!!!Ötztaler Alpen

Oetztal Alps, Tirol, mountain range of the Central Alps between 
Oberinn valley and Etschtal valley, consists of crystalline slate and 
is the most glaciated of all Austrian mountain ranges. Although all 
passes and crest depressions are covered with ice, the cultivated 
regions rise up to an altitude of 2,000 m; extensive pastures for 
sheep up to 3,000 m. The Oetztal Alps comprise numerous mountain 
lakes and peaks above an altitude of 3,500 m; the highest 
elevations are Wildspitze (alt. 3,768 m, the highest mountain of 
North Tirol), Weisskugel (alt. 3,738 m) and Similaun (alt. 
3,599 m), the largest glacier is the  Gepatsch Glacier 
(Gepatschferner), followed by Gurgler Ferner, Hintereis- and Grosser 
Vernagtferner. The mountains are structured by the upper parts of the 
Kauner valley, Pitz valley, Oetz valley (all in North Tirol) and 
Schnalsertal valley (South Tirol). The main crest, which separates 
South Tirol form North Tirol, has formed the Austrian-Italian border 
since 1919. The ends of the Kauner valley and the Pitz valley are 
glacier ski areas; in the Kaunertal valley also power industry 
(Gepatsch reservoir). Mountain refuges: Braunschweiger Huette (alt. 
2,758 m), Taschachhaus (alt. 2,423 m), Brandenburgerhaus 
(alt. 3,274 m), Vernagthuette (alt. 2,755 m), Ramolhaus 
(alt. 3,005 m) and others.


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