!!!Dachstein

Dachstein Massif, karstic high mountain massif of the northern 
limestone range ( Dachstein Limestone), situated at the provincial 
borders of Upper Austria, Salzburg and Styria, forms the southern 
border of the Salzkammergut region and reaches 2,995 m in the 
Hoher Dachstein peak, the highest summit of Upper Austria and Styria, 
(Torstein peak, alt. 2,948 m, Niederer Dachstein peak, alt. 
2,934 m, Mitterspitz peak, alt. 2,925 m and Grosser 
Koppenkarstein peak, alt. 2863 m). The Dachstein Massif slopes 
steeply down to Lake Hallstatt to the north and to the Ennstal valley 
to the south; the U-shaped Gosautal valley forms a deep depression to 
the northwest. The glaciers of the summits are the easternmost and 
northernmost in the Alps: Grosser Gosau glacier, Hallstaetter glacier, 
Schladminger glacier, Torstein glacier, Kleiner Gosau glacier, 
Schneeloch glacier and Edelgries glacier. Water flows off only by 
subterraneous drainage. The  Dachstein Caves are situated on its 
northern edge, in Upper Austria, and can be reached by cableway: 
valley station Obertraun, intermediate station 
Dachsteinhoehlen-Schoenbergalm, mountain station Krippenstein (alt. 
2,074 m); from there junction to Gjaidalm station (alt. 
1,788 m), which is also accessible by another cableway via 
Krippenbrunn. On its southern edge, in Styria, the 
Dachstein-Suedwandbahn cableway (also called "Gletscherbahn Ramsau") 
leads from "Tuerlwandhuette" hotel to Hunerkogel mountain (alt. 
2,687 m); ski-lifts in the glacier area. The steep 
Dachstein-Suedwand ("south face") presents a challenge to climbers 
(first ascent in 1901). In 1832 first ascent of the Hoher Dachstein 
peak by P. Gappmayr from Filzmoos (from the Gosau side), 1847 first 
ascent in winter by F. Simony (from the Hallstatt side). Valley 
villages: Gosau, Obertraun (Upper Austria), Ramsau, Schladming 
(Styria). Mountain refuges: Austriahuette (alt. 1,638 m), 
Adamekhuette (alt. 2,196 m), Wiesberghaus (alt. 1,872 m), 
Simonyhuette (alt. 2,205 m), Dachsteinwartehuette (alt. 
2,741 m), Gablonzer Huette (alt. 1,522 m), 
Dachsteinsuedwandhuette (alt. 1,871 m).


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