!!!Gailtaler Alpen

Gailtal Alps, Carinthia, southern limestone range between the valleys 
Drautal and Gailtal, which is largely made up of the Drau range 
("Drauzug"), a geological formation that remained in the south when 
what is now the northern limestone range shifted northward. The 
Gailtal Alps, stretching from west to east, can be divided into 
five groups: 1) Lienzer Dolomiten (Grosse Sandspitze, alt. 
2,770 m; Hochstadel, alt. 2,681 m) at the provincial border 
between Carinthia and East Tyrol; 2) Reisskofel group (Reisskofel, 
alt. 2,371 m) between Gailbergsattel Pass and Kreuzberg Pass; 3) 
Latschur group (Latschur, alt. 2,236 m) between Lake Weissensee 
and Sachsenburg, where the River Drau/Drava bends; 4) Spitzegel group 
(Spitzegel, alt. 2,119 m) south-east of Lake Weissensee; 5) the 
Dobratsch Massif (alt. 2,166 m) as their eastern limit. Passes: 
Gailbergsattel (alt. 982 m), Kreuzbergsattel (alt. 1,077 m). 
Mountain refuges: Karlsbader Huette (alt. 2,261 m) at the 
Laserzseen Lakes, Hochstadelhaus (alt. 1,780 m) at Oberdrauburg, 
Kerschbaumeralm-Schutzhaus (alt. 1,902 m), Comptonhuette (alt. 
1,585 m), Ludwig-Walter-Haus (alt. 2,143 m).


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