstal .

According to the Alpine Club division of the Eastern Alps (AVE), the group is defined:

Alpine foothills from Amstetten to Wieselburg  - Erlauf to Mariazell  - Gußwerk  - Salza to the confluence of Enns - Enns to Kastenreith  - Gaflenzbach  - Waidhofenbach  - Waidhofen an der Ybbs  - Ybbs to Amstetten

geology

In the southern part of the Ybbstal Alps consist mainly of carbonate rocks of the Triassic of the East Alpine nappe pile , north of it from flysch - sandstone and marl of the Helvetic ceiling and the loess cover the Alpine foothills .

nature

In the Ybbstal Alps are the Ötscher-Tormäuer nature park with the Ötscher stalactite cave , the northern part of the Wildalpener Salzatal nature reserve and the Eisenwurzen nature park . The Ötscher caves with the money hole are located near the 1,893 m high Ötscher .

Huts

climate

The climate is rich in precipitation, precipitation falls on over 150 days per year , only in autumn there is a lot of sun and the winters are snowy.

Adjacent areas

Web links

Commons : Ybbstaler Alpen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. According to bergalbum.de